When leaving Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and heading north on Highway 17, there comes a point when you’re finally free of the traffic lights, strip malls, auto parts stores, and mattress shops. The sprawl loosens up, and the Lowcountry regains its languid hold on the landscape. You’re in Awendaw now, where it is believed that four thousand years ago, Native Americans built a massive oyster-shell ring for ceremonial reasons. It’s still standing. In 1696, the area
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Nov 20, 2023
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