The Sewee and Predecessors: the Earliest Inhabitants of Dewees
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…
More about Shell Middens; Archives Talk Saturday
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…
Dewees Island Archives Oral History Series: The Cochranes
Here is the first 8 minutes of a Thanks Giving weekend interview with Jim and Jill Cochrane. The rest of the interview is available on DVD through the Dewees Archives…
Cannonball found on Dewees Dates to Revolutionary War
As part of the video interviews that the Archives committee is doing, I had an opportunity to interview the Cochranes, and asked Jill to give me a tour of the…
Leppert Family Returns to Dewees
Bubber McAlhany just published a great report, including photos, of the Leppert's visit to Dewees. Senior Leppert was the island manager for the Reynolds. Larry Leppert wrote a book about…
Larry Leppert Book Signing and Tour of the Island April 5
On April 5 Larry Leppert and his family will be visiting the island. Mr. Leppert is the author of recently released book about growing up on Dewees when his father…
Dewees Facebook Group
Hello Deweesians, I've set up a Facebook Group about Dewees. The group has grown to 13 members in just 1 day. Please join us. Description of the Group: For anyone…
50 Inch Red Drum?
During his interview with the Dewees Archives Committee, Henry Savage said that they used to catch 50" red drum (traditionally known as spot-tail bass in Charleston) back in the 1970s. …
World War II Tower has 2 Floors
The most interest fact that I learned today while video taping the Henry Savage interview was that the World War II Submarine Lookout Tower has 2 floors on the inside. …
Archives Committee Interviews Henry Savage
On behalf of the Dewees Archives Committee, Peter Cotton interviewed Henry Savage today at 3 p.m. about his long-time association with Dewees Island. He first visited the island in the…