The History Of Mount Pleasant

Our Past On A Corner Sign Post
FOR THE EARLIEST SETTLERS OF MOUNT PLEASANT, major routes of transportation included a multitude of harbors, channels, rivers, inlets and creeks surrounding the area. Many of the names that described these waterways originated with the Sewee and Wando Indians...
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The Ravenel Bridge
I RESISTED THE TEMPTATION to drive the new Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge the first day it opened to traffic. Well, I did until dinner time. My daughter, Sam, and I had gone out for a salad at an eatery around the corner. On that two-minute drive home, I said, “Do you want to drive over the bridge?”...
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East Cooper Icons
THE EAST COOPER AREA HAS GROWN from a suburb of Charleston into quite a metropolitan area in the last couple of decades. New neighborhoods have sprung up almost overnight, bringing wide new roads lined with shops and restaurants. There’s so much to do and see but...
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