Hidden history of the Grand Strand
By: Rick Simmons
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9781596299665
Description: Though today South Carolina's Grand Strand is known primarily for tourism, Hidden History of the Grand Strand examines the area's often-overlooked stories spanning more than five hundred years, from the lost Spanish flagship Capitana in 1526 to the German U-boats that reportedly roamed the Intracoastal Waterway with the help of local collaborators during World War II.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Historic North Island; title: Prince Frederick's Episcopal Chapel : the myth and mystery of "Old Gunn" Church; title: The sinking of the USS Harvest Moon; title: The history of Battery White; title: Grand Strand shipwrecks; title: The legend of the Grand Strand U-boats; title: The Hot and Hot Fish Club and the hidden history of Drunken Jack Island; title: Myrtle Beach's Ocean Forest Hotel : Woodside's utopian vision; title: Waties Island, Fort Randall, and Little River Inlet; title: Four Grand Strand landmarks that disappeared before their time.