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This photo was taken on Myrtle Avenue looking south shortly after Hurricane Hazel. The massive amount of debris - docks, pilings, barrels, staircases - and the hazards that lay below are covered by the deep layer of marsh grass that washed up and over the debris. Note Joe Havel's house in the Birds Nest section in the distance on the extreme right.

The Pawleys Island area sustained major damage after Hurricane Hugo passed through on September 21, 1989. Winds in excess of 115 mph battered the coastal area, bringing a 12-17 foot storm surge across Highway 17.

Pretend' cottage, owned by William and Julia Peterkin, was located in the Sunnyside section of Murrells Inlet. Residents of Fort Motte, South Carolina, the Peterkins, like many of their neighbors, traveled to coastal South Carolina to escape the malaria season. Julia's father, Julius Mood had a house a few doors down. The Peterkin cottage was built around the remains of a kitchen building that had washed up during the hurricane of 1893. There was no glass in the windows and no indoor plumbing. The Peterkins hired many of the local African-Americans to serve as 'creekboys' and cooks for the family during their time in the Inlet. The cottage was destroyed by Hurricane Hazel in 1954.

Governor of the British Colony of South Carolina from 1692–93