The Civil War and Reconstruction eras occupy us during March this year. Our partner the Beaufort History Museum has gone to a lot of trouble and arranged for a fabulous opportunity to treat all the family to a good history and heritage event.
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| Encampment 2017 |
The
Library is a sponsor of the Beaufort History Museum's third annual Living
History Civil War and Reconstruction encampment at the Arsenal on Sat., March
24. Re-enactors from Charleston led by Daniel Giddick will be camped in the
Arsenal on Craven Street in Beaufort and will be available to show and tell you about
life during the period from 9 am to 5 pm on March 24. A variety of activities
will be going on throughout the day for all the family. BDC staff will share
hand-outs about the Library's many resources available to help one understand
this critical period in Beaufort's long and storied history. The encampment is
free of charge. Learn more on the Beaufort History Museum website: http://beauforthistorymuseum.wildapricot.org/event-2760097.
To prepare
you to step back into history at the Encampment, register to attend a special lecture!
"Reconstruction in Beaufort District" with Dr. Larry Rowland & Dr. Stephen Wise
Friday, March 16, 2018 | Beaufort Branch
Meeting Room, 311 Scott Street, 1st floor| 2:00 PM
Space is
limited and seats are expected to go quickly. Don't delay, register beginning March 2, 2018: http://beauforthistorymuseum.wildapricot.org/event-2828112.
While much
of the South was suffering economic and social collapse in the aftermath of the
Civil War, Beaufort prospered in the 1870s and 1880s and into the 1890s on
account of the rich deposits of phosphate oar on land as well as along the
bottom of some of our waterways. Phosphates were a necessary ingredient in
fertilizers. In the 1870s, 50% of the phosphate mined in the United States was
mined in South Carolina and 50% of South Carolina's ore was mined in Beaufort
County.
"History
of Phosphate Mining" program Sat., March 24 | BDC@ Beaufort Branch
Meeting Room, 311 Scott Street, 1st floor| 1 pm First come; first served
Come hear about the industry that saved Beaufort with Dr.
Shepherd McKinley, Senior Lecturer at the University of North Carolina
Charlotte who will present Stinking Stones and Rocks of Gold: Phosphate, Fertilizer, and Industrialization in Postbellum
South Carolina, 2014. Dr.
McKinley won the South Carolina Historical Society's George C. Rogers, Jr. award for the best book of South Carolina history in
2013. The University of Florida Press
recently released the book in paperback in case you'd like to purchase and get
a copy autographed at the conclusion of the program.
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| Dr. McKinley |
Dr. McKinley used some of
the Library's images from our “Phosphate, Farms, and Family: The Donner
Collection,” hosted online through the Lowcountry Digital Library. You
can see all 35 of the phosphate related images taken on the Pacific Guano
Company's operation on Chisolm Island in the Donner Collection by visiting the
Lowcountry Digital Library. The collection is posted at http://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/content/phosphate-farms-and-family-donner-collection.
For a list of other materials and
links relating to the Phosphate Mining Industry, go to the BDC's Wordpress blog at www.bdcbcl.wordpress.com.
Our Research Room is now open Mondays - Fridays, 9 am to 5 pm to better accommodate our customers. Why not drop by and see us sometime?
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