Historical Marker preserves and protects Pawleys Island Chapel
One of the most iconic buildings on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast -- the Pawleys Island House of Worship -- is now protected for generations to come. Widely known as Pawleys Chapel or just the Chapel and located on the creek side of Myrtle Avenue on the...
Fundraiser explores home gardens along South Carolina’s Hammock Coast
Celebrating springtime and new beginnings, participants of a recent Friends of the Waccamaw Library fundraiser had the opportunity to visit eight private gardens on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast. The event raised over $9,000 that will benefit the Friends of the Waccamaw Library, for purchasing books for...
Pawleys Island, Litchfield get high marks in poll of state beachgoers
Two of South Carolina's Hammock Coast beaches got high ratings in a recent survey of newspaper readers. [caption id="attachment_64999" align="alignright" width="613"] Pawleys Island has welcomed families to its friendly seashore for generations. (Photo by Chris Rogers/Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce)[/caption] The Sun News, a McClatchy daily newspaper...
Goats continue to fascinate visitors along Murrells Inlet’s Marsh Walk
When Christine Vernon leads her Ghosts, Pirates and Legends Tours along the Murrells Inlet Marsh Walk, a popular attraction on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast, it’s not only haunts and apparitions that get the most attention. Sometimes, it’s goats, not ghosts, that people are talking about on...
Hopsewee Plantation, home of signer of the Declaration of Independence, open for tours
Before there was a United States of America, there was Hopsewee Plantation. In fact, the birth of the nation and the historic estate, located near Georgetown, South Carolina, are forever intertwined because one of the original owner's signature is found on the Declaration of Independence. Visitors...