Bluffton, S.c.*
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Settled in 1825 as a summer resort of rice and cotton planters, this town was incorporated in 1852. Here in 1844 was launched the protest against the federal tariff known as the "Bluffton Movement." The Beaufort County Historical Society [1950]
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