Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Waccamaw people used the Long Bay river for travel and fished along the shore near Little River before European settlers arrived in the late 18th century. Waties Island holds evidence of burial mounds and shell remains left by this visiting tribe.
Several families received land grants along the coast, including the Withers family who got an area around present-day Wither's Swash. James Minor also received a grant covering a barrier island named Minor Island which is now known as Waties Island off the coast near Little River.
On the 28th of February 1899, Burroughs and Collins received a charter to build the Conway & Seashore Railroad to transport timber from the coast to inland customers. The railroad began daily service on the 1st of May 1900 with two wood-burning locomotives.
Myrtle Beach incorporated as a town in 1938 and as a city in 1957. The post office changed its name to Myrtle Beach soon after a contest held around 1900 where Franklin Burroughs's wife suggested honoring the southern wax myrtle shrub.
As of the 2020 census there were 35,682 people residing in the city. The racial makeup included 66.97% White non-Hispanic and 13.01% Black or African American non-Hispanic residents.