Search Results for: The Lumber Boom Of Coastal South Carolina Nineteenth Century Shipbuilding And The Devastation Of Lowcountry Virgin Forests

The virgin forests of longleaf pine, bald cypress and oak that covered much of the South Carolina Lowcountry presented seemingly limitless opportunity for lumbe

On an August night in 1893, the deadliest hurricane in South Carolina history struck the Lowcountry, killing thousands—almost all African American. But the de

Fifty Five Years at Sea is the story of the author's great-great-grandfather, Captain William Sewall Nickels ((1836-1920). For fifty-five years, he had no fixed

The book includes six chapters that cover Virginia history from initial settlement through the 20th century plus one that deals with the important role of under