Comments on: Longs http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/horry-county/longs.html The purpose of the South Carolina Picture Project is to celebrate the beauty of the Palmetto State while preserving some of its vanishing landscapes. Tue, 14 May 2013 21:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: scphotos http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/horry-county/longs.html/comment-page-1/#comment-49 scphotos Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:36:34 +0000 http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/uncategorized/longs.html#comment-49 Thank you Bob! As I’m sure you know, correct pronunciation of places is a big deal in South Carolina. We do know the correct pronunciation of ‘Horry’ however, I can see that our way of phonetically spelling it was confusing. Your spelling of “Oree” hopefully will convey much better to those who don’t know how to pronounce Horry County.

]]> By: Bob Gray http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/horry-county/longs.html/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Bob Gray Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:53:26 +0000 http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/uncategorized/longs.html#comment-28 It is ‘Oree,’ French last name, silent ‘H.’

General Peter Horry served under General Francis Marion during the ‘War for American Independence,’ AKA ‘The Revolutionary War.’

If it were not for the SC, NC, GA, and TN patriots, who ran Cornwallis out of the South, Washington would have not been able to bottle him up at Yorktown.

Our county is named in Peter Horry’s honor. http://www.hchsonline.org/peterhorry.html .

Horry County Native
Bob Gray

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