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Legends Volume 40

The 40th issue of Legends magazine is a milestone edition that reflects the heart and soul of Kiawah Island’s culture, character, and community. For decades, Legends has celebrated the stories that shape our Island, honoring our past while embracing the future. This anniversary issue continues that tradition with a curated selection of compelling features that will both inform and inspire.


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Gifts from the Sea

Gifts from the Sea

Oh, what shells inspire! These poetic words are part of a sweet little book published in 1955, Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The beachside essays are about the patience, openness, and solitude gleaned by paying attention to seashells and the ocean. Such thinking about shells, and life,...

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Vision to Learn

Vision to Learn

Story by Hailey Wist | Photographs Courtesy of Vision to Learn   Established in 2012, Vision to Learn delivers free vision care to children who need it most. The national nonprofit has extraordinary reach, providing screenings, eye exams, and glasses in low-income communities across the country at no cost to students or...

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Hallie & John Olsen

Hallie & John Olsen

Hallie & John Olsen Atlanta, GA Where are you from? Hallie: We’re both from the Midwest. I’m from Iowa, and John’s from Kansas, but we’ve lived in Atlanta for twenty-five years. John: We met in college. I went to the University of Kansas, and Hallie went to the University of Missouri in Kansas City....

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A Game of Her Own

A Game of Her Own

Fifteen-year-old rising golf star Sadie Westbrook balances school, tournaments, and life between Houston and Kiawah with grit, calm, and pure love of the game.   Story by Hailey Wist | Photographs by Patrick O’Brien   Most fifteen-year-olds are focused on learner’s permits, high school dances, and weekend sleepovers. Sadie Westbrook, on the other hand,...

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Architecture of Ideas

Architecture of Ideas

The Charleston Library Society Partners with Kiawah Island Club Story by Hailey Wist | Photographs by Saltina Graphics and Cameron Wilder At the center of downtown Charleston, the Charleston Library Society stands as one of the city’s most enduring institutions. Founded in 1748, the Library Society was born of curiosity. A small...

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The Latest Issue of Legends: A Celebration of Kiawah

The Latest Issue of Legends: A Celebration of Kiawah

Celebrating a meaningful milestone, the 40th issue of Legends captures the enduring spirit, creativity, and sense of community that define life on Kiawah Island. This anniversary edition brings together stories that honor the Island’s past while highlighting the passions and pursuits that shape its present—from the 25-year legacy of Cassique...

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The Alchemy of Cassique

The Alchemy of Cassique

In 1995, just two years after Kiawah Island Club was founded and River Course opened, Membership had grown, and it was time to begin planning a second Club course. To do so, the Kiawah Partners’ design and development team was given a very specific directive: Make it great! What followed...

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Mad Squeeze

Mad Squeeze

Kiawah Island Club welcomed Major League Pickleball’s best to The Sports Pavilion for a showcase of elite play and spirited competition.   Story by Stephanie Hunt | Photographs by Charlotte Zacharkiw   On a golden April evening at The Sports Pavilion, Kiawah’s newest obsession unfolded with quick-footed finesse.  Rather than the quiet formality of other...

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Silhouette by Design

Silhouette by Design

Through its built-for-sale program, Kiawah Partners offers a refined path to ownership in Cassique—one that combines the creativity of custom design with the ease of a move-in-ready home.   Story by Barry Kaufman | Photographs by Julia Lynn   For many, the idea of building a custom home from the ground up can be...

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Men at Sea

Men at Sea

Story by Dr. Christina Rae Butler   Before refrigeration and supermarkets, before corporations and long-distance supply chains, Charleston’s seafood came from local waters, from the nets and hooks of generation after generation of hardy, dedicated fishermen.  Charleston’s Mosquito Fleet was something of a cultural phenomenon. These brave and highly skilled African American mariners...

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Legends magazine is an award-winning publication that has showcased the distinctive spirit of Kiawah Island and the South Carolina Lowcountry for over 30 years. With a highly selective distribution of 27,000 copies and a readership nearing 500,000, Legends reaches an affluent audience with interests in golf, nature, philanthropy, design, and fine living.

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