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www.beachsidevacations.com | 17 1ST INHABITANTS Sewee Indians 1ST NAME OF ISLAND Hunting Island 1ST TITLE OWNER OF ISLAND Thomas Holton of Barbados, 1696 1ST HOME BUILT ON ISLE OF PALMS Nicholas Sottile at 807 Ocean Blvd. 1ST CALLED ISLE OF PALMS Renamed by Dr. Joseph S. Lawrence in 1898 to attract tourists 1ST OFFICIAL TRANSPORTATION TO ISLE OF PALMS Charleston and Seashore Railroad Company chartered a ferry boat in Charleston to a trolley in Mount Pleasant, whose tracks proceeded through Sullivan’s Island and onto the Isle of Palms 1ST LEISURE EXCURSION TO ISLE OF PALMS Passengers of Charleston and Seashore Railroad Company, July 28, 1898 1ST POST OFFICE Established inside Hudson’s Pavilion August 5, 1913 1ST PAPERBOY ON ISLAND George Wurthmann, 1933 1ST BIKINI ON ISLAND July 4, 1965 1ST PERSON TO CAST A VOTE ON ISLAND Wiley G. Horne, July 11, 1950 1ST POLICEMAN (ALSO FIRECHIEF) Eddie Walters (known as Chief), 1945 1ST MAYOR OF ISLE OF PALMS Walter Ignatius “Buck” Chapman Jr., 1953. Elected as the first mayor of the newly incorporated town of Isle of Palms. He served for two years 1ST ACT / LAW PASSED BY CITY OF ISLE OF PALMS No automobiles permitted on the beach 1ST AUTOMOBILE BRIDGE OVER BREACH INLET Wooden bridge built to replace trolley trestle, 1926 1ST GAS STATION Owned and operated by Leo Hendrickson for gas and auto repairs, 1935 1ST AIRSTRIP AND LANDING FIELD Completed August 1951. 1,800 x 35 feet along the Intracoastal Waterway 1ST WOMAN MAYOR Carmen R. Bunch, elected 1986 1ST FULL TIME FIRECHIEF Larry Britton, 1987 1ST RESORT Isle of Palms Beach and Racquet Club 1973 1ST TALK OF AN ISLE OF PALMS CONNECTOR 1974 1ST PHARMACY Island Pharmacy, established April 16, 1992 1ST BANK Southern Bank and Trust 1ST GROCERY Isle of Palms Food Store 1ST RESTAURANT Huck’s, 1940s 1ST CHURCH First United Methodist Church located at 12~31st Avenue 1ST CIVIC CLUB ON ISLAND Isle of Palms Exchange Club, established 1948 1ST DIRECT ROADWAY TO ISLAND Isle of Palms Connector, opened October 2, 1993 ISLE OF PALMS FIRSTS