User:Allenga201/sandbox

This is my practice piece for Wikipedia editing.

History
The name Folly comes from an Old English term meaning “dense foliage.” When Europeans first landed on the island in the early 1600’s, they discovered a Native American tribe called the Bohickets. It is unclear what happened to them after the land was deeded to William Rivers in 1696.

For a time, Folly Island was known as Coffin Island because ships, before entering Charleston Harbor were required to offload sick passengers on barrier islands. Then when leaving, the ships would pick up the survivors and bury the deceased. One notable example is in 1832 when the ship Amelia became wrecked on Folly Island. 20 of the ship’s passengers died of cholera.

In the summer of 1934, composer George Gershwin and author DuBose Heyward, went to Folly Island to work on their American folk opera, Porgy and Bess.

Folly Beach is occasionally impacted by hurricanes passing up the Atlantic Coast in the form of wind, rain and heavy surf which causes beach erosion. The most recent hurricane to impact Folly Island was Hurricane Irene in 2011 which caused severe beach erosion and forced the closure of the Folly Beach County Park, a popular public beach access point.