What Happened to Beaufort's Mountain?

It was off to the left as you crossed over the Wood's Memorial swing bridge from downtown.

Beaufort’s Big White Mountain, located on Lady’s Island as seen from the Woods Memorial Bridge. Art by Nancy Ricker Rhett

The big white mountain was entirely made of oyster shells, bleached white, coming and going as the seasons cycled, rising and falling with the tide.

Beaufort artist Nancy Ricker Rhett remembers the mountain.