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The Blue Lady of Palmetto Dunes

A Hilton Head Ghost Story For fifty years, Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort has been a destination for fond memories and happy times. But...

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The Story of Shelter Cove Harbour & Marina

How Hilton Head’s Largest Deep-Water Marina Came To Be The shops, apartments, purveyors, and events at Shelter Cove Harbour and Marina ha...

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The History of The Neptune Statue

A Story of Engineering and Creativity Over 30 years ago, local sculptor Wayne Edwards approached Greenwood Development Co., owners of Pal...

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Celebrating 30 Years of HarbourFest

Since 1988, HarbourFest has been a staple summer celebration for locals and visitors of Hilton Head Island. From Memorial Day to Labor Da...

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From Sand Spurs to Sloops: A Brief History of Palmetto Dunes

It began in the mid-1960s, when several physicians and business executives from Greenwood, S.C. entered into an innovative business ventu...

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Hilton Head Lighthouse located in Palmetto Dunes Resort includes its own fascinating history

Nine multi-patterned lighthouses decorate the South Carolina coast, including a couple on Hilton Head Island. The history of the lighthou...

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Flashback: 1968 Publication of The Islander

The Islander was a publication by the Hilton Head Island Chamber of Commerce with a yearly subscription price of $5.00 and the editor was...

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History of the Palmetto Dunes Lagoon

The Palmetto Dunes 11 mile lagoon system was created in the 1970s to address two major issues: shallow waterways and an eroding beachfron...

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Flashback: Palmetto Dunes Quarterly Update from 1973

As the resort was building golf courses and amenities and hiring staff and before email and the internet was around to keep everyone up-t...

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Palmetto Dunes by the Numbers

There is an abundance of things to do at Palmetto Dunes! And since 1968, Palmetto Dunes has been creating golf courses, tennis courts, oc...

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