Welcome to the Carolinas...enjoy your stay South Carolina Just the Facts: Capital: Columbia Population: 3,664,000 Governor: James Hodges (D) (until 2003) Entered the Union: May 23, 1788 As the 8th state Mottoes: Animis opibusque parati (Prepared in mind and resources) and Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope) Nickname: Palmetto State Flower: Carolina yellow jessamine Bird: Carolina wren Song: Carolina Sports Teams: None. Origin of Name: In honor of Charles I of England. Major Industries: Textile mill products, chemicals and allied products, and agriculture. Historical Sites: Fort Sumter National Monument. Points of Interest: Aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in Charleston Harbor; the Middleton, Magnolia, and Cypress Gardens in Charleston. Bordering States: North Carolina and Georgia. Myrtle Beach...BeachCam Myrtle Beach...Pavillion Cam From WindJammers, Isle of Palms, SC Folly Beach North Carolina Just the Facts: Capital: Raleigh Population: 7,070,000 Governor: James B. Hunt, D (until 2001) Entered the Union: November 21, 1789 As the: 12th state Motto: Esse quam videri (To be rather than to seem) Nickname: Tar Heel State Flower: Dogwood Bird: Cardinal Song: The Old North State Sports Teams: Charlotte Hornets (Basketball) and Carolina Panthers (Football) Origin of Name: In honor of Charles I of England Major Industries: furniture, tobacco, brick, textile products, metalworking, chemicals, paper, tobacco, corn, cotton, hay, peanuts, truck and vegetable crops, mica and lithium Historical Sites: The Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk, Guilford Courthouse and Moores Creek National Military Parks, Carl Sandburg's home near Hendersonville, and the Old Salem Restoration in Winston-Salem. Points of Interest: The Great Smoky Mountains, the Blue Ridge National Parkway, and the Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores. Bordering States: Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia Wrightsville Beach, NC Thanks for stopping by morningman888@webtv.net Atlantic Beach, NC Charlotte Thanks for stopping by... morningman888@webtv.net MMCarolinas MMLouisiana MMNewHampshire FastCounter by LinkExchange

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