Movers Directory of Moving Companies in South Carolina
 About South Carolina Though South Carolina was once an essentially agro based economy, today the state has many large textile and other mills that produce several times the output of its farms in cash value. Farms have become fewer but larger in recent years. Charleston an important city in the State makes asbestos, wood, pulp, steel products, chemicals, machinery, and apparel. Interestingly, South Carolina ranks third in peach production; it ranks fourth in overall tobacco production. Other top agricultural commodities include nursery and greenhouse products, watermelons, peanuts, broilers and turkeys, and cattle and calves. The only commercial tea plantation in America is on Wadmalaw Island. Nicknamed the Palmetto State, South Carolina was named in honor of Charles I of England. The states official tree is also the palmetto tree. There are a host of places which are great tourist attractions which include: Fort Sumter National Monument, Fort Moultrie, Fort Johnson, and aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in Charleston Harbor; the Middleton, Magnolia, and Cypress Gardens in Charleston; Cowpens National Battlefield; the Hilton Head resorts; and the Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden in Columbia. Moving to South Carolina will not be complete unless you are aware of the various trivia associated with the state: Mottoes: Animis opibusque parati (Prepared in mind and resources) and Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope) South Carolina's state capital is Columbia. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union in 1861. The first battle of the Civil War took place in Charleston Harbor. During the 1920s America was dancing to a new step called "the Big Apple"; it was invented in Columbia, South Carolina. There are more than 300 public and private courses in the state. The first golf association in the country was formed in the state in 1786. If you're moving to South Carolina with a horse, make sure you have adequate place to keep the animal as state law prohibits keeping horses in bathtubs. |
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