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We understand that your vehicle is probably one of your prized investments or if you are an auto dealer – soon to be a prized automobile for your next buyer. That is where we come in to help you. Our vehicle hauling knowledge is second to none. We pride ourselves in getting your car, truck, motorcycle, or antique vehicle from point a to point b quickly and safely as well.
Our West Ashley South Carolina Vehicle Hauling services include but are not limited to:
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+ Personally Owned Vehicles
+ Research and Development Vehicles
+ Cold & Warm Weather Test Shipments
+ International Shipments, Mexico, Canada, and abroad
+ Commercial/Photo/TV shoots
+ New Vehicle Distribution
+ National Tours
+ Media Events
+ Auto Shows
+ Hot Rod Events and Tours
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Facts about West Ashley South Carolina
West Ashley is a large, mainly residential area known for the cluster of global fusion restaurants, laid-back eateries, and lively bars around the busy intersection of Magnolia Road and Savannah Highway in the Avondale neighborhood. A mix of major malls, plus boutiques and spas, is another draw. The West Ashley Greenway trail attracts walkers and mountain bikers.
West Ashley, or more formally, west of the Ashley, is one of the six distinct areas of the city proper of Charleston, South Carolina. As of March 2020, its estimated population was 82,341. Its name is derived from the fact that the land is west of the Ashley River.
The Area’s History
West Ashley is noted as the birthplace of Charleston, where English colonists established the first permanent settlement in the Carolina colony at Albemarle Point in 1670. Local Native Americans, particularly the Kiawah, led the colonists from the ship Carolina to a suitable settling ground.[citation needed] It is believed that the Indians welcomed the colonists, in the hope they might provide defense against the constant raids by the slaving Westo Indians from Georgia (originally known as the Erie).
The original settlement, which was built in an unorganized manner, built fortifications early on due to fears of an invasion by the Spanish. In 1680, the settlement was relocated to the Charleston peninsula, in-between the Ashley and Cooper rivers. The 663-acre (2.68 km2) area of the original settlement’s location has been preserved as a state historic site known as Charles Towne Landing.
A few skirmishes took place there in the American Revolution during which time parts of the area faced occupied by British forces, specifically at Rantowles Creek, where William Washington defeated cavalry forces under Banastre Tarleton, and at Old St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church during the 1780 Siege of Charleston conducted by the British. Thousands of slaves escaped to British lines and some fought with the British, qualifying for freedom and evacuation with their troops when the British withdrew from the colony.
For much of its history, West Ashley had a focus primarily on agriculture, hosting several slave plantations prior to the Civil War.
Some military activity took place here during the Civil War. The area had several batteries, including those at Fort Bull (near present-day Bees Ferry Road), but no major battles occurred[citation needed]. Sherman’s forces did burn down Middleton Place Plantation in the 1865 march to the sea. The Charleston and Savannah Railway extended from downtown to West Ashley during the 19th century, and the Union had attempted to cut it off in 1864 but were beaten back at the Battle of Burden’s Causeway on nearby Johns Island.
West Ashley also includes the historic location of Maryville, a defunct town. Originally chartered in 1886, Maryville included the site of the original English settlement, now the site of Charles Towne Landing State Historic Park, and a plantation owned by the Lord’s Proprietors. Land at the former plantation site was divided up and sold to African American residents in the late 1880s.
Following the death of her husband, Mary Mathews Just purchased land at the site of the former Hillsborough Plantation and named Maryville for herself. The South Carolina General Assembly revoked the town’s charter in 1936, despite its success as a model for African American “self-government.”
Ashley Hall Plantation and Magnolia Plantation and Gardens are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.