Travels with Kelli

  DESTINATION AWAITS: Daily I drive by this historic site. Today I decided turn into the site and explore. First mistake was not knowing that the museum was "closed for the season." I'm wondering what season it's closed for? I think maybe winter but since we are into spring I'm not so sure. But entire park is closed on Monday and Tuesday. There is a note to go to Fort Moultrie to get the map which you need to walk the trails in the area. This National Park is free of charge but there is a box for donations.  ADDRESS: 1254 Long Point Road, Mt. Pleasant, SC JUST THE FACTS (BRIEF HISTORY): * 28 acre of his 750 acre plantation known ask Snee Farm *Colonial Charles Pinckney purchased the property in 1754 *This was known as the "country home" to his Charleston residence *Side note: his great aunt Eliza Lucas Pinckney is the reason why Indigo is one of the two top crops of South Carolina during this time. She's an interesting character and I want to know mo...

DESTINATION AWAITS:  A few weeks ago I went to Sullivan's Island not just for the beautiful sunset but to find out if Edgar Allen Poe really was stationed there. ANSWER: yes but I was disappointed that he didn't have a bigger presence there. Fort Moultrie is one of the oldest forts in US history. ADDRESS: 1214 Middle Street, Sullivan's Island, SC JUST THE FACTS (BRIEF HISTORY): *First fort was constructed of Palmetto logs and sand. It had the effect of cannons and bullets bouncing off of the walls At this time it was known as Fort Sullivan. It was built to protect the Charleston Harbor. *First British attacked was June 28, 1776 before the fort was completed. Battle last 9 hours before the British retreated *Fort was named for the colonial who saved Charleston. He is buried across the street from the fort. *After war it neglected but in 1791 congress authorized 1st nationwide coastal fortification. This included 22 forts along the Atlantic Coast *Again it fell under disrepai...

Miles Brewton was born in 1731 in Charleston. His father was a goldsmith and was associated with the city's banking and financial circles in town.  Miles Brewton gained the property at 27 King Street through as they say "by a good marriage" to Mary Izard.  Since I will not sugar coat history, he was south Carolina's biggest slave trader, owning 8 trading ships, and wealthiest man in the area. In 1765 he started construction on the Georgian Palladian brick home. By the time of the beginnings of the Revolutionary War he owner several indigo and rice plantations. Miles was a highly successful merchant and plantation owner of the era and was elected to the second congress in 1775. Sadly, he and his family were lost at sea when the ship they were traveling on when down during their trip to the north to Philadelphia.  His sister, Rebecca Brewton Motte inherited the home. She herself would also make a name for herself during the revolutionary War.  Rebecca was a strong supp...