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- 1786 - Capital moved from Charleston to Columbia
- 1854 - Columbia
Columbia city, capital of South Carolina, and sent of justice of Richland district, on the left or E. bank of the Congaree river, immediately below...Read MORE... - 1865 - Gen. Sherman's troops reached Middleton Place Plantation, left it in ruins; burned Columbia; Civil War ended
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1875 - Tornado
Augusta, Ga., May 1. - A fearful tornado struck Columbia, S.C., at half past 4 this afternoon. The steeple of the Presbyterian Church was demolished, ...Read MORE...- 1895 - Columbia
Columbia, a handsome city, the capital of South Carolina, and of Richland co., is on the left or E. bank of the Congaree River, at the confluence of...Read MORE... - 1897 - FIRE IN AN INSANE ASYLUM. ATTENDANTS AT COLUMBIA, S. C., AT FIRST REFUSED TO ADMIT FIREMEN TO THE BURNING BUILDING.
Columbia, S. C., June 2. - A few minutes after 1 P.M. fire was discovered in the laundry of the State Insane Asylum, where nearly 1,000 patients are...Read MORE... - 1900 - TRESTLES AND BRIDGES GONE - Flood Retarding Work of the Seaboard Air-Line
Columbia, S.C., February 15. - (Special.)
The connections of the Seaboard between Camden and Casey s, just across the Congaree river from Columbia,...Read MORE... 
Main St, Looking South toward the Capitol
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Columbia, a city, the capital of South Carolina and of Richland co., is on the left or E. bank of the Congaree River, at the confluence of the Broad...Read MORE... 
National Loan & Exchange Bank Bldg., Columbia, S.C.
Postcard- 1942 - SEVEN KILLED WHEN BIG ARMY BOMBER CRASHES. PLANE PLUNGES INTO GROUND WHILE LANDING.
Columbia, S.C., Sept. 13 (AP) - Four officers and three enlisted men were killed in the crash of an Army bomber Sunday a mile from the Columbia Army...Read MORE...
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Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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Main St, Looking South toward the Capitol
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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National Loan & Exchange Bank Bldg., Columbia, S.C.
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1786 - Capital moved from Charleston to Columbia
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1854 - Columbia
Columbia city, capital of South Carolina, and sent of justice of Richland district, on the left or E. bank of the Congaree river, immediately below... Read MORE...
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1865 - Gen. Sherman's troops reached Middleton Place Plantation, left it in ruins; burned Columbia; Civil War ended
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ sctimeln.htm
1875 - Tornado
Augusta, Ga., May 1. - A fearful tornado struck Columbia, S.C., at half past 4 this afternoon. The steeple of the Presbyterian Church was demolished, ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Columbia
Columbia, a handsome city, the capital of South Carolina, and of Richland co., is on the left or E. bank of the Congaree River, at the confluence of... Read MORE...
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1897 - FIRE IN AN INSANE ASYLUM. ATTENDANTS AT COLUMBIA, S. C., AT FIRST REFUSED TO ADMIT FIREMEN TO THE BURNING BUILDING.
Columbia, S. C., June 2. - A few minutes after 1 P.M. fire was discovered in the laundry of the State Insane Asylum, where nearly 1,000 patients are... Read MORE...
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1900 - TRESTLES AND BRIDGES GONE - Flood Retarding Work of the Seaboard Air-Line
Columbia, S.C., February 15. - (Special.)
The connections of the Seaboard between Camden and Casey s, just across the Congaree river from Columbia,... Read MORE...
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1916
Columbia, a city, the capital of South Carolina and of Richland co., is on the left or E. bank of the Congaree River, at the confluence of the Broad... Read MORE...
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1942 - SEVEN KILLED WHEN BIG ARMY BOMBER CRASHES. PLANE PLUNGES INTO GROUND WHILE LANDING.
Columbia, S.C., Sept. 13 (AP) - Four officers and three enlisted men were killed in the crash of an Army bomber Sunday a mile from the Columbia Army... Read MORE...
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