9:00 am on Friday April 11, 2014
| References My Horry News
April marks 150th anniversary of Myrtle Beach ‘invasion’
via MyHorryNews
"...On April 23, 1864, the warship was the USS Ethan Allen and the target was a massive salt works at Singleton Swash located near what is now the Dunes Club in Myrtle Beach.
The next morning, the ship and its crew moved a couple of miles southward, destroying a smaller salt works at Withers Swash close to what is now the Family Kingdom Amusement Park..."
