“robbers Row”
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After the occupation of Hilton Head in 1861, a civilian town grew up to serve the needs of the large Union base and its garrison here. The town boasted a hotel, a theater, 2 newspapers, and numerous stores, restaurants and saloons, centering along a street officially Suttlers Row but usually called Robbers Row, which ran east from this point about ½ mile to the army tent encampment.
Erected by Hilton Head Island Historical Society, 1961
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