August Lecture Series

Summerville Museum and Research Center 100 East Doty Ave., Summerville

Travel with Historians Dr. Ed West and Robert Scarlett as they explore how Summerville became "The First Railroad Town in America." In 1831, locals near Sawmill Branch discovered a railroad was being built just north of them. A tavern keeper realized he owned valuable land that would become part of a future town centered around "Hutchinson Square," eventually […]