Galivants Ferry in Horry County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Galivants Ferry Stump Meeting

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, October 16, 2009

1. Galivants Ferry Stump Meeting Marker

Inscription. The Galivants Ferry Stump Meeting, a Democratic Party tradition, has been held here in the spring every two years since 1880. Sponsored by the Holiday family, its origins are associated with Wade Hampton's 1876 appearance. Hampton, a former Confederate general, was elected governor later that year.

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Joseph William Holli day (1827-1904), prominent local merchant and tobacco farmer, invited local Democratic candidates to speak at his store in 1880. The public meeting soon became a statewide event, featuring national candidates as well, and has been carried on by succeeding generations of the Holliday family.

Erected 2004 by Horry County. (Marker Number 26 12.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1880.

Location. 34° 3.377′ N, 79° 14.745′ W. Marker is in Galivants Ferry, South Carolina, in Horry County. It is on State Highway 501. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Galivants Ferry SC 29544, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Galivants Ferry (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Holliday Highway (about 500 feet away); Levister Elementary School

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(approx. 5.1 miles away); Waccamaw Tribal Grounds (approx. 5.8 miles away); Military Air Crash Site (approx. 8.4 miles away); Mullins Depot / Mullins (approx. 10.3 miles away); Tobacco Culture (approx. 10.3 miles away); Palmetto High School (approx. 10.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Galivants Ferry.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Battle of Blue Savannah (was approx. 3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, October 16, 2009

2. Galivants Ferry Stump Meeting Marker

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, October 16, 2009

3. Galivants Ferry Stump Meeting Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 25, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,411 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 25, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.