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Dewees Island oysters and clams. Murphy owned a steamship, Undine, which he used to visit the island. A family (Huyler) lived on the island for much of 1925-52. According to the Dewees Island POA, "The island was purchased by RS Reynolds in 1956 and used as a hunting retreat. An investor partnership bought Dewees in 1972..." The first modern residential homes on Dewees were built in the 1980s on the south end of the island by the Royalls, Bobby Kennedy and others. After the island was devastated by hurricane Hugo, in 1989, the investors invited John Knott to consider further development, and