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.

Tabby Tattler 2013 Spring

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

Tabby Tattler 2012 December

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…

HBF Preservation Award

Every year the Historic Beaufort Foundation gives its Historic Preservation Honor Award to celebrate successful and exemplary historic preservation projects around Beaufort County. This March the Dataw Historic Foundation received a 2011 Preservation Award from the HBF, at its Annual Meeting, for its preservation and stewardship of the Sams Plantation Ruins.