Exploration Blog

When most of us think about World War II history, the SC Lowcountry, and southern coastal regions of the US do not immediately come to mind. Yet as I delved deeper into this part of our history, my discoveries brought me to a place of intrigue and amazement. Did you know...?

A Virtual Walking Tour Part 3 will pick up where A Virtual Walking Tour Part 2 concluded - Timrod Library. From the front of Timrod directly across the Street (Central Avenue) is the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany. Our first point of interest is outside the church. On the church grounds stands a monument that honors a woman of Summerville's history whose contributions have had a profound effect on the SC Lowcountry

... part 2 begins at the intersection of Sumter Street and West Carolina Avenue,  where another one of Summerville's famous Inns of the late 1800's stood and operated right up until the 1960's. After the depression of the 1930's followed by World War II, Summerville's notoriety as a health resort and getaway for the world's...

When I have the opportunity to write about, and feature places about which, relatively speaking, very few know anything at all; I am genuinely thrilled. Picket park is just such a place.

The town of Summerville, a most beautiful and interesting place. Summerville's origins date back to before the revolutionary war. Back then it was merely a village set up by many of the wealthy plantation owners to escape the "swamp gasses" of which they thought was the cause of Malaria. During the same time period, a new settlement was established on the Ashley River...