While this building might look lonely, it’s in a location where it is far from being alone. Where is it? Send to feedback@statehousereport.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo
Our Sept. 4 photo, “Breaking a sweat,” is the Skywheel in Myrtle Beach in an Unsplash photo taken during one of the community’s marathons.
Congratulations to the many folks who correctly identified it: Dale Rhodes of Richmond, Va.; Jay Altman, Daniel Brennan and John Hart, all of Columbia; Wayne Beam and Debbie Causey, both of North Myrtle Beach; Will Bradley of Las Vegas, Nevada; Kevin Mertens of Greenville; Barry Wingard and Jacie Godfrey, both of Florence; Steve Willis of Lancaster; Mary Louise Resch of West Columbia; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Gwen Strickland of Marion; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Frank Bouknight of Summerville; Philip Cromer of Beaufort; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; Henry Eldridge of Tega Cay; and Dave Taylor.
Peel added, “The joggers in the photo are taking part in the annual Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon, a 13.1-mile run which is held each year during the third weekend in October. The Mini Marathon is just one of three marathons held in Myrtle Beach during that weekend. The two other popular runs are the 3.1-mile ‘Coastal 5K’ and the 1.5-mile ‘Doggie Dash’, where dog owners can run alongside their pet dogs. This year’s events are still scheduled for Oct 17-18, 2020. Here’s hoping they are able to continue the annual tradition, now in its 11th year, despite concerns for COVID-19.”
Graf shared this info: “The railroad terminus near the beach was nicknamed ‘New Town,’ contrasting it with the ‘Old Town,’ or Conway. Around the start of the 20th century, Franklin Burroughs envisioned turning New Town into a tourist destination rivaling the Florida and northeastern beaches. Burroughs died in 1897, but his sons completed the railroad’s expansion to the beach and opened the Seaside Inn in 1901. Around 1900, a contest was held to name the area, and Burroughs’ wife suggested honoring the locally abundant shrub, the southern wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera). The Withers post office changed its name to ‘Myrtle Beach” soon afterward. It incorporated as a town in 1938 and as a city in 1957.”
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