On January 6, 2026, one day after the 163rd anniversary of Lieutenant William Barker Cushing’s landing on Tilghman Point and his attack on Fort Randall I chartered a boat from Little River, SC, to view the point from the water. Captain Heath Jones owner of NMB Boat Tours and Charters took Todd Rhoades and I to the point to take pictures of the location of the fort. We proceeded from the dock at 2111 Little River Neck Road into the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.

Docked ahead were two large casino boats. These are the only casinos in the state of South Carolina. They dock here and leave through the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway to the Little River and out into the Atlantic Ocean. They motor out three miles into international waters and then the gambling begins.

Approaching Tilghman’s Point from west to east.

The next series of images are of the bluff at Tilghman’s Point where the fort was located.

We next sailed past the point into a creek where several house were located one of which was under construction

Heading back around the point

Small parts of the Tilghman house are visible through the trees at the top of the images below.

On the way back we passed one of the casino boats headed out to sea.