South Carolina: Resources and Population. Institutions and IndustriesTables document meteorological records, 1782-1880; statistics re agricultural regions of S.C. at large and for each township; debt and taxation compared across U.S.; etc. |
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... thirty- seven per cent . BOUNDARIES . The State approaches in shape the form of an isosceles - triangle . The equal sides being on the North , the boundary line of North Carolina , and on the South and West , the Savannah river ...
... thirty- seven per cent . BOUNDARIES . The State approaches in shape the form of an isosceles - triangle . The equal sides being on the North , the boundary line of North Carolina , and on the South and West , the Savannah river ...
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... above the sea of one hundred and thirty feet . It may be divided , 1st . Into the region below the influence of the tides , the rice fields of South Carolina . 2d . The region above tide water , notable for INTRODUCTORY . 7.
... above the sea of one hundred and thirty feet . It may be divided , 1st . Into the region below the influence of the tides , the rice fields of South Carolina . 2d . The region above tide water , notable for INTRODUCTORY . 7.
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... thirty to two hundred and fifty feet . Large inland swamps , bays and river bottoms of unsurpassed fertility , covering five thousand five hundred square miles , are interspersed among the two regions last named . IV . The Red Hills are ...
... thirty to two hundred and fifty feet . Large inland swamps , bays and river bottoms of unsurpassed fertility , covering five thousand five hundred square miles , are interspersed among the two regions last named . IV . The Red Hills are ...
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... thirty or even of forty feet . The prevailing winds of this region , the southwest and north- east , are indicated by valleys running in this direction through these hills . " In the manner thus described , the salt water of the ocean ...
... thirty or even of forty feet . The prevailing winds of this region , the southwest and north- east , are indicated by valleys running in this direction through these hills . " In the manner thus described , the salt water of the ocean ...
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... thirty - above high tide . The mean rise and fall of the tides is 6.9 ft . at the mouth of the Savannah river ; 6.7 ft . at Port Royal ; 5.1 ft . at Charleston harbor , and 3.5 ft . at Georgetown entrance , showing a marked diminution ...
... thirty - above high tide . The mean rise and fall of the tides is 6.9 ft . at the mouth of the Savannah river ; 6.7 ft . at Port Royal ; 5.1 ft . at Charleston harbor , and 3.5 ft . at Georgetown entrance , showing a marked diminution ...
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Abbeville acre amount annual average Baird bales of cotton bushels bushels corn capital census Charleston Cheraw churches coast colored Columbia cost cotton seed creek crop cultivation dollars an acre Edgefield eight estimated FAMILY farm feet females fifty cents five four furnished gneiss granite GRASS gray Greenville growth Hentz hickory hundred pounds seed inches increase land Lea N. C. Linné loam manufactures manure marl mills negroes North one-half Orangeburg county ORDER Pee Dee performed by whites Piedmont pine belt planted population pounds seed cotton railroad red clay RED HILL REGION region rent river rock Saluda Saluda river sand hills sandy loam Santee Santee Canal Santee river Savannah Savannah river sea islands Shoal soil South Carolina Spartanburg species square mile subsoil swamps thirty tion Total town Township E. D. twelve twenty United uplands Wages Winyaw yellow
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