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Belfair Plantation, Bluffton SC
Learn about the history of Belfair Plantation in Bluffton
Don Schueler
Sep 67 min read


The Lords Proprietors of Carolina: A Royal Reward and a Colonial Struggle
The 1600s were a time of fierce European competition for control of North America. Spain held Florida, the Southwest, and much of the...
Don Schueler
Sep 65 min read


Huntington Hartford Coming Soon 🔜⏰
Coming SOON! Huntington Hartford, son of Bluffton's "Gilded Age Princess" Henrietta Pollitzer Hartford Pignatelli.
Don Schueler
Sep 51 min read


Chelsea Plantation - Ridgeland, SC
The entrance to Chelsea today One of the most beautiful properties in the Lowcountry of South Carolina is in Okatie, SC, between...
Don Schueler
Sep 24 min read


Palmetto Bluff - Richard Thornton Wilson Jr. & The "Marrying Wilsons"
Richard T. Wilson Jr.'s home at Palmetto Bluff If you've recently been to the Bluffton, SC area, you might know about the Palmetto Bluff...
Don Schueler
Aug 304 min read


Alfred Lee Loomis Wall Street Tycoon, Physicist and Hilton Head Owner
Alfred Lee Loomis and his brother-in-law, Landon K. Thorne , owned 22,000 acres on Hilton Head Island, SC, in 1931, including the...
Don Schueler
Aug 303 min read


Bluffton, SC's Gilded Age Princess
Special thanks to Sydney Whiteside, Library Assistant, Beaufort District Collection, Beaufort County Library for her excellent...
Don Schueler
Aug 297 min read
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