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.
The Dataw Historic Foundation has received a major preservation award from Historic Beaufort Foundation in recognition of its work in preserving the Sams Plantation historic site and creation of an interpretive center, both located centrally on the 867-acre community of Dataw Island. Historic Beaufort Foundation Trustee Rob Montgomery and Executive Director, Maxine Lutz, presented the “Preservation Honor Award” to the Dataw Historic Foundation, accepted on the group’s behalf by their president, Marilyn Peck.
Spring 2018 – President’s Report, Did You know?, Spear Point Found, Sams Family History Talk, DHF Wins Preservation Award, Christmas on Sams Plantation, DHF/VAC Competition Winners, and more…
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
