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She was named after Edisto Island, South Carolina. The island is named after the Native American Edisto Band who inhabited the island and the surrounding area. As of 2011 there is a namesake cutter USCGC Edisto (WPB-1313). The newer Edisto is a 110-foot Island-class patrol boat and is stationed in San Diego County, California. [1]
The first group of Europeans who succeeded in settling Edisto Island were English people who settled the island in the late 1600s and early 1700s. Though it is unclear when the modern name was adopted, the island was called "Locke Island", after the English philosopher and Secretary to the Lords Proprietors of Carolina John Locke , during the ...
Edisto Beach is a town in Colleton County, South Carolina, United States.Edisto Beach's population was 414 as of the 2010 census, [5] down from 641 in 2000. The town limits include only the developed coastal area of Edisto Island within Colleton County, while the majority of the island consists of unincorporated land in Charleston County.
Henry was a noteworthy post-war Sea Island Cotton planter and was recorded in the News and Courier in 1905 & 1909 as having brought the first bag to the Charleston market for several years running. Henry consigned his crop to Dill, Ball & Company who was his factor. Henry owned and operated a cotton gin on the island from about 1900 into the ...
SC 174 travels generally in a south-to-north direction. Its official southern terminus is located in Edisto Beach in Colleton County at the intersection of Dock Site Road, Palmetto Boulevard, and Yacht Club Road, although its signed southern terminus is located about a quarter-mile east at the intersection of Buoy Road and Dock Site Road.
The trails wind through Edisto Island's maritime forest, leading to sites such as a Native American shell midden dated to 2000 BC, and a survey monument placed by Alexander Bache in 1850. Activities possible at the park include surf fishing for flounder , spottail and whiting , as well as boating, birding , and picnicking.
An adult Chatham Islands shag is 63 cm (25 in) in length and weighs around 1,790–2,400 g (63–85 oz). [4] It is a large pied shag with a white throat, breast, belly and patches on the scapulars of the wings, and black or black-brown elsewhere.