The plantation now known as Bulow Plantation was previously referred to as Long Savannah and was pieced together between 1823 and 1833. Although historic records of the property’s early development and use are scarce, well-preserved rice fields along the land’s western edge are a testament to agricultural activities. By the early 19th century, John Joachim Bulow and his family assumed ownership of the property, and William L. Bradley bought the land in 1872. Bradley developed phosphate mines on the property that extracted enough phosphate to account for eight percent of all mining in South Carolina between 1867 and 1891. The operation, known as Bulow Mines, featured a network of tram roads. However, the mining operations were damaged by a hurricane in August of 1885 and the earthquake of August 1886, and Bradley used the site to transport logs from a lumber operation further inland through the state. At the present day, the site features an African American cemetery dating to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, holding an estimated three hundred graves. The period of extensive phosphate mining is represented by phosphate ditches, a collapsed frame structure, and the site of a tenant house. Another settlement site located on the eastern edge of the swamp is also associated with Bulow Mines. Bulow Battery, constructed around 1863, is a Confederate Battery located on the property. It was intended to protect the city of Charleston, although Federal forces did not threaten the Confederates from that direction.