A Brief History of The Rhett House Inn The Town of Beaufort and The ...

Head Island, and many local tribes gave their names to places in the S. C. Low-country: Dataw, Yemassee, Coosaw, Coosawhatchie, Edisto, Asheepoo, Kiawah, and Combahee. In 1514, Spanish Captain Pedro de Salaza landed on what is now Parris Island, becoming only the second European explorer to set foot on North American soil (arriving one year ................
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