Larry Paul, a local businessman with a rich farming heritage in Horry County, funded the construction of a family farm to depict farm and domestic life in Horry County from 1900 to 1955 and to give future generations a way to experience life there during the first half of the twentieth century. In 2006, Horry County Council designated 17 acres for the Horry County Museum's L.W. Paul Living History Farm. There, visitors can sample the everyday life of a Horry County farm family on a working farm by observing and taking part in activities common on traditional family farms, including plowing with mules, making lye soap, grinding grits, blacksmithing, curing meat, preserving vegetables, milking cows, and harvesting crops. Even the youngest family members took part in chores, daily demonstrations such as making plowing collars reflect traditional farm work, idle plows stand in front of the smokehouse, and planting and harvesting brought family members together in a unified effort.