While Myrtle Beach has only been officially around since the early twentieth century, there is a good bit of Revolutionary War history that can be found along the Grand Strand. Hop in your car and check out the following locations.
The two most prominent figures honored for their service during the Revolution are Francis Marion, nicknamed the Swamp Fox, and Peter Horry. Regardless of your history training, these names may be familiar to you in Myrtle Beach because of their namesakes. The Swamp Fox is our 72-foot wooden roller coaster at the Family Kingdom Amusement Park (Family Kingdom Amusement Park and Splashes Oceanfront Water Park) and Horry County is where Myrtle Beach is located.
Withers Swash
Myrtle Beach…Where The Swashbuckler Disc Golf Course and the New Town Bark Park are located now
Centuries before Myrtle Beach came to be, Withers Swash was the location of Withers Plantation that was created as a result of the Revolution. The Withers Family, due to royal land grants, had multiple plantations near Georgetown, South Carolina, during the war. It was considered a relatively significant port town where British soldiers would headquarter for this region. But sometimes they would go marauding on those nearby plantations, and the Withers family had had enough. The head of the family had since passed away, so the Widow Withers and her adult sons decided to take advantage of a land grant they possessed in a relatively uninhabited region up the coast called Long Bay. They established Withers Plantation to initially grow indigo as they had done near Georgetown, but soon realized that cultivating the indigenous timber was far more lucrative. Today, adjacent to the dog park, you will find Withers Cemetery, but the Withers name doesn’t appear on any of the headstones. It is believed two family members are interred there in unmarked graves.
William Bartram Trail Historical Marker
Myrtle Beach…Located at the entrance of Hurl Rocks Park…