2023 - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org Fostering the rich history of Dataw Island, South Carolina Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:34:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.datawhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-Dataw-Historic-Foundation-logo-512x406-1-32x32.png 2023 - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org 32 32 Tabby Times – Fall 2023 https://www.datawhistory.org/tabby-times/tabby-times-fall-2023/ Sat, 20 Jan 2024 20:16:04 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=7488 This issue featured an article about Victoria A. Smalls, a Gullah native of St. Helena Island. She is our guest speaker at the January 2024 Fireside Chat. This event, an…

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]]> From Aztec Farms to Datha Island: TurkeyTales https://www.datawhistory.org/52-sams-in-52-weeks/from-aztec-farms-to-datha-island-turkeytales/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 20:21:43 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=7451 It’s fascinating to trace the wild turkey’s journey from being domesticated by Native Americans a thousand years ago to its role in the antebellum era at Elizabeth and Berners Barnwell…

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]]> Luminary Night https://www.datawhistory.org/event/luminary-night-2/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7426 At the ruins

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]]> Low Country Boil https://www.datawhistory.org/event/low-country-boil/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7422 SOLD OUT!! Thank You!   ANNUAL LOW COUNTRY BOIL, Event Price $35/person Catered by Rabi Brunson/Jimmy Fitts Catering Music by The Alibis DHF member event – join us! Membership: $40 per…

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]]> Tabby Times – Spring 2023 https://www.datawhistory.org/tabby-times/tabby-times-spring-2023/ Mon, 05 Jun 2023 15:19:46 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=7362 St. Helena Island’s Prehistoric Secrets: Mastodons https://www.datawhistory.org/dataw-island-history/st-helena-islands-prehistoric-secrets-mastodons/ Sat, 27 May 2023 15:21:58 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=7305 The DHF is proud that we have artifacts found on Datha Island in the early ALCOA days that date back thousands of years. For example, in the display on the southwest wall of the History & Learning Center is a Paleo Indian Point that dates to 10,000 B.C. However, many have explored our area over the centuries. I recently learned from a young lady in Massachusetts that Charles Upham Shepard found an older and much larger item on St Helena Island in the 1800s; an American mastodon (Mammoth americanum) from the late Pleistocene era! This intact skeleton, found next door, pushes back our knowledge of this area by several thousand years, to at least 12,000 B.C.

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]]> The Green Taffeta Silk Dress https://www.datawhistory.org/52-sams-in-52-weeks/heirlooms-sams-pippin/ Sun, 16 Apr 2023 16:00:01 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=4146 This week’s theme is HEIRLOOMS. The Dataw Historic Foundation is fortunate because the Sams descendants have entrusted us with several family heirlooms. This week features the story of two other items donated to the Foundation, a green silk taffeta Victorian gown and a shawl circa 1860. Ginny Hall-Apicella and BIll Riski recently presented the history of the dress to our Dataw Island residents.

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]]> Natasha Boyd visits Dataw Island https://www.datawhistory.org/dataw-historic-foundation/natasha-boyd-visits-dataw-island/ Fri, 14 Apr 2023 13:26:06 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=7174   The Event Natasha Boyd, the author of Indigo Girl, was the guest speaker at the Dataw Historic Foundation Author’s Luncheon in early April organized by Rosemary Patterson, DHF Publicity…

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]]> Sky-High Survey: Delving into Dataw’s Historic Cotton Dikes https://www.datawhistory.org/dataw-island-history/drone-survey-of-salt-marsh-datha-oak-islands/ Mon, 06 Mar 2023 13:26:46 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=7086 2023 Oyster Roast https://www.datawhistory.org/event/2023-oyster-roast/ Mon, 27 Mar 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7075 Venue: Sams Plantation Ruins / Cannery on Dataw Island MENU ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT OYSTERS GRILLED CHICKEN GREEN BEANS MACARONI & CHEESE COLE SLAW CORNBREAD COBBLER ICED TEA + WATER BEER + WINE…

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]]> Symposium to Discuss Stuarts Town Findings Set for February 4, 2023 @1:00 PM https://www.datawhistory.org/event/symposium-to-discuss-stuarts-town-findings-set-for-february-4-2023/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7060 Public Service Announcement BEAUFORT, S.C. –  A free public symposium to discuss the Search for Stuarts Town, the project to look for evidence of the lost Scottish colony, will be…

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]]> 2023 Membership Drive has Begun – Join Now https://www.datawhistory.org/event/2023-membership-drive-has-begun-join-now/ Mon, 02 Jan 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7048 Membership Form   You can also pick up a membership form in the History & Learning Center.

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]]> Fireside Chat with John Warley, JD https://www.datawhistory.org/event/fireside-chat-with-john-warley/ Thu, 26 Jan 2023 22:30:00 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=6946 Reservations are open online now (at Dataw.com website) or by calling the Member Services Desk at (843) 838-8282. $32++ per person includes: Spinach Salad, Braised Short Rib Dinner, and Pecan…

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