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  2. Clemson, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Clemson (/ ˈ k l ɛ m p s ən, ˈ k l ɛ m z ən /) is a city in Pickens and Anderson counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Clemson is home to Clemson University ; in 2015, the Princeton Review cited the town of Clemson as ranking #1 in the United States for " town-and-gown " relations with its resident university. [8]

  3. Clemson University - Wikipedia

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    History Beginnings Fort Hill, photographed in 1887, was the home of John C. Calhoun and later Thomas Green Clemson and is at the center of the university campus.. Thomas Green Clemson, the university's founder, came to the foothills of South Carolina in 1838, when he married Anna Maria Calhoun, daughter of John C. Calhoun, the South Carolina politician and seventh U.S. Vice President.

  4. Thomas Green Clemson - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Green Clemson (July 1, 1807 – April 6, 1888) was an American politician and statesman, serving as Chargés d'Affaires to Belgium, and United States Superintendent of Agriculture. He served in the Confederate Army and founded Clemson University in South Carolina. Historians have called Clemson "a quintessential nineteenth-century ...

  5. Clemson ranked as one of the best small college towns in the ...

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    Clemson University was founded in 1889 by Thomas Green Clemson in the upstate region of South Carolina. Clemson was a Philadelphia-born musician, artist, agriculturist, American diplomat and ...

  6. Fort Hill (Clemson, South Carolina) - Wikipedia

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    January 4, 1990. Fort Hill, also known as the John C. Calhoun House and Library, is a National Historic Landmark on the Clemson University campus in Clemson, South Carolina, United States. From 1825-1850, the house was the home of noted proponent of constitutional Nullification, John C. Calhoun, the 7th Vice President of the United States .

  7. Campus of Clemson University - Wikipedia

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    On Clemson's death in 1888, he willed the land to the state of South Carolina for the creation of a public university. The university was founded in 1889, and three buildings from the initial construction still exist today: Hardin Hall (built in 1890), Main Building (later renamed Tillman Hall) (1894), and Godfrey Hall (1898). Other periods of ...

  8. Historic Cherokee settlements - Wikipedia

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    Town locations. No list could ever be complete of all Cherokee settlements; however, in 1755 the government of South Carolina noted several known towns and settlements. Those identified were grouped into six "hunting districts:" 1) Overhill, 2) Middle, 3) Valley, 4) Out Towns, 5) Lower Towns, and 6) the Piedmont settlements, also called Keowee towns, as they were along the Keowee River.

  9. Clemson University Historic District I - Wikipedia

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    The Clemson University Historic District I is a collection of historic properties on the campus of Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. The district contains eight contributing properties located along the northern portion of the campus. Included are some of the oldest academic buildings on campus. [2]