A few weekends ago, my friend Connie and I visited with a couple Indians and pilgrims about the origins of Charleston (originally called Charles Towne.)
Our new friends. They were very stoic.
The pilgrims (they prefer to be called "settlers") told us how they sailed here from England and built Charles Towne in 1670 as the first settlement in South Carolina. On the way here, they stopped for a mini vacay in Barbados and decided to model their town after their new favorite getaway. Even though they both have palm trees and humid weather, turns outs Charles Towne was not as sweet as Barbados. Literally. Their attempt at cashing in on sugar cane crop failed, so they just cut down a bunch of trees and sold barrels instead.
The Indians (they prefer "Native Americans"), didn't say much besides they tried to play nice and the pilgrims enslaved them. Figures.
After our chat, our new friends gave Connie a house...
And put me in the stocks....
Figures.
Then we all made up and played a nice game of 17th century bowling....
Strike!
Okay, I digress. Connie and I actually learned and saw all this on our visit to Charles Towne Landing, a park on the original site of the English Settlement. Though the history museum and the little replica village were fun, our favorite attraction was the replica boat, the Adventure.
Ships ahoy, matey!
The Adventure was used by the settlers, not pirates unfortunately, for sailing around and trading their awesome barrels. Later while wondering around the park, we found this cute little plantation house. We forgot to stop and read the plaque, so we don't know much about it besides it was locked and we couldn't go in.
The park also has an Animal Forest, where you can see many of the animals native to South Carolina when the settlers first arrived here.
One of these animals was the buffalo. Looks like home to me!
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