Hilton Head Island

By Coastal Discovery Museum

Book Overview

Hilton Head Island: One of South Carolina's premier tourist destinations with an intriguing history dating as far back as 10,000 years ago.

Hilton Head Island's scenery and leisure industry attract more than 1.5 million visitors each year to play golf, relax on the beaches, or just soak up the atmosphere. Before the fairways and hotels ever arrived on the scene, however, the island already had a long and interesting history when Native Americans first began to visit the area. In Hilton Head Island, Natalie Hefter and the Coastal Discovery Museum revisit this history, charting the area's development from its first plantation in 1717, through the boom years of shipbuilding and Sea Island cotton to the Civil War. In over 200 vintage
photographs, the authors document the impact of the Union occupation, the establishment of Mitchelville (the island's "contraband" and Freedmen community), the dramatic effects of the first bridge to the island, and the development of the tourist industry that now typifies this popular South Carolina destination.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738500488
• ISBN13: 9780738500485
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Hilton Head History

I enjoyed looking at the pictures in this book but I was a little disappointed that it didn't have more of the really old history of the island. The 1900 to present was captured very well. The pictures were interesting and of good quality. The captions were clear. If you aren't doing research and just want a general background, this book is great. Having just been on Hilton Head, it is too bad that almost nothing remains that were pictured in this book. What a change a bridge made. Since 1960's, this island has been so built up and gentrified it no longer is a agricultural or natural area. Thank goodness for pictures.