Draft:Buist Tract
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The Buist Tract is a large tract of land between Myrtle Beach and Conway. With a size of 30,000 acres, it was the largest undeveloped tract of land in coastal South Carolina until the 2000s, when developments were built. Parts of the Buist Tract are now Carolina Forest.
The Buist Tract was originally owned by Burroughs & Chapin until 1937, when International Paper bought the land. In 1960, part of the tract was donated to Coastal Carolina University. On April 10, 1976, the Buist Tract suffered the largest recorded forest fire in South Carolina's history. The fire started because of an unattended campfire in Clear Pond, and wasn't contained until April 13th.[1] After the Buist Tract recovered, in 1989, around 9,000 acres of it were donated to the state. Starting in the 1990s, parts of the Buist Tract were sold to become Carolina Forest. However, some sections of the Buist Tract are still undeveloped to this day.
References
[edit]- ^ "Important fires in SC history". South Carolina Forestry Commission. Retrieved 2024-10-01.