A survivor of failed colonies and Spanish shipwrecks, the Marsh Tacky is the South Carolina State Heritage Horse. The breed is critically endangered, with only about five hundred Marsh Tackies alive today.
Sun City Hilton Head by Del Webb was the premier 55+ active adult community in the Lowcountry and continues to set the standard today. With single family homes, cottages and villas providing maintenance free living, ranging from 1,000 to 4,000 square feet, there is a home and lifestyle to suit everyone. Lifestyle is the name of the game in Sun City. With clubs and activities for every interest and hobby, residents can fill their social calendars every day of the week or just sit back and soak up the sun, read a book, enjoy a meal with friends and neighbors, enjoy a softball game or a round of golf. This Sun City community not only provides the opportunity to enjoy your hobbies but offers a wealth of interests to explore and make new friends along the way.
In 1975 4,053 acres of tidal creek, salt marsh, freshwater ponds, open fields and maritime forest located between the South Carolina mainland and Hilton Head Island were donated to the government and Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge was established to provide a nature and forest preserve for aesthetic and conservation purposes. The refuge is comprised of several islands and small hammocks, with Pinckney Island being the largest.
Hear the word “plantation” and visions of moss-draped trees, dramatic entrances and wide, sweeping verandas come to mind. But famed architect, Frank Lloyd Wright had his own vision. In 1939 C. Leigh Stevens, owner 4,000 acres of land amidst the cypress swamps of the Combahee River combined from the Old Combahee, Mount Alexander, Richfield, Charlton and Old Brass plantations in Yemassee, SC, commissioned Wright to design a contemporary, self-sufficient plantation, not just for farming but for entertaining and hunting, too. Wright’s design was centered around a home in harmony with its natural surroundings. Along with a main house and multiple guest cottages and service quarters, he envisioned a complex of outbuildings stables, pavilions and kennels. Plans also included laundry and bath houses for the staff and a swimming pool. The creation of Auldbrass was underway.
Planning on making a move to the Lowcountry? If you are taking Fido or Fluffy with you, you’ll need to plan for their safety and well-being too. Pets are creatures of habit. They don’t appreciate their schedules and routines interrupted any more than you do. Change is hard on everyone in the family but there are a few things you can do to mitigate the stress induced in your pet by moving.