Mount Pleasant in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Rifle Range Road

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, May 17, 2009

1. Rifle Range Road Marker

Inscription. A U.S. Navy rifle range was built near here during World War I on the site of an old S.C. National Guard firing range. Included were 100 targets, 2 armories, a 600-seat mess hall, 12 barracks and auxiliary buildings. After 1918 the 100-acre site leased from George F. Goblet, now Harborgate Shores, was used by the National Guard, Army Reserves, and Citadel cadets until 1937.

Erected 1999 by Christ Church Parish Preservation Society. (Marker Number 10-32.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Military • Roads & Vehicles • War, World I. In addition, it is included in the South Carolina Historical Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1918.

Location. 32° 47.617′ N, 79° 51.374′ W. Marker is in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It is at the intersection of Ben Sawyer Boulevard (State Highway 703) and Rifle Range Road on Ben Sawyer Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mount Pleasant SC 29464, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry.

It is also in

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the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Vaughn Edward Kee (approx. ¼ mile away); Edmund Jenkins / Ocean Grove Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); Jasper Green/ Sergeant William Jasper (approx. one mile away); General William Moultrie / Moultrie Schools (approx. one mile away); Mount Pleasant Academy (approx. one mile away); The King's Highway / Coleman Boulevard (approx. one mile away); "The Kings Highway" (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Old Village (approx. 1.1 miles away); "Storm of the Century" (approx. 1.1 miles away); Friendship A.M.E. Church (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Pleasant.

Additional commentary.
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Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, May 17, 2009

2. Rifle Range Road Marker

I recently acquired a scrap book, with almost 100 pages, that appears to have been kept by one of the original range masters at Mt. Pleasant Naval Gun Range in 1918. It is full of history and names and wondered if it would be of any interest to anyone there. Please send me any questions and I will look them up. Thank you, Mike- [email protected]

— Submitted October 11, 2014, by Mike Hall of Redlands, California.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 17, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,925 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 17, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.