Pimlico History

Did You Know. . . 

• This area was once home to the Etiwan Tribe.

• Pimlico is likely named after areas of England, as much of the new colonies were. In England there areas and roads and districts that also sport the name "Pimlico".  

• The area now known as Pimlico was once owned by the Colleton family. However, after the Revolutionary War, the Governor, John Rutledge, confiscated land and property of known British loyalists. This is known as the Confiscation Act of 1782. It was at this time with Margaret Colleton and her son (heir to "Mepshew Plantation") lost their Pimlico land and it was divided into six lots and sold at public auction.

• By the 1700's Carolina Gold Rice was a sought after cash crop and Pimlico was yielding large harvests from the rice fields on the river as well as inland rice fields, now known as Lake Dennis. The rice fields' success was very much dependent on proper amount of rain. A dike system which allowed for the control of water allowed the plantation was the solution for poor weather.

• Rice barges used to moor at the current Pimlico boat landing.

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