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CHARLESTON MLS CHARLESTON MOUNT PLEASANT SULLIVAN'S ISLAND DANIEL ISLAND JAMES ISLAND BUYING A HOME CHARLESTON PROFILECharleston, South Carolina Update
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CHARLESTON MLS CHARLESTON MOUNT PLEASANT SULLIVAN'S ISLAND DANIEL ISLAND JAMES ISLAND BUYING A HOME CHARLESTON PROFILECharleston, South Carolina Update
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Scenic imagery courtesy of Dana Elliott and Alex Massengale.
throughout the month of October
on S.C. Highway 165 in Hollywood. Food and family fun are a
major draw in an event whose centerpiece is an incredible
hayride journey through a series of ghostly haunts and hideaways
guaranteed to raise the hair on the head. For information call
843-889-1330.
glimpse of the future,
because the 350,000 acres of protected wetlands and forest will
still be as pristine and unspoiled in future generations. The
ACE is an acronym for Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto, the three
rivers whose waters give life and shape to the area. Meandering
through a diverse landscape of cypress swamp, rice fields, old
growth forest, salt marsh, and coastal estuary, the ACE's
river-system has been cherished since ancient times as a
thriving hunting ground, wildlife habitat, timber source and
scenic homeland. It was the desire to
protect its natural beauty
and resources by establishing a conservation plan that assures
the ACE will only be used for traditional cultivation and
cultural purposes, and that the area will be a haven for many
threatened and endangered species, including the great bald
eagle, the American wood stork, the short-nosed sturgeon and the
loggerhead sea turtle. One of the best places to enjoy the ACE
is at the Bear Island Wildlife Management Area on Bennet's Point
Road in Colleton County. Open to public viewing from February
through mid-October, the area features lush wetlands and
impoundments that attract an stunning annual migration that
includes trumpeter swans, Canada geese, and a vast assortment of
waterfowl.
one enjoyable highlight is a
visit with one of the many sidewalk weavers. Along both
sides of Meeting Street just south of Broad, and at
various locations around the city market, the ancient
tradition of sweetgrass basket-making is played out by
hand each day. Most weavers are older ladies, who learned
their trade, as all in the sweetgrass community do, from
previous generations. As they sit, surrounded by
beautifully-woven baskets of every imaginable shape, they
focus on the work that requires pain-staking hours and
complete concentration. Pardon them if they aren't
especially vocal, or are a little annoyed by those who
only want to take pictures, for this is their workplace,
this is their income, and although they want folks to
enjoy the scene, they hope those who hover will make a
purchase. After all, they had to go into snake-infested
wetlands to gather strands of sweetgrass, bull rush,
palmetto fronds and long-leaf pine, and use these simple
ingredients to weave, stitch by stitch, baskets that may
take weeks to finish. Using only a spoon handle, known as
a "nail bone", they will work the varying strands into
intricate patterns that show off color and design, while
adding lasting strength. A finished basket will last a
lifetime and is a direct tie to one of Charleston's oldest
and most venerated cultural traditions. So enjoy a stop
among those who keep the sweetgrass tradition alive, but
remember to reward their efforts or continue on.
during the Revolution, as
well as headquarters for Union generals after Charleston was
evacuated in the Civil War. Built by Brewton between 1765 and
1769, the house features a two-tiered portico of Tuscan and
Ionic columns of Portland stone, with a platform of paved marble
reached by marble steps. Inside, both marble and mahogany
carvings grace a grand stairway and drawing room, accented by
the original crystal chandelier. Yet for all its charming
beauty, the most striking and memorable feature of the house is
purely there as a means of causing pain and suffering. Atop the
wrought iron gates entering the property stretches one of the
city's most noted examples of Cheveaux-de-Fries, a spiked iron
barrier bristling with sharp, menacing points. Literally
translated as "horses of Friesland", the term comes from an 18th
century battle in today's Netherlands in which spiked defenses
were used against cavalry. The concept was adapted in Charleston
after a foiled 1822 slave uprising as a means of protecting
homes from possible intruders climbing over gates.