Historical Marker
Colonel Alva "George" Branch
Historical marker location:
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
( Memorial is at the intersection of Pampas Drive and Mallard Lake Drive, on the left when traveling west on Pampas Drive.)
The Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, known as the "Swamp Fox," was from South Carolina. Marion was a skilled guerrilla fighter who used the state's swamps and forests as cover to launch surprise attacks against the British.