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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Horry County, South Carolina
Conway is the county seat for Horry County
Adjacent to Horry County, South Carolina
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Address by General O.P. Weyland, United States Air Force Commander, Tactical Air Command at Reactivation of 354th Fighter Day Wing Ceremony Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina December 7, 1956
Governor Timmerman, Mayor . . . — — Map (db m102129) WM
The Recreation Center, Service Club and Library were all housed in building 117. The recreation center was the hub of all recreation activities for the entire Air Force community in the Myrtle Beach area. The award winning facility took pride in . . . — — Map (db m119905) HM
On April 22, 1968, the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing was replaced at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base by the 113th Tactical Fighter Wing, a former District of Columbia Air National Guard (ANG) unit which had been recalled to active duty January 26, 1968. . . . — — Map (db m102130) WM
Salt Works
1861-1865
Used to tan leather, preserve food and as a dietary supplement, salt was a necessary commodity for the southern war effort. To meet demand, salt works operated all along the Confederacy’s Atlantic & Gulf coasts. Seawater . . . — — Map (db m100722) HM
In Memory of
Manzy Avender Gause
Jan. 18, 1892 Oct. 26, 1966
Myrtle Spivey Gause
Sept. 13, 1893 Nov. 22, 1970
Site Of The Seaside Hotel
Manzy And Myrtie were instrumental in the dreams and creation of early Myrtle Beach's . . . — — Map (db m100735) HM
In March 1942, units of the United States Army Air Corps opened formal operations at what was named the Myrtle Beach Bombing and Gunnery Training Range, which also encompassed the Beach airport. Construction began to meet the urgent needs for . . . — — Map (db m102128) WM
During South Carolina's colonial and antebellum periods, the area that we now know as Surfside Beach was a large indigo plantation. The "Ark", as it was called in the antebellum years, was located on the seaboard at the point where, as one was . . . — — Map (db m199461) HM
How I Remember It
by Louise Chestnut Squires
August 1980
"In the winter [in the 1920s] we moved into the old hotel which was located behind the huge sand dune that ran at that time from up at Lakewood Family Camp Ground down to what is now . . . — — Map (db m199460) HM
The four fighter squadrons of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing were intimately involved in the Cold War from the time the Wing became combat ready until it was deployed to the Pacific Theater during the Vietnam War. From 1958 through 1965, the Wing . . . — — Map (db m102071) WM
The Bowery--" The Eighth Wonder of the World®"--was built in 1944 by Jack Cook and Cooter Jennings. It was later owned by Dick and JoJo Layer. Victor Shamah has kept the legacy alive since 1981.
A popular honky-tonk, The Bowery, playing country . . . — — Map (db m237316) HM
After its re-activation at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base in 1956, the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing achieved "combat ready" status on July 1, 1958. During the next eight years, in addition to maintaining tactical fighter squadrons on rotational duty . . . — — Map (db m102098) WM
By many accounts, the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the nearest the world has come to nuclear war. In the summer of 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev secretly decided to install intermediate range ballistic missiles in Cuba to counter an . . . — — Map (db m102069) WM
On 19 November 1956, after more than 10 years of inactive status, the 354 Fighter Group was reactivated at Myrtle Beach AFB. The first maintenance training aircraft was flown in on 7 December 1956 by the Fighter Day Wing Commander, Colonel Francis . . . — — Map (db m23622) HM
The Freedom Tree
With The Vision Of Universal Freedom
For All Mankind
This Tree Is Dedicated To
Maj. Anthony Shine
And All
Prisoners Or War
And
Missing In Action
1974 — — Map (db m102234) WM
(front)
Between 1933 and 1945 Germany's dictator
Adolf Hitler organized and enforced Nazi policies
that ended individual freedom of speech,
freedom of the press, freedom of assembly,
and the right to privacy.
By May 1945, . . . — — Map (db m119909) HM WM
By the mid 1700’s a 1,300 mile continuous road linked all thirteen colonies. Called the “King’s Highway” the thoroughfare stretched from Boston, Massachusetts to Charles Town, South Carolina. It took at least two months for wagons averaging about . . . — — Map (db m100720) HM
The highest award that the United States Air Force can bestow upon an individual for heroic action during combat is the Air Force Cross.
A pilot from the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, earned that award for his heroic . . . — — Map (db m102065) WM
From 1968-1970, the 113th Tactical Fighter Wing trained F-100 pilots for combat in Vietnam. Non-combat pilots were upgraded to F-100 fighter pilots in this RTU Replacement Training Unit. In 1968, the 355th's "Fightin' Falcons" received deployment . . . — — Map (db m102074) WM
Single and unaccompanied married officers arriving for duty were provided billeting in the Visiting Officers Quarters/Bachelor Officers Quarters in building 126.
Two buildings were set aside for this purpose. The larger building could . . . — — Map (db m113482) HM
Wall of Service
Dedicated To The Men And Women
Military and Civilian
Who Served Honorably
At the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base
From 1941 - 1993 — — Map (db m102108) WM
This sculpture, by Doctor Richard A. Fahy, was presented to the Grand Strand PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Group in early 2012. It was dedicated on Memorial Day, 28 May 2012. The sculpture represents the indomitable spirit of the . . . — — Map (db m102164) WM
On April 27, 1791, President George Washington spent the night nearby at the indigo plantation of Jeremiah Vereen. He wrote in his diary that he was “entertained (& very kindly) without being able to make compensation.” The next day . . . — — Map (db m27332) HM
In June 1962, when Brigadier General Gil Meyers took command of the base, he found an old set of plans for a golf course on the base. With $23,000 appropriated for the course, he got the project underway. Knowing that you cannot build a nine hole . . . — — Map (db m121669) HM
On-base family housing, Woodland Park, was constructed in 1959. The houses featured modern, attractive, all-electric homes convenient to the base property, yet all-electric home situated to minimize aircraft and traffic noise. The housing area . . . — — Map (db m102236) HM WM
Presented to the citizens & businesses of Myrtle Beach
In support of the FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing
2002 FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing 2011
Firefighters from around the country…United
9-11-01
Never Forget . . . — — Map (db m224808) HM WM
One of the first missions to be carried out at the base was that of coastal defense in the wake of the United States' entry into World War II. The dominant wartime mission of the base was training air crews for combat duty. Several bombing and . . . — — Map (db m102123) WM
Located about 5 miles E. of here, this Confederate fort included a blockhouse pierced for musketry and earthworks surrounded by a ditch about 10 ft. broad and 5 ft. deep. The fort was captured Jan 1863 by U.S. Navy Lt. Wm. B. Cushing and twenty-five . . . — — Map (db m849) HM
Roberts Pavilion 1936–1954The Roberts Pavilion, built in 1936 by William Roberts, was an early open-air oceanfront pavilion on the Grand Strand. The rhythm & blues of the post-World War II era—later called beach music—was . . . — — Map (db m11257) HM
The last section of a continuous inside passage along the eastern coast of the United States begun December 19, 1932. Completed April 3, 1936.
United States Corps of Engineers, W.G. Caples, Colonel, U.S.A. • Standard Dredging Co., Contractor; . . . — — Map (db m853) HM
Socastee is a Native American name referred to as “Sawkastee” in a 1711 land grant to Percival Pawley. A skirmish between small forces of American and British troops occurred near Socastee Creek in 1781. By the 1870s, the Socastee . . . — — Map (db m855) HM
This church, originating with services held in a brush arbor, was formally organized by 1818. Its first sanctuary, a log building, was built here soon afterwards on land donated by Philip Elkes. The cemetery, dating from the 19th century, includes . . . — — Map (db m9982) HM
The
Sarvis House
National Registry of Historic Places
Built in 1881
The Socastee Heritage Foundation
is preserving this property
in honor of our past generations
for the benefit of our future generations
Donations Accepted: . . . — — Map (db m108269) HM
This marker stands adjacent to the burial ground of the former Ark Plantation, which dates back to the 1700s. Although the names of most of those buried here are now unknown, records indicate that it was primarily a cemetery for African Americans . . . — — Map (db m133481) HM
(side 1)
In colonial and antebellum days, at this site stood the planter's residence of the Ark, a large indigo plantation. On July 18, 1765 John Bartram recorded he lodged here, at Peak's, “on ye west end of long bay." A property . . . — — Map (db m131001) HM
With their Courage and Honor
America’s Veterans assured that
the Bells of Freedom shall continue to Ring
Throughout this Great Land
Surfside Beach shall not forget it’s Veterans
United States Army
John S. Miller Jr. US Army · . . . — — Map (db m224100) WM
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