Jr. Farmers

L.W. Paul Living History Farm 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, United States

Experience life on the one-horse family farm from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Junior Farmers is a free, family friendly program open to children ages 5-10 and focuses on the traditions of an early 1900s farm family. Join us on December 21st from 9:00 AM-10:00 AM to learn about […]

Traditional Christmas Music at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm

L.W. Paul Living History Farm 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, United States

Enjoy a traditional Christmas music demonstration at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm on Saturday, December 21st. For this month’s demonstration, visitors are invited to sing along and enjoy traditional Christmas carols with Farm Site Manager Wayne Skipper. The program will last from 1:00 PM until 3:30 PM and is free and […]

Wash Day

L.W. Paul Living History Farm 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, United States

Experience life on the one horse family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us for Wash Day on Tuesday, December 31st from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM to see how clothes would have been washed using a scrub board and wash pot. From 11:00 until 1:00, […]

Cooking Demonstration

L.W. Paul Living History Farm 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, United States

Experience life on the family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on January 2nd from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM to learn about the New Year’s Day meal of collard greens and hoppin’ johns, also known as ‘Dollars and Pennies’. A traditional New Year’s meal on many farms would have been collard greens, dried peas, hog jowls, and peas cooked in rice. Many people still carry on this tradition to represent green (paper) money and brown money (pennies) that they hope to have more of during the upcoming year. Join us to see how this meal would have been prepared on the wood burning stove.

Jr. Farmers

L.W. Paul Living History Farm 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, United States

Experience life on the one-horse family farm from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Junior Farmers is a free, family friendly program open to children ages 5-10 and focuses on the traditions of an early 1900s farm family. Join us on January 4th from 9:00 AM-10:00 AM to learn about the dairy cow and how to make butter. Maximum of 15 children, parents must remain with children. To participate, pre-register with Marion Haynes at haynesm@horrycounty.org or 843-915-7861.

Farm Harvest Day

L.W. Paul Living History Farm 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, United States

Experience life on the family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on January 4th from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM for Farm Harvest Day to participate in the picking, gathering, and preparing of crops on the farm. This month’s demonstration will focus on the importance of firewood.

Cutting firewood was as much a part of harvesting on farms as picking or gathering field crops and would normally take place in the winter months when the work load was typically lighter. Visitors can try their hand at using the tools for this task and learn about the different types of wood that were most desirable to use.

Grahame Long: Lost Charleston

Horry County Museum 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, United States

The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a lecture by J. Grahame Long on January 4th, on his book Lost Charleston.

Even in a city as conscious of history as Charleston, South Carolina, not everything has survived. Natural disasters, wars and other calamities claimed many treasures. Only a few preserved bits of one of the city’s grandest mansions survive at Dock Street Theatre. An old Quaker graveyard still rests in peace but does so under a downtown parking garage. The famous corner of Meeting and Broad Streets was once the area’s busiest marketplace. The Grace Memorial Bridge spanned the Cooper River for more than seventy years. Join us as author J. Grahame Long details the history of these and more lost locations in the Holy City.