For centuries, history books have pointed to North Carolina, or even England, as the birthplace of Blackbeard, the world’s ...

For centuries, history books have pointed to North Carolina, or even England, as the birthplace of Blackbeard, the world’s most notorious pirate. But Mike Heitzler, a historian and longtime mayor of ...

Accounts of a group of rarely-mentioned 'factious' individuals known as the Goose Creek Men were part of guest speaker Dr. Mike Heitzler's historical revelations during his return visit with the ...

Members of the Summerville Preservation Society sat back and soaked in a burst of historical tidbits about the Lowcountry, including a detailed account of “The Goose Creek Men,” depicted as ...