Happy Fourth of July!

I'm taking some time off from the podcast to travel and be with family. I'll be back with more episodes later in August. Until then, have a great summer!

In the 1730s, a group of Swiss and French Huguenots let by Jean Pierre Purry came to South Carolina and settled on the Savannah River. Their new town became known as Purrysburg.

These are some of the resources used in this episode:

• Blog Post - Grave Matters on the Savannah
• Blog Post - A Paddle and a Pow Wow on the Savannah River
• A History of Purrysburg on Carolana
• Wikipedia article

• Memorial presented to His Grace, my lord the Duke of Newcastle ... upon the present condition of Carolina, and the means of its amelioration: by Jean Pierre Purry

• A description of the province of South Carolina, drawn up at Charles Town, in September, 1731. Tr. from Mr. Purry's original treatise, in French, and published in the Gentleman's magazine, for August, September, and October, 1732
• The history of South Carolina in the revolution, 1775-1780
• Purrysburg Cemetery

Skagit City

Since I'm in the Pacific Northwest, I thought it would be good to do another ghost town from this area. Today's ghost town is Skagit City in Washington. This is another town with connections to the Southeast.

Here are some of the resources I used in this episode...

• Skagit River Journal
• Tales of the Magic Skagit
• Ghost Camps and Boom Towns by JoAnn Roe
• Blog Post - Searching for Skagit City

Skagit City Ferry

Skagit River Log Jams

Skagit City School

Skagit City School, 2017

Skagit River and former location of Skagit City