I love the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn. Honey Horn is 69 acres owned by the Town of Hilton Head Island and run as the Coastal Discovery Museum. There is plenty of parking. Then follow the sign to the Discovery House. At Discovery House you can register for guided walks and find out the [...]
The historic marker at the corner of William Hilton Parkway and Matthews Drive is about the Zion Chapel of Ease and Cemetery. What is a Chapel of Ease? A Chapel of Ease is a church building that is not the main church that is closer and easier for the congregation to get to. Zion Chapel [...]
Across from Bluewater Resort is a field with an old tabby building in it. When we first stayed there, I think this is where we saw deer in the field. There used to be goats, sheep and deer. And I think some horses, too. I tried to look up what the ruins were of, but [...]
Looking for something else, I found an article about the Stone Fleet. Have you ever heard of it? During the Civil War, old ships were filled with rocks and sand, sent south and sunk to block supplies and Confederate ships. Their remains are in Skull Creek and perhaps other areas around Hilton Head Island. During [...]
There are remains of four Civil War forts on Hilton Head. Fort Mitchel is at 65 Skull Creek Drive. Fort Mitchel was built in 1861 by Union Army. It was never meant to be a permanent fort. Fort Mitchel was built to defend Seabrook Landing, a coaling station and ship maintenance location during the Civil [...]
This horse is a Marsh Tacky. Marsh Tacky horses are small compared to other horses, less than five feet tall. Standard is 13 to 15 hands or 52 to 60 inches. They have rather short sturdy legs and a narrow chest. They come in a lot of different colors; bay, black, chestnut, dun, roan or [...]
Fort Howell is one of the best preserved Civil War earthen forts in South Carolina. It was built to defend Hilton Head Island and protect the freedmen's town of Mitchelville. The fort is at 160 Beach City Rd. Fort Howell covers nearly three acres on what was once the William Pope plantation. Fort Howell This [...]
There is a new park on the site of Mitchelville. You can see the signs on Beach City Road, Hilton Head. There are model houses and buildings and a lot of information plaques. The marker is on Beach City Road. Mitchelville Site In 1862, after Hilton Head’s fall to the Union forces in 1861, this [...]
Green’s Shell Enclosure is a ring of piled oyster shells. It is old, maybe nearly a thousand years old. It is easy to find, right off Squire Pope Road. There is a board with information about the history of the shell ring and nature at the shell enclosure. Welcome! This South Carolina Department of Natural [...]
On the way to Green’s Shell Enclosure Heritage Preserve, you pass a graveyard. This is called the Stoney Cemetery, Amelia White Cemetery or the Graham Cemetery. The Stoney family is one of the families mentioned on the historical marker for the Zion Chapel of Ease. It just says they worshiped there. It is right by [...]