There’s so much to do and see but when you tire of the everyday pursuits, here’s an idea. Take a little trip back in time. Visit some of the places that mean “Mount Pleasant and the Islands” to old timers and…
One Man’s Burden, Hurricane Hugo hit Sullivan’s Island
If ever Sullivans Island Police Sgt. David J. Price could erase a period of his life, he would most certainly eliminate the last two weeks of September and the first two weeks…
Isle in the Eye, Hurricane Hugo
It was 8 a.m., Sept. 25, four days beyond Hugo. After an all night drive from Atlanta, my son’s evacuation home, I boarded the harbor-tour boat at Patriot’s Point for a return to the devastated Isle of Palms…
Nightmare in McClellanville, Hugo 1989
“We made it Evangeline. The worst is over.” These were the words that Thomas Williams spoke to his wife as he looked out the back door of his McClellanville home during the calm…
Night of Wind and Water, Hugo 1989
As the fiercest storm in modern history made landfall on the Isle of Palms, two young Medical University of South Carolina students were there, and lived to tell about it…
Our Past on a Corner Sign Post
For the earliest settlers of Mount Pleasant, major routes of transportation included a multitude of harbors, channels, rivers, inlets and creeks surrounding the area. Many of the names that described…
The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge
I resisted the temptation to drive the new Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge the first day it opened to traffic. Well, I did until dinner time. My daughter, Sam, and I had gone out for a salad at an eatery around…