Flames destroyed 25 blocks of Augusta's downtown and Olde Town districts and left 3,000 people homeless. Taken together, the photos are a brief portrait of Georgia and South Carolina in the 20th century. S.C. She put herself through the paces during her first days at the state military school, but dropped out a week later, citing stress and isolation. The Rev. Jerry Falwell slides down the 'Killer Typhoon' waterslide at the Heritage USA water park in Fort Mill, S.C., Sept. 11, 1987. However, there is a special reverence for tradition reflected by the nation's longest-living senator, Aiken resident Strom Thurmond, now 96.
Some photos reflect religion's importance.
A baptism in a creek at Hilton Head Island, S.C., photographed by Ross Taylor of The Island Packet contrasts with a photo of the Rev. Jerry Falwell sliding down a waterslide to fulfill a promise to ministry donors. She left in less than a week. She was the first women admitted to the formerly all-male school. This collage of photos offers a 20th century glimpse of South Carolina and Georgia through the lenses of The Associated Press ' member newspapers. The AP, the world's largest news-gathering organization, is a cooperative founded in 1848.