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

Holliday Highway

November 26, 2005

1. Holliday Highway Marker

Inscription.
U.S. 501 – Galivants Ferry to Conway. Named in 1979 in honor of Joseph William Holliday, leader in Naval Stores Industry and Commissioner of Horry County (Elected 1870); born 1827–died 1904. George Judson Holliday, Planter, Merchant, and State Senator (1903–1908); born 1875–died 1941; and other members of the family for their contributions to the civic, business, and political life of Horry County and South Carolina's Great Pee Dee Region.

Erected 1979.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1979.

Location. 34° 3.309′ N, 79° 14.694′ W. Marker is in Galivants Ferry, South Carolina, in Horry County. It is at the intersection of Highway 501 (U.S. 501) and South Carolina Highway 216, on the right when traveling south on 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 (here, next to this marker); Galivants Ferry Stump Meeting (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Levister Elementary School (approx. 5.1 miles away); Waccamaw Tribal Grounds

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(approx. 5.7 miles away); Military Air Crash Site (approx. 8.3 miles away); Mullins Depot / Mullins (approx. 10.4 miles away); Tobacco Culture (approx. 10.4 miles away); Palmetto High School (approx. 10½ 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. 3.1 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Holliday Highway and Galivants Ferry Markers image. Click for full size.

November 26, 2005

2. Holliday Highway and Galivants Ferry Markers

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