Folly's History Walk

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Springtime hours 10am- "To take Charleston, The Civil War on Folly Island" ,history walk
6pm- "Stories from the SC sea islands", stories included- ghosts, hags, indians, mermaids, pirates, root doctors, and shipwrecks.

If you go to St James Presbyterian church for vegetables at Folly Rd. and Ft Johnson, stop by and check out "Porgys" gra...
03/12/2026

If you go to St
James Presbyterian church for vegetables at Folly Rd. and Ft Johnson, stop by and check out "Porgys" grave, from porgy and bess

Happy Springtime! Unfortunately, i was unable to give history walks and make history posts in 2025 due to personal issue...
03/07/2026

Happy Springtime! Unfortunately, i was unable to give history walks and make history posts in 2025 due to personal issues, but I'm trying to operate on a part time basis, and continue to post history from Folly Beach and the Sea Islands of S.C., thanks y'all!

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08/10/2025

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In honor of The Folly Beach Historical museum's opening on August 8th, Folly's History Walk is offering our popular Foll...
08/02/2025

In honor of The Folly Beach Historical museum's opening on August 8th, Folly's History Walk is offering our popular Folly Civil War walk for free on Saturday, August 9th, and 16th at 10am.
The history walk departs from the gate at 1746 E. Ashley Ave here on Folly Beach, and lasts 75 minutes. In April of 1863, Folly island became the base of operations for the federal army in an attempt to capture the city of Charleston. This led to the worst fighting taking place next store on Morris island. (a 58 day seige) Come hear some of the personal stories of soldiers from both North and South. Reservations are required and gratiuties are appreciated. Thanks y'all!

I found this bone by the Folly pier. I'm not sure what it belongs to!
07/11/2025

I found this bone by the Folly pier. I'm not sure what it belongs to!

Happy summertime! Folly's History Walk has a daily Civil War history walk at 8am and 10am. We also have "The Coffin Isla...
06/09/2025

Happy summertime! Folly's History Walk has a daily Civil War history walk at 8am and 10am. We also have "The Coffin Island " ghost walk daily at 8pm. We depart from gate at 1746 E. Ashley Ave, here on Folly Beach. The walks last 80 minutes and reservations are required. Thanks y'all!

A good photo of Mckevlins Surf shop. You can see a few buildings to the right of the shop.
05/20/2025

A good photo of Mckevlins Surf shop. You can see a few buildings to the right of the shop.

Here's an old picture provided by an old timer of the old road coming to Folly on the left. The original road to Folly a...
05/20/2025

Here's an old picture provided by an old timer of the old road coming to Folly on the left. The original road to Folly actually went from Peas island to Long island to little Oak Island to Oak island, before ending up on Folly Beach.
They advertised that it took 45 minutes from Broad St downtown to Folly Beach, but it could take two hours sometimes.

I found this old photo from the early 90s, during my heyday, when Folly Beach looked alot different. I believe this is t...
05/20/2025

I found this old photo from the early 90s, during my heyday, when Folly Beach looked alot different. I believe this is the west side of the island. They have torn down alot of the house's that I used to live in.

Here's an actual picture taken of the naval battle on April 7th, 1863, and the ironclad ships that the federal navy were...
05/20/2025

Here's an actual picture taken of the naval battle on April 7th, 1863, and the ironclad ships that the federal navy were using in an attempt to capture the city. The engagement only lasted a couple of hours and the Southern harbor forts fired over 2000 shots with a 20 percent hit ratio and the ironclads managed 154 shots. The Keokuk ironclad was struck 90 times in thirty minutes and sank off of Morris island the following morning. The southern side was able to reuse the guns inside the ironclad and also discovered a valuable signal code book that enabled the Confederates to be able to read all the union messages that were sent.

In order to increase your interest in local Folly history; Folly's History Walk is offering its popular history walk, "T...
05/18/2025

In order to increase your interest in local Folly history; Folly's History Walk is offering its popular history walk, "To Take Charleston, The Civil War on Folly Island ", for free every Saturday at 10am, starting August 16th. Folly Island became the base of operations for the federal army starting in April of 1863, in an attempt to capture the city of Charleston SC. The worst fighting in SC took place during a 58 day siege. Come hear the stories of a military campaign almost forgotten in time. We depart from 1746 E.Ashley Ave. here on Folly Beach. Reservations are required and gratiuties are appreciated. Thanks y'all!

In order to increase interest in Folly's history; Folly's History Walk is offering are popular history walk, "To Take Ch...
05/06/2025

In order to increase interest in Folly's history; Folly's History Walk is offering are popular history walk, "To Take Charleston, The Civil War.on Folly Island", for free every Saturday, starting August 16th at 10am.
Starting in April, 1863, Folly Island became the base of operations for the federal army in an attempt to try and capture the city of Charleston, SC. For 58 days the Union army tried to take control of Morris island, but after finally capturing it, not much progress was made in capturing the city. A classic defensive stand made by the Confederates against a much more powerful and plentiful Union enemy. Come hear the stories of a military campaign all but lost in time, and actually introduced modern warfare.
The walk lasts 75 minutes and departs from 1746 E. Ashley Ave, here on Folly Beach. Reservations are required, and gratiuties are appreciated. Come on out and see what we discovered about the history of Folly during the Civil War, thanks y'all!

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Folly Beach, SC

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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+18432247126

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