Bill Riski is a retired USAF Officer and systems engineer. His hobbies include history, photography, writing, and travel. Maintaining this website is a labor of love for the Dataw Historic Foundation in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, where he and his wife now live.
Spring 2016 – Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of the Dataw Island History & Learning Center, More Luminaries at the Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins, Jeanne Sams Birthday, Best Oyster Roast, Learning about Dataw History, and more…
Winter 2015 – History & Learning Center Progress; Special Tours: Beaufort Rotary Club, USC OLLI Ruins Tour Class, Sun City Luncheon Ladies; Barbara Titus retires as Recording Secretary; Lowcountry Boil; and more…
Winter 2014 – Luminaries at the Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins, Special Tours: Sams Family Descendants, Senior Leadership, Historic Beaufort Foundation Docents, USC OLLI Dataw History and Ruins Tour Class, Camp Dataw, and more…
Tours of Tabby Ruins, DHF Holiday Card, Major New Archeological Project, Another Outstanding Oyster Roast, Dataw Heritage Walk,
DHF 2014 Members, DHF Board Notes
DHF Outreach Program, DHF’s Annual Oyster Roast, Delving into Dataw‘s Past Defines the Present . . . and Directs our Future, DHF 2013 Officers, Board Committees Chairmen, Directors, 2013 DHF Members, Notes from the Board, Special insert: the Heritage Walk and DHF Membership Form
December 2012 – NRHP plaque installed at the Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins, Special Tours: Beaufort Senior Leadership, Penn Center Children, American Assoc. of Preservation Technology, USC OLLI Dataw History and Ruins Tour Class, New Fall Event – Lowcountry Boil, and more…
Winter 2011 – National Honors for Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins, Sams Descendents Gather, Camp Dataw History Day, and more…
The Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In early 2009 the Dataw Historic Foundation began the development of the Dataw Heritage Walk as a living legacy to those who have made Dataw the very special place it is today.
Spring 2011 – DHF Annual Oyster Roast, Dairy-Cold Room Preservation, National Register Listing, HBF preservation award, and more…