Charleston Time Machine
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Charleston Time Machine
Dr. Nic Butler, historian at the Charleston County Public Library, explores the less familiar corners of local history with stories that invite audiences to reflect on the enduring presence of the past in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
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Episode 309: The Restoration of Market Street, 1804–1807
Amidst another influx of French-speaking refugees in the spring of 1804, Charleston’s municipal authorities negotiated with property owners to resusci...
Episode 308: Meandering Marketplaces in Urban Charleston, 1794–1805
Following the conversion of the city’s new Beef Market into a dormitory in the autumn of 1793, the business of vending fresh provisions in Charleston...
Episode 307: The Refugees in Market Street, 1793
The legal foundation of Market Street, created in 1788, dissolved in 1793 when the City of Charleston scrambled to address a refugee crisis that shock...
Episode 306: The Genesis of Market Street, 1783–1789
Market Street and its venerable public buildings exemplify the spirit of preservation and resilience in modern Charleston, but forgotten details of th...
Episode 305: The Waterfront Markets of Colonial Charleston
In the spring of 1751, Governor James Glen described the Cooper River as “a kind of floating market,” hosting “numbers of canoes boats and pettyaguas...
Episode 304: The Rise of Asphalt Roadways in Twentieth-Century Charleston
Modern travelers across the city and county of Charleston roll across a continuous ribbon of asphalt that facilitates an expanding cycle of population...
Episode 303: The Granite Roadways of Gilded-Age Charleston
During the twilight years of the nineteenth century, radical changes to local thoroughfares helped the City of Charleston evolve from a declining seap...
Episode 302: Reconstructing the Streets of Post-Civil War Charleston
Amidst the financial doldrums that followed the American Civil War, Charlestonians struggled to reconstruct their politics, rebuild their economy, and...
Episode 301: Cobbling the Streets of Antebellum Charleston
Charleston’s cobblestone streets fascinate residents and visitors alike, inspiring visions of pirates and horse-drawn carriages rattling through ye ol...
Episode 300: Frederick Douglass in 1888 Charleston
Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was a towering figure in the history of the United States, occupying the vanguard of the nation’s struggle for African-...
Episode 299: The Orange Economy of Colonial Charleston
Orange trees and their delicious fruit are not native to North America, but they form a curious and poorly-remembered chapter in South Carolina’s earl...
Episode 298: Illuminating the Streets of Early Charleston
Can you imagine navigating the streets and roads of Charleston County between dusk and dawn without the aid of street lamps? The earliest inhabitants...
Episode 297: Giving Thanks for Native American Food in 1670 Charleston
Thanksgiving, an American holiday rooted in harvest celebrations, acknowledges the bounty of food so many of us take for granted. This tradition in So...
Episode 296: Charleston Common: A Brief History of A Fractured Landscape
The place-name “Charleston Common” applies to a large swath of land reserved for public use since 1735. Conscious that the provincial capital lacked a...
Episode 295: Mutiny and Murder aboard Nuestra Señora de la Concepçion, Part 4
The trial of Hispanic carpenter Joseph Lortia, accused of confederating with pirates aboard the Cuban schooner Nuestra Señora, unfolded through a seri...
Episode 294: Mutiny and Murder aboard Nuestra Señora de la Concepçion, Part 3
The young Cuban widow, Doña Petrona de Castro, suffered in the shadows during the first half of this story, but moved to center stage after the bloodi...
Episode 293: Mutiny and Murder aboard Nuestra Señora de la Concepçion, Part 2
The terrified survivors of a murderous mutiny aboard the Cuban schooner Nuestra Señora sailed from the Bahamas under the command of a hired English pi...
Episode 292: Mutiny and Murder aboard Nuestra Señora de la Concepçion, Part 1
An affluent Cuban merchant and his young pregnant wife set sail from Havana in May 1734 on a peaceful voyage to Hispaniola aboard their private schoon...
Episode 291: Line Street: Vestige of the War of 1812
Line Street isn’t the most glamorous thoroughfare in the City of Charleston, but it recalls a significant episode in the community’s history. During t...
Episode 290: Charleston’s Suburban Racecourse and Slave Auction Site
Just beyond the boundaries of urban Charleston, a hundred-acre pasture straddling modern Meeting Street hosted a variety of public events during the s...
Episode 289: Policing Rural Charleston, from Colonial Posse to County Sheriff
From the dawn of the Carolina Colony to the early twentieth century, residents of rural Charleston County enjoyed no police protection beyond their ow...
Episode 288: Charleston's Forgotten First Orphan House, 1790–94
Shortly after the creation of the nation’s first municipal orphanage in 1790, the citizens of Charleston contributed generously to the construction of...
Episode 287: Colleton Square: Prelude to Market Street
Colleton Square is a place-name rarely heard in Charleston today, but millions of people tramp through its historic boundaries every year. Granted to...
Episode 286: The Charleston Gunpowder Plot of 1731, Part 2
During their year-long incarceration, the criminal trio accused of plotting to blow up Charleston’s powder magazine had ample time to argue among them...
Episode 285: The Charleston Gunpowder Plot of 1731, Part 1
Every successful thief (and screenwriter) knows that a daring robbery requires a powerful and well-coordinated distraction. That criminal axiom was ev...
Episode 284: Drama at the Court Room in 1735: Charleston’s First Theater
The earliest recorded performances of drama, dance, and opera in Charleston occurred during the late winter of 1735, when a group of thespians adverti...
Episode 283: A Hawaiian Band in Charleston, 1901–2
Charlestonians got their first taste of Hawaiian culture in December 1901, when a band of Pacific Islanders represented the newly-acquired territory a...
Episode 282: Union Pier: Mobility Nexus through the Centuries
The site known as Union Pier has been a transportation crossroads for centuries past and potentially continuing well into the future. Now slated for r...
Episode 281: Surf Bathing at Sullivan's Island In the 19th Century
Frolicking in the ocean surf is today a familiar activity along South Carolina beaches, but recreational swimming was a novelty in centuries past. “Su...
Episode 280: Cash and Credit in South Carolina before the U.S. Dollar
Have you ever wondered how South Carolinians paid for goods and services before the advent of the U.S. dollar? The pound sterling formed the basis of...
Episode 279: Phebe Fletcher: A ‘Magdalene’ in Revolutionary Charleston
Phebe Fletcher was an intriguing woman of eighteenth-century Charleston whose unconventional lifestyle earned both derision and respect from her neigh...
Episode 278: Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish Patriot, in Charleston
Thomas Francis Meagher (1823–1867) was a famous Irish patriot of the mid-nineteenth century whose agitation for independence from Britain led to his e...
Episode 277: The Shaw Community Center: A Living Memorial to Civil Rights Progress
The Shaw Community Center at 22 Mary Street in downtown Charleston embodies an important historical legacy: It arose shortly after the Civil War as a...
Episode 276: Segregation and Desegregation at the Charleston County Public Library, 1930–1965
The Charleston County Public Library opened its doors to the public in 1931, but welcomed visitors unequally and conditionally until the early 1960s....
Episode 275: John L. Dart, Champion of Education
The recently renovated John L. Dart Library at 1067 King Street bears the name of a pioneering figure in the history of education in Charleston. Born...
Episode 274: The Beef Market under Charleston's City Hall
Nearly a century before Charleston’s municipal headquarters moved to the northeast corner of Meeting and Broad Streets, residents gathered daily at th...
Episode 273: The First Football Match in Charleston, Christmas Eve 1892
The first exhibition game of American-style “scientific” football in the Lowcountry of South Carolina kicked-off in December 1892, when two teams of e...
Episode 272: Watson's Garden: The Horticultural Roots of Courier Square
Charleston’s venerable newspaper, the Post and Courier, is transforming its headquarters on upper King Street into an upscale mixed-use development ca...
Episode 271: Free Indians In Amity with the State: A Legal Legacy
Native American ancestry provided a measure of legal immunity to mixed-race people in antebellum South Carolina. Check out the latest episode of Charl...
Episode 270: The Native American Land Cessions of 1684
In the late winter of 1684, representatives of eight Native American tribes in the Lowcountry of South Carolina surrendered their traditional homeland...