TABBY CONSTRUCTION
Necessity is the mother of invention. That proverb was certainly true when it came tothe creation of tabby construction. Scarcity of clay for bricks and a humid climate whichexacerbated wood rot along with an abundance of sand and oyster shells found inNative American trash middens gave birth to the labor intensive process of tabby. Tabby […]
AUDUBON NEWHALL PRESERVE
Nestled in the south end of Hilton Head Island is a 50-acre nature preserve called theAudubon Newhall Preserve. As the island was rapidly being developed, Caroline“Beany” Newhall saw the need to preserve the natural areas and woodlands. In 1965,with land deeded by Charles Frasier, the Island Wildlife Preserve was established. In1976, the Preserve was deeded […]
LETTERED OLIVE SHELL
Forty years ago, the lettered olive was named the State Shell of South Carolina. The
highly polished shell is valued by collectors and abundant along the shorelines of the
Lowcountry.
