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gtg Ii- Fl 4 -if J 1 's 54' Hi tory of Parris Island .Fr If x Parris Island, home of basic training for today's Ma- rines east ofthe Mississippi, has a colorful history. Al- though the first Marine Corps Activity on the island was in june, 1891, the story of its occupancy by Euro- peans reaches back more than three centuries into antiquity. Covering approximately 7800 acres of land and wa- ter, Parris Island is located off the South Carolina coast about midway between Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga. The site ofthe earliest attempt by Europeans to set- tle within the present boundaries of the State of South Carolina, the island was visited in l526 by Valaquez de Alleyn who headed a Spanish expedition in search of slaves and gold. Probably the first European to land here, he named adjacent St. Helena Island and claimed it for Spain some 50 years before the French attempted to colonize the islands which included this Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Depot Heaquarters i X Iwo Jima Statue By Depot Parade Field
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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT PARRISISLAND-soufrn CAROLINA
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Recruit Training Regiment Headquarters An expedition of French Hugenots. under jean Ribaut lsometimes spelled Ribaultl. landed here in April. 1562. Before returning to France, they established Charles Fort on what is now Parris Island. Historians are indebted to one member of this expedition in particular. He was a cartogra- pher of considerable ability named Lenovne. One of his maps ofthe region firmly locates Charles Fort on Parris Island. In 1663 William Hilton, of Barbades, rediscovered Charles Fort while exploring the newly-chartered province of Carolina. Today, the Ribaut Monument stands on the site of ancient Charles Fort to mark one ofthe first colonies es- tablished in the New VVorld, Ln 1670 an English expedition arrived in the area and set- tled down to establish permanent towns and the first of the famed southern plantations, The Lord Proprietors of South Carolina passed the title to Parris Island down through several colonial settlers until 1715, when Alexander Parris, long time Public Treasurer of South Carolina, came into possession. The islandis name dates back to him. Marine Corps Exchange War Memorial Building fill if
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