Events

Experience life on the “one horse farm” in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on July 24th from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM for a program on gardening where visitors can learn about growing a garden using heirloom varieties of vegetables and only organic fertilizers.

Experience life on the “one horse farm” in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on July 27th from 9:00 AM until 10:30 AM to learn about the different animals on the farm and their various roles.

The public is invited to help feed the animals from 9:00-9:30. Visitors can select an ear of corn, shell it, and use it to feed the chickens. This month farm staff will discuss the milk cow and display the different tools that would be used in the milking process.

The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a free traditional bluegrass concert by The Morris Brothers on Saturday, July 27th, at 1:00 PM. The Morris Brothers have been playing music together for 44 years. Originally from West Virginia, they now reside in the Aynor/Cool Springs area of South Carolina. The brothers started playing bluegrass when they were young boys growing up in the hollows of West Virginia. They enjoy playing bluegrass music and bluegrass gospel and play regularly in Horry County. Band members include Mike Morris of Aynor, SC on vocals and banjo, Matt Morris from Cool Springs, SC on vocals and guitar, William Hardee from Loris, SC on vocals and fiddle, and Tammy Holt of Conway, SC on the bass.

Experience life on the one horse family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us for Wash Day on Tuesday, July 30th from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM to see how clothes would have been washed using a scrub board and wash pot. From 11 AM-12 PM staff will discuss ways that food would have been kept as cool as possible before electricity was common in rural farm houses.

 A free, hour long, guided tour of the farm will be available to the public starting at 3:00 PM.