A 200 year old Murder Story on Dewees Island
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…
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…
Trivia Question
The Dewees lot numbers go from 1 to 137, not counting the historical lots on Dewees Inlet. Lot number 128 is used three times -- for lots 128, 128A and…
Growing Up in the Wild
If you haven't had a chance to read Larry Leppert's book about Dewees, I wanted to strongly encourage you to get a copy and start reading it today. It's calledcalled…
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 Oral History Interview with the McIntyres
Dewees Oral History Interview with the McIntyres from BluePixy on Vimeo.
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. …