Why “Myrtle” Beach?
Myrtle Beach is known as one of America’s favorite destinations with its long stretch of sandy beach, warm ocean water, and more seafood buffet restaurants than you know what to do with. But there's more to Myrtle Beach than that famous, fun vacation place where families have traveled for decades. So where did the name Myrtle Beach come from? "Myrtle certainly sounds like a woman's name possibly a famous resident from the early nineteen hundred. Or maybe, it’s from an American Indian heritage paying homage to our early natives. There’s even a story that it had to do with a [...]
