Tourists make ‘historically significant’ discovery while exploring South Carolina beach

Tourists make ‘historically significant’ discovery while exploring South Carolina beach

Remains found at Edisto Island likely connect to 19th-century Edingsville Beach community

A group of tourists (not pictured) who were exploring Edisto Island recently came into contact with historic human remains. (Getty Images; iStock)

Edisto Island, seen here, is one of South Carolina's several Sea Islands. (Getty Images)

African American sharecroppers settled on Edisto Island after the Civil War. (Getty Images)

The Edingsville Beach settlement was eventually abandoned after suffering a bad hurricane in 1885. (Getty Images)