McClellanville, South CarolinaA Quaint Village

Located in Charleston County

Coastal town Surrounded by the

Francis Marion National Forest

Geography

Established in late 1860’s Originally owned by A.J.

McClellan and R.T. Morrison Flourished as a shrimping

and seafood town Town Website: “A self-

sufficient community of schools, homes, churches, shops, and docking facilities with an economy largely dependant upon the sea.”

Noted for historically valuable plantations

History

Devastated much of the town

Taken by surprise Destroyed seafood

industry McClellanville

20 years after Hugo

Hurricane Hugo

The site of several classic films

Forest Gump Paradise And coming soon

to a theater near you, maybe, The New Daughter!

The Movies!

Founded in 1768 Noted for its Georgian architectural style Served French Huguenots and English settlers Established as a National Historic Landmark in 1978

St. James Santee Parish Church

http://www.stjamesec.org/brickchurch.html

Shrimp and Seafood industry revitalized

Focus on tourism Excellent Tree

Committee

McClellanville Today

Land Purchased by Daniel Horry in 1744

Throughout mid-1700’s the plantation was developed

Used as a refuge throughout the Revolutionary War

Guarded Francis Marion and was searched twice by the British during the war

Visited by George Washington after the war.

Hampton Plantation

Managed throughout the first half of the 19th century by primarily women

Following the Civil War, plantation managed by Henry Middleton Rutledge

H.M. Rutledge bequeaths plantation to son, Archibald Rutledge.

In 1971, Rutledge gave plantation to the South Carolina State Parks Service

Hampton Plantation, con’t

Born at Hampton Plantation in 1883

Spent his childhood exploring the plantation

First poem◦ “Today I saw a rattlesnakeToo young to make its

rattlers shake” Attended school and

eventually attended Union College

Archibald Rutledge

Became an English teacher in 1904 at Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania

Did not move back until 1837 following his retirement

Began renovations on Hampton Plantation

Lived out his days on the plantation with his family

In 1971, gave plantation to Parks Service

Archibald Rutledge, con’t

Most noted publication titled Deep River: The Complete Poems of Archibald Rutledge◦ Nominated for Pulitzer Prize

Published fiction, poetry, articles, and autobiography

In 1934 became the first poet laureate of South Carolina

Namesake of Archibald Rutledge Academy and the Archibald Rutledge Scholarship Fund

The Work of Archibald Rutledge

Often wrote about nature themes Noted for his hunting stories Rutledge on Rutledge: “My formula is to find

a subject worth writing about and then to make it simple, and then to make it clear and then to make it reach the heart and then to make it beautiful.”

Themes of Rutledge

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