The Alcoa Years 1982-2007
On Mar 4, 2019, John Colgan of the Dataw Historic Foundation presented highlights of the original development of Dataw Island by Alcoa. In the 1980’s, Alcoa South Carolina, a subsidiary…
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.
Sams Plantation Complex Ruins circa 1930
This gallery contains the few pictures available of the ruins on Dataw soon after Kate Gleason bought the island in 1927. [gallery_bank source_type=”gallery” id=”22″ layout_type=”masonry_layout” alignment=”left” lightbox_type=”foo_box_free_edition” order_images_by=”sort_asc” sort_images_by=”sort_order” gallery_title=”show”…
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND – CONCLUSIONS
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SAMS PLANTATION COMPLEX This report documents architectural and archaeological data recovery that has been conducted at five historic…
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND section 4 of 4
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SAMS PLANTATION COMPLEX This report documents architectural and archaeological data recovery that has been conducted at five historic…
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND section 3 of 4
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SAMS PLANTATION COMPLEX This report documents architectural and archaeological data recovery that has been conducted at five historic…
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND section 2 of 4
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SAMS PLANTATION COMPLEX This report documents architectural and archaeological data recovery that has been conducted at five historic…
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND section 1 of 4
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SAMS PLANTATION COMPLEX This report documents architectural and archaeological data recovery that has been conducted at five historic…
Sea Island Cotton
The history of Sea Island Cotton was presented by Bill Riski of the Dataw Historic Foundation on Sep 30, 2019. In the late 1700’s, a superior type of cotton made…
History & Learning Center
In 2016, after a decade of work to bring it to life, the Dataw Island History & Learning Center opened next to the Sams Plantation Ruins. The museum is the…
