by B. Earl Copeland (Author)

From its establishment in the late 1800s and for generations afterwards Berkeley County was a backwards, agrarian county. It was wild and lawless. For decades following WW1, Berkeley County was a little oligarchy ruled by one family. Even though most county employees were good people, that tends to breed corruption among the leaders. But today Berkeley County, South Carolina is listed as on of the ten fastest growing counties in the United States. That didn't happen by accident.