2000's
PGA Championship returns to The Ocean Course with Phil Mickelson clenching victory.
South Street Partners acquires Kiawah Partners.
PGA Championship is played at The Ocean Course and won by Rory McIlroy.
Ocean Park neighborhood debuts.
The Ocean Course Clubhouse opens and hosts the Senior PGA Championship.
Kiawah Partners breaks ground on Freshfields Village.
The Sanctuary hotel at Kiawah Island opens.
Kiawah Island Club’s Cassique course, designed by Tom Watson, opens.
1900's
Kiawah Island Club’s River Course, designed by Tom Fazio, opens.
Darby family acquires Vanderhorst home and begins restoration.
Kiawah Island Club is founded.
The Beach Club, designed by Robert A.M. Stern, opens.
The Ocean Course, designed by Pete Dye, opens and hosts the Ryder Cup in which the USA beats Europe in a dramatic finish.
Hurricane Hugo hits the Charleston area.
Osprey Point golf course, designed by Tom Fazio, opens.
Real estate developer Kiawah Resort Associates (KRA) purchases Kiawah’s undeveloped lands and all resort assets and amenities.
Town of Kiawah is incorporated.
Turtle Point, designed by Jack Nicklaus, opens.
Real estate sales begin and the Kiawah Island Inn opens.
Marsh Point (now known as Cougar Point) golf course, designed by Gary Player, opens.
The Kiawah Island Architectural Review Board (ARB) was established to be the “keeper of the vision” related to the master plan and designing with nature concept.
The heirs of C.C. Royal sell Kiawah to Kuwait Investment Corporation; an extensive environmental inventory is conducted and a master plan for development is drawn.
C.C. Royal develops the first summer home neighborhood on Kiawah along the beach and names the street “Eugenia” after his wife.
C.C. Royal purchases Kiawah from the Vanderhorst estate to use for logging and timber.
Daily passenger and freight service by boat from Kiawah to Charleston begins.
Adele Vanderhorst purchases the Gibbes property, uniting Kiawah under a single owner for the first time in almost 200 years.
1800's
Union troops almost demolish Vanderhorst plantation home.
Civil War brings Confederate troops, who occupy and destroy Shoolbred plantation.
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Elias Vanderhorst inherits Kiawah Island from Arnoldus II, and continues production of cotton.
During the War of 1812, fortifications are built on the north end of Kiawah to maintain control of the Stono and Kiawah Rivers.
1700's
General Nathaniel Greene arranges a truce for American officers to use Kiawah for rest and relaxation; the officers stay at the Gibbes plantation on the Kiawah River.
The British burn the home of Arnoldus Vanderhorst II.
Revolutionary War begins. Arnoldus Vanderhorst II, Governor of South Carolina, acquires title to Sandy Point area of Kiawah Island.
John Stanyarne acquires Kiawah Island.
1600's
Kiawah Indians cede Kiawah Island to the English Lord’s Proprietor, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury.
Cassique, chieftain of the Kiawah Indians, leads English colonists to settle at Charlestowne Landing.