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Read more about the article A 200 year old Murder Story on Dewees Island

A 200 year old Murder Story on Dewees Island

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:September 15, 2021
  • Post category:All/Dewees History/History

Dr. Nic Butler, the historian for Charleston County Public Library and the author of the fascinating Charleston Time Machine podcast, researched a 200 year old murder on Dewees Island. He…

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Read more about the article The Sewee and Predecessors: the Earliest Inhabitants of Dewees

The Sewee and Predecessors: the Earliest Inhabitants of Dewees

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:March 31, 2020
  • Post category:All/Archives/Dewees History/History

We usually begin our history of Dewees with the Sewee tribe, the group of native Americans who lived in the area when the Europeans arrived.  The earliest human residents of…

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Read more about the article Dr. Leslie Sautter’s presentation on our Changing Beach

Dr. Leslie Sautter’s presentation on our Changing Beach

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:March 29, 2019
  • Post category:All/Dewees History/Island Living

Last week at POA weekend, Dr. Leslie Sautter came to Dewees and gave a great presentation on the history of our shoreline, changes to the front beach, and suggestions for…

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Holiday Celebrations past and present

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:December 18, 2014
  • Post category:Dewees History/History/Island Living/Real Estate/Winter
  • Post comments:2 Comments

In the tradition of online media's "Throwback Thursday," wherein people post photos of past events and wardrobes, I thought I would share this photo from (probably) 1926, when the Huyler…

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Dewees History Exploration

  • Post author:reggiefairchild
  • Post published:June 17, 2011
  • Post category:Dewees History
  • Post comments:6 Comments

Yesterday, the Archives committee sponsored an expedition through Copahee Sound to understand what it might have been like to visit the Huyler Family in the early-twentieth century.  We met at…

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Re-enacting History

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:June 11, 2011
  • Post category:Dewees History
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Our Revolutionary War celebration brought us a number of fascinating re-enactors.  We had a chance to catch up with them and find out what makes them drawn to re-enacting and…

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Cannonfire heard on Dewees Island

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:April 12, 2011
  • Post category:Dewees History/News
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Today marks the sesquicentennial of the first shots of the Civil War.  We woke to a barrage of cannon fire near our home in Mount Pleasant, as the community begins…

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Dewees Island Mentioned in Newspaper Series on Civil War

  • Post author:reggiefairchild
  • Post published:February 22, 2011
  • Post category:Dewees History/News
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The Charleston Post and Courier newspaper is running a series of 20 articles about the Civil War for the 150th anniversary.  The most recent article mentions Dewees Island in the…

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More about Shell Middens; Archives Talk Saturday

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:January 20, 2011
  • Post category:Dewees History
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On Saturday, the Dewees Island Archives Committee is putting together a talk on the Sewee Indians. Jonathan Lyons, of Awendaw, will be speaking at the Huyler House from 5:30 to…

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Mysteries of Sugar Maples and Shell Middens

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:November 18, 2010
  • Post category:Dewees History
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The earth will know you have been here.  That was the theme of a lecture last week hosted by the Charleston Natural History Society (aka our friends at Audubon who…

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