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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUB2_joseph-d-sapp-memorial-bridge_Columbia-SC.html
This bridge is dedicated to the memory of Joesph Daniel Sapp (1928-2000). As chairof the Columbia Development Corporation,he was instrumental in the development ofthe Vista. Elected to the S.C. General Assembly, he served as an advisor to stateoff…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUB1_korean-war-memorial_Columbia-SC.html
Dedicated to the men and women of South Carolina who served in The Korean War 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953 82,000 Palmetto State residents served in what has been called "The Forgotten War". Of that number, 26,000 served in the Far East, 1327 wer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU9Y_a-bridge-to-the-past_Columbia-SC.html
In 1819 a covered bridge was built to span this part of the Saluda River. Confederate Troops burned the bridge in 1865 hoping to stop the advance of General Sherman's army.
The burning didn't halt Sherman — he ordered the construction of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTOU_uss-columbia-cl-56_Columbia-SC.html
U.S.S. Columbia CL-56Commissioned 29 July 1942Decommissioned 30 November 1946Upper Plaque The Secretary of the Navy takes pleasure in commending the United States Ship Columbia For service as follows:" For outstanding heroism in action as a unitof…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTO1_the-columbia-s-c-holocaust-memorial_Columbia-SC.html
זכררRemember(Star of David)In Sacred MemoryOf The6,000,000(Map Included)
(Left Panel)During the Holocaust, 1933 - 45, six million European Jews were murdered by Nazi Germany and its collaborators. Millions more of the in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTH8_the-spirit-of-the-american-doughboy_Columbia-SC.html
(Right panel)World War I was largly fought in trenches six feet deep along the Western Front which extended nearly four hundred miles, from Northern France to the French-Swiss border. Enemy trenches were close by and seperated from allied position…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTCI_bethel-methodist-church_Columbia-SC.html
This church was organized in 1835 in what was then rural Richland District. The first sanctuary here, built soon afterwards, burned in a forest fire in 1867; the cemetery dates from as early as 1862. The second sanctuary, built in 1868, was remode…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTAX_south-carolina-female-collegiate-institute_Columbia-SC.html
At Barhamville, about ½ mi. west of this point, a famous girls' school, founded by Dr. Elias Marks (1790-1886), was located 1828-65. Among the students were Anna Maria, daughter of John C. Calhoun; Ann Pamela Cuningham, founder of Mt. Vernon …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTAJ_killian-school_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text) This one-room primary school, built about 1925, stood about 1 mi. E, at the intersection of Killian and Longtown Roads, until 2001. There was a school at Killian (also called Killian's) as early as 1905. From 1913 to 1948 Killian Scho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSO0_palmetto-arsenal-iron-works_Columbia-SC.html
This sundried brick structure on a stone foundation was a arsenal which produced many guns and edged weapons for the state before and during the Civil War. Destroyed by General Sherman's army in 1865 it was soon rebuilt to manufacture iron works s…