David Robert Coker (1870-1938) conducted his early crop-improvement experiments on the family plantation in Hartsville, South Carolina.
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The Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel located in South Carolina was started in 1856 by a railroad company and is bored for more than a mile into the granite heart of fabled Stumphouse Mountain. The coming of the Civil War in 1859 ended the work on the project.
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The Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport was the first airport in South Carolina opening in October 1927.