Point Of Pines Causeway #1 16 X 20"

The "Point of Pines" site bordering the North Edisto on Edisto Island is an ancient site of colonization and its first habitable structure was burned by the Spanish who thought that America belonged to their King , when the destiny of the New World was "up for grabs". Spanish must have been tipped off by spies that English settlers were setting themselves up out here and sailed in to eliminate the competition. These stubborn pioneers just rebuilt about 20 years later and prospered in the Edisto Island Wilderness. The second residence was destroyed but the "tabby" foundations persist and can still be viewed on the property. Extensive cotton fields with "Sea Island Cotton" were intermingled with the tall pines this location has been named for for over 300 years. As most know, cotton uses up the soil, making property unusable so Cotton farming had to "move on" and the cultivation moved west. Rotation of crops helped some but the Edisto farmers sought other techniques. Before phosphate roc