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Though Native Americans inhabited the Island for thousands of years prior, Fripp Island was first discovered by Europeans in the early 17th century. Fripp Island was named for the British Captain Johannes Fripp, charged with protecting Carolina from Spanish attacks throughout the mid-17th century.
SC's independent Senate candidate breaks up with girlfriend on Facebook. Independent candidate Thomas Ravenel, who was forced out as state treasurer on a cocaine charge in 2007, is trying to unseat Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. Independent U.S. Senate candidate Thomas Ravenel announced Sunday on Facebook that he broke up with Kathryn Dennis, his girlfriend and the mother of his infant daughter Kensington.