Two turtle experts share their turtle-life and the sucesses of a world-class turtle program. 

CityTrex.com is producing a series of podcasts and virtual tours - MP3 audio walking tours for onsite interpretation, and GPS apps for driving tours for a day trip into the undeveloped barrier islands of the Sea Island Lowcountry. 

Thanks to the Friends of Hunting Island for their vision to capture these real stories of the Sea Island Lowcountry in local voices. 

Friends Of Hunting Island Turtle Program April 2014

Jonas Gadson Recalls his St Helena Childhood and his Marvelous Mother. 

“Everything I am today I owe it to God and I owe it to my marvelous Mother,” Doctor Jonas Gadson. 

Brought to you by Friends of Hunting Island


A special treat for Mothers Day 2014. 


In this episode 
CityTrex is taking us to meet a gentleman, 
an accomplished man recalls his island childhood, a world that barely exists anymore. 


CityTrex.com is producing a series of podcasts and virtual tours - MP3 audio walking tours for onsite interpretation, and GPS apps for driving tours for a day trip into the undeveloped barrier islands of the Sea Island Lowcountry. 

Much of the core of this exploration shows agrarian life of people in rural Southern USA, not just country living but island life with an added obstacle of limited exposure to much opportunity. 
So… life was still made good by living right, being clever, and keeping on. 

Thanks to the Friends of Hunting Island for their vision to capture these real stories of the Sea Island Lowcountry in local voices. 

Jonas Gadson Recalls His St Helena Childhood And His Marvelous Mother

The first freed slaves were educated at Penn Center on St. Helena Island in Beaufort, South Carolina. 
Here, a school and training grounds allowed the first freedmen in the USA to prove their worth as human beings. 
Today as a National Historic Landmark District Penn Center leads in many areas, such as Peace Corps training and civil rights organizing. 

CityTrex.com is producing a series of podcasts and virtual tours - MP3 audio walking tours for onsite interpretation, and GPS apps for driving tours for a day trip into the undeveloped barrier islands of the Sea Island Lowcountry. 

Penn Center shows much of the core of this exploration. Agrarian life of people in rural Southern USA, not just country living but island life with an added obstacle of slavery, post-slavery, and circumstances of limited exposure to any opportunity. 
So… life was still made good by living right, being clever, and keeping on. 

Thanks to the Friends of Hunting Island for their vision to capture these real stories of the Sea Island Lowcountry in local voices. 


Penn Center Director Mike Campi Shares His Vision

Local Stories. Local Voices. 
Handheld multimedia tours & mobile guides. 
Walking tours. Driving tours.  
Guide Apps with locals. 
Authors. Artists. Guides. 