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Past Outings: 2016
Santa Elena History Center (Opening) in Beaufort, SC, April 30, 2016:
It
was a wonderful ceremony in Beaufort for the new Santa Elena
History Center with dignitaries from the United States and Spain.The
main theme of the event seemed to be that history must be corrected.
"South Carolina— not Jamestown, not Plymouth Rock—was the site of the first permanent European settlement in the New World."
Another
thing you might not know is that our Greater Piedmont Chapter of the
Explorers Club was instrumental in the Santa Elena work.
Archaeologist Stanley South, who just passed away in March, made the
initial discover of Santa Elena in 1979. Stanley credits our Explorers
Club chapter (in an archaeological report on Santa Elena) with the 1981
donation that led to the discovery of another portion of Santa Elena.
Archaeologist Chester DePratter and our Explorers Club member Nena Rice
were colleagues of South through this early work and Chester has since
taken over excavation work at Santa Elena. Chester was honored
yesterday for his many years of work at Santa Elena and now as the
creator and curator of the new History Center exhibit. Chester gave us
a private tour of the wonderful exhibit yesterday prior to the ribbon
cutting ceremony. Nena pointed out a large photo in the exhibit that
she took at the Santa Elena dig site in the early years of her career.
Also involved in the event was chapter member Jim Garner who is an
active member of the Santa Elena Foundation. Jim is also the National
PA Directorate of the USCG Auxiliary and was a photographer on the USCG
45 Response Boat which worked to bring the replica Spanish galleon into
Port Royal for this special event.
I have included a few pictures from Jim and scans of Santa Elena items from our Chapter Archives. Below are a couple of recent
news articles:
http://www.thestate.com/news/local/article50713800.html
http://www.thecolumbiastar.com/news/2016-04-29/Front_Page/History_altered_by_Columbia_archaeologist.html
Below: Explorers Club Newsletter from 1981
Below: Explorers Club Letter from 1981 to President Dr. James Holderman
Below: The State: 1981  Below:
1981: USC President Dr. James Holderman and Greater Piedmont Chapter
members: Dr. Robert L. Stephenson (Director of SCIAA) and theGreater Piedmont Chapter's first Chairman: Horace F. Byrne.  Below: Photos by Jim Garner as he works with the USCG to bring the El Galeón into Port Royal  
Below: Odess and Jeremy Brinkman on the El Galeón at Port Royal
Below: Early photo of the Santa Elena dig site
 Below: The new Santa Elena History Center
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