USA Mega series #40; South Carolina Traditional Cache

This is a one of a series of 51 caches (50 traditional (States) and a puzzle bonus (USA)) that will take you around the town of Thornbury.

All the caches are to do with the USA and will give you info on all the states.

To help you navigate the public footways around this area, the Explorer 167 map will be helpful.

                                                                           SOUTH CAROLINA        

• Origin of name: Carolina was named to honour Charles IX of France and then Charles I and Charles II of England
• Capital: Columbia
• Largest city: Columbia
• Population: 4,774,839 (2013 est). Ranked 24th in the US.
• Nicknames: The Palmetto state
• Highest point: Sassafras Mountain, 3,560 ft
• Admission to union: May 23^rd, 1788 (8^th)
• State motto: While I breathe, I hope
• State song: Carolina
• State tree: Cabbage Palmetto
• State flower: Carolina yellow Jessamine
• State bird: Carolina wren
• Area: 32,020 sq mi. Ranked 40th in the US.
  
   

Did you know……...

1) The first battle of the Civil War took place at Fort Sumter.

2) Stretching 60 miles from Little River to Georgetown, South Carolina's Grand Strand is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States.

3) Stretching 60 miles from Little River to Georgetown, South Carolina's Grand Strand is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States.

4) Johnston is called The Hub of the Ridge because it is located at the meeting place of the three river systems which flow away from the Ridge, a fertile plateau about thirty miles long between clay hills to the north and sand hills to the south.

5) South Carolina is the nation's leading peach producer and shipper east of the Mississippi River.