Rice became a cash crop in the new American colonies in the 1690s. In the 1720s rice became the major crop in the South Carolina colony with six million pounds shipped to England annually. Seventy percent of the five million bushels produced in America were grown in South Carolina by 1860.
Georgia may be CALLED the Peach State, but South Carolina IS the Peach State. South Carolina ships approximately 90,000 tons of the fuzzy fruit a year from approximately 18,000 acres of South Carolina peach orchards, compared with Georgia’s 40,000 tons. The Palmetto State is second only to California in peach production.
If you are trying to find a place where old-fashioned Southern hospitality meets an
active artsy community with plenty of delicious Southern cuisine thrown in for good
measure, Old Town Bluffton, SC is the place you want to be.
The Town of Bluffton was founded in 1825 and Historic Old Town Bluffton preserves
much of its 19th-century atmosphere. While it is home to old churches and antebellum