Horry County
36 places on the trail: 36 highway markers.
People of Horry County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
- 26-03Boundary HouseDuring the colonial era the Boundary House, on the S.C.-N.C. line 1.3 mi. SE, was both a private residence and "public h...
- 26-02Rev. George WhitefieldOn Jan. 1, 1740 George Whitefield (1714-1770), Anglican evangelist, stopped at a tavern nearby on his way to Savannah. W...
- 26-13SocasteeSocastee is a Native American name referred to as “Sawkastee” in a 1711 land grant to Percival Pawley. A skirmish betwee...
- 26-34Waccamaw Tribal GroundsThis section of Horry County is part of the ancestral lands of the Waccamaw Indians. By the 1700s the tribe’s territory ...
South Carolina in the Early Republic (1784-1815)
- 26-06First Methodist ChurchMethodist Bishop Francis Asbury's many visits to Kingston (Conway) between 1785 and 1815 preceded the organization of a ...
- 26-11Galivants FerryIn 1792 Galivants Ferry was named for Richard Gallevan, owner of ferry rights for Elirsee’s Landing on the Little Pee De...
- 26-10Green Sea Baptist ChurchThis church, known as Honey Camp Baptist Church until 1924, was founded in 1807. It is the mother church to several Bapt...
- 26-08Horry CountyOriginally part of colonial Craven County, Horry County has also been part of Prince George Winyah (1722), Prince Freder...
- 26-05Robert ConwayRobert Conway came to this area from Charleston before 1790. He became a large landholder and public official, serving s...
- 26-01Washington's Southern TourOn April 27, 1791, President George Washington spent the night nearby at the indigo plantation of Jeremiah Vereen. He wr...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 26-28Ark CemeteryThis marker stands adjacent to the burial ground of the former Ark Plantation, which dates back to the 1700s. Although t...
- 26-29Ark PlantationIn colonial and antebellum days, at this site stood the planter’s residence of the Ark, a large indigo plantation. On Ju...
- 26-36Green SeaThis section of northern Horry Co. was known as Green Sea by the mid-1800s. The area’s name likely refers to the Green S...
- 26-07Kingston ChurchA Presbyterian congregation existed here in the village of Kingston by 1756. Its meetinghouse was on this site but by 17...
- 26-14Socastee Methodist ChurchThis church, originating with services held in a brush arbor, was formally organized by 1818. Its first sanctuary, a log...
- 26-32Village of Little RiverLittle River was one of the earliest settled sections of Horry County. Pre-contact Native Americans made temporary encam...
Civil War (1861-1865)
New South (1877-1913)
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 26-30Charlie's PlaceCharlie and Sarah Fitzgerald opened Charlie’s Place as a supper club in 1937. It was a stop on the “Chitlin’ Circuit,” n...
- 26-24Conway High SchoolConway High School was located here from 1929 to 1979. A two-story brick Classical Revival building, its cornerstone was...
- 26-20Loris Training SchoolLoris Training School, which stood here from 1928 to 1955, was the first school for black students in Loris and other ne...
- 26-17Myrtle Beach Colored SchoolMyrtle Beach Colored School stood here from the early 1930s to 2001. The first public school for African-American studen...
- 26-22Myrtle Beach PavilionsA succession of four beach pavilions stood here or nearby from 1902 to 2006, all built by the Burroughs & Chapin Co. or ...
- 26-15St. James Rosenwald SchoolSt. James Rosenwald School, which stood here from the late 1920s until the early 1970s, was one of several African-Ameri...
- 26-09True Vine Missionary Baptist ChurchThis church was organized in 1894 by founders Antey Graham, Beney Graham, Samuel Graham, Will Hill, and Ben Wilson, and ...
World War II and After (1941-present)
- 26-16Atlantic BeachAtlantic Beach, nicknamed "The Black Pearl," was established about 1934 as an oceanfront community for blacks denied acc...
- 26-27Chestnut Consolidated SchoolChestnut Consolidated School, which was located here 1954-1970, was built under the equalization program of Gov. James F...
- 26-23Coastal Carolina UniversityCoastal Carolina University was founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, holding evening classes in Conway Hi...
- 26-33Horry-Georgetown TechThe S.C. General Assembly created the state technical college system in 1961 amid growing need for industrial training a...
- 26-25Levister Elementary SchoolThis school, built in 1953, was one of many African-American schools built by the equalization program of Gov. James F. ...
- 26-31Military Air Crash SiteNear here on Dec. 5, 1972, thirteen American military officers and airmen were killed on a training mission during the V...
- 26-19Myrtle Beach Army Air FieldMyrtle Beach Army Air Field operated here 1940-47 and grew out of city plans to expand the municipal airport from two gr...
- 26-18Roberts Pavilion 1936-1954The Roberts Pavilion, built in 1936 by William Roberts, was an early open-air oceanfront pavilion on the Grand Strand. T...
- 26-21Sonny's PavilionSonny’s Pavilion, built in 1949 by N.F. “Sonny” Nixon, was an open-air pavilion on the Grand Strand. The rhythm & blues ...
- 26-26Whittemore SchoolWhittemore School, one of the first African-American schools in Horry County, educated elementary and high school studen...