Isle of Palms, SC - Firsts & Claims to Fame
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First Inhabitants Sewee Indians First Name of Island Hunting Island First Title Owner of Island Thomas Holton of Barbados - 1696 First Home Built on Island Summer Residence of the Nicholas Sottile family - 1898 First Called Isle of Palms Named by Dr. Joseph S. Lawrence to attract tourists - 1898 First Official Transportation to IOP Charleston and Seashore Railroad Company Chartered a ferryboat in Charleston to a trolley in Mt Pleasant that crossed the Intracoastal Waterway, continued through Sullivan's Island and onto Isle of Palms - Circa 1898 First Leisure Excursion to IOP Passengers of the Charleston and Seashore Railroad Company - July 28, 1898 First Post Office Inside Hudson's Pavilion - August 5, 1913 First Paperboy George Wurthmann - 1933 First Bikini on IOP - Fourth of July Weekend - 1965 First Person to Cast a Vote on IOP Wiley G. Horne - July 11, 1950 First Policeman/Also Fire Chief Eddie Walters, known as "Chief" - 1945 First Mayor of IOP Walter I. Chapman, Jr. elected to office - May 31, 1952 |
First Act/Law Passed by the City of IOP Automobiles banned from beach First Automobile Bridge Over Breach Inlet Wooden Bridge was built to replace trolley trestle - 1926 First Filling Station Mr. Leo Hendrickson's filling station and general repair - 1935 First Airstrip and Landing Field 1,800 by 135 foot strip along the inland waterway - completed August, 1951 First Woman Mayor Carmen R. Bunch elected to office - 1986 First Full Time Fire Chief Larry Britton - 1987 First Resort Isle of Palms Beach and Racquet Club - 1972 First Talk of an IOP Connector 1974 First Pharmacy Island Pharmacy - April 16, 1992 First Bank Southern Bank and Trust First Grocery Store Isle of Palms Food Store First Restaurant Huck's - 1940 First Church First United Methodist Church, 12 21st Avenue First Civic Club on IOP Isle of Palms Exchange Club - 1948 First Direct Link to IOP Isle of Palms Connector October 2, 1993 |