Myrtle Beach Train Depot artwork John Branton and family welcomed

John Branton and family welcomed locals

and Ocean Blvd

"Sonny" Nixon to thank for moving and converting a simple gazebo into one of the most popular beer and boogie joints on the North Strand

lifeguards

Myrtle Beach Train Depot artwork John Branton and family welcomedCirca 1937. Myrtle Beaches first passenger and freight station was constructed by Myrtle Beach Farms Company (Burroughs and Chapin Co.) and turned over to Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. amid much fanfare on May 6, 1937. The rails served as a lifeline to the early Grand Strand by not only delivering needed goods and supplies, but our first tourist as well. But by the early 1960s better roads and air transportation to the area took its toll on the