An out-of-state researcher asked about the names of people who died during the 1893 hurricane to confirm oral tradition of family deaths caused by our local natural disaster. Given that the total casualty number ranges from 1000 to 5000 dead depending on the source, no one will ever really know exactly how many and who perished.Read More...

I wrote about a tidal wave purportedly being caused by the earthquake of 1886 on our Facebook page back on Oct. 22nd as part of the continuing series of posts about local natural disasters in honor of SC Archives Month. However, odds are, with further examination, that the tidal wave mentioned in the Burt Rodgers presentation, simply didn't happen! The Palmetto Post, a newspaper based in Port Royal then, did not mention any tidal wave in its rather extensive reporting on the earthquake, its aftershocks, or the damage caused by same.Read More...

While the temperature in Beaufort is not that cold yet, you can feel those goose bumps by reading some good books at the library.

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Halloween is nigh. We are certain to get a higher volume of questions about ghosts and hauntings this time of year. The "best" ghost question I've gotten thus far, though, is the one related here:Read More...