1949 ? A group of lumber associates from Hinesville, Georgia, bought a total of 20000 acres of pine forest on Hilton Head's southern end for an average of nearly $60 an acre. They formed The Hilton Head Company to handle the timber ... It swung open to allow boats to pass through on either side of the center support.1956 ? James F. Byrnes Bridge, a two-lane toll swing bridge, was constructed at a cost of $1.5 million. This opened the island to automobile traffic from the ...
Sigh....the end of Summer is here. It still, ten-ish years after completing school, feels like September is the true beginning of the year. And I suppose in a few more years, that will be further cemented with both boys going to school. ... Joey was pretty bummed that his "vacation" was over, and he came home with us yesterday after spending a week with them. Will had a blast, eating roasted marshmallow, making sand mountains complete with leaf "flags" and of course, ...
The center of the city is a great starting point with Victorian architectural gems; myriad hidden blane/b ways; and hole-in-the-wall shops, bars and restaurants. Venture bayside to St. Kilda for a roller-blade along the beach, ... Call them the Isles of Scilly, or just Scilly, England's smallest official ?Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty? lies sprinkled in the Atlantic 28 miles southwest of Land's bEnd/b. Scilly is an administrative part of Cornwall (owned, in fact, ...