Alexia Jones Helsley

Lost Columbia: Bygone Images from South Carolina's Capital Alexia Jones Helsley

Rising from the banks of the Congaree River, Columbia is the center of South Carolina, in reality and in spirit. This volume traces the twists and turns of the city's history, from its creation by the General Assembly in 1786 through the dark days of secession and Civil War to the New South boosterism of the early twentieth century.

Using rare and unfamiliar images, archivist and educator Alexia Jones Helsley reveals the lost history of South Carolina's capital, writ large on the city s ever-changing face.