Author: Margaret Evans

The Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail (FSMT) will celebrate the unveiling of seven new additions to the historic markers along the Spanish Moss Trail – Thursday, September 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Spanish Moss Trail’s Depot Road Trailhead.  This community-wide event, will be a one-time opportunity to view the new panels in the historic Depot Building prior to their permanent installment along the Trail. In addition to the display, the FSMT-led Historic Sign Committee, the historians and community leaders who researched these points of interest, will be available at each panel to share more about these points of interest such as – the Battle of Port Royal, Clarendon Plantation, Industrial Beaufort, Port Royal Agricultural and Industrial School, Pick Pocket Plantation and the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

Author’s note:  As regular readers of this column have noticed, I frequently like to start with a related quote, something to whet the reader’s appetite, so to speak.  Some are from notable authors, politicians, or comedians, while others are deliberately chosen from less well-known writers whose thoughts caught my attention and hopefully yours as well. 

The University of South Carolina Beaufort has selected Robert (Bob) LeFavi, Ph.D., a career academic scholar, to become the Founding Dean of the university’s Beaufort Campus. Dr. LeFavi comes to USCB from Georgia Southern University where he was Professor and Head of Health Sciences and Kinesiology, a department that served roughly 2,000 students.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s only home in the South Carolina Lowcountry, Auldbrass, is now on tour every year. The privately-owned home was previously only open for public tours every two years, but that’s changed. The Beaufort County Open Land Trust has teamed up with local event planner, Ashley Rhodes, to host the Auldbrass Plantation Tours annually!