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Story By Barry Kaufman Rosie: How Bluffton reshaped child-labor laws It was around 1913 when Rosie Berdych unwittingly became the face of a movement that would change labor laws forever …
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Story by Richard Thomas Lighthouse keepers’ cottages and the Great Sea Island Hurricane of 1893 Since its history began to be catalogued, an interpretation of the effect and devastation of …
Story + Photos By Eddy Hoyle Originally I wrote a story about the history of the Secession Oak in Bluffton. Unfortunately, I had to rewrite it as a eulogy. On …
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Setting the record straight on some of the town’s most historic events. Story By Barry Kaufman General Sherman didn’t burn Bluffton The night of June 4, 1863, changed Bluffton forever. …
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Setting the record straight on some of the town’s most historic events. Story By Barry Kaufman Old Town isn’t even Old Town While its early story is one of a …
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Are you ready for Mensa? American Mensa is where brilliance belongs – it’s where friendships are forged for life, business connections and opportunities are made, and where brilliant minds find …
Story by Richard Thomas An island by many other names In recent history, Hilton Head Island has become very well known. It has not always been such a prominent, internationally …
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Story by Richard Thomas Baynard poker game Another captivating urban legend of Hilton Head history is the one that states that a ne’er-do-well grandson of Captain Jack Stoney, nicknamed “Saucy …
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Former executive shares his secrets for success.
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Setting the record straight on some of the town’s most historic events. Story By Barry Kaufman The Rate wasn’t built for virtue Recently restored to its former glory, the squat …
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