Date  Admitted:  1788
 State Flag:  Palmetto Tree and Cresent Moon
(
and other flags of SC history)
 State Capital:  Columbia
 State Motto:  "Prepared in Mind and Resources"
"While I Breathe, I Hope"
 Nickname:  Palmetto State
 State Song:  "Carolina"
 State Flower:  Carolina Jessamine
 State Tree:  Cabbage Palmetto
 State Bird:  Carolina Wren
 State Highest  Elevation  Sassafras Mountain
 State Firsts  Historical "First" Facts In History
 A Brief History of South Carolina | Brief History by County
S.C. Economy

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