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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XPM_rainey-camlin-house-historical_Georgetown-SC.html
Has Been Designated A
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XPJ_only-colonial-banking-house-in-america-historical_Georgetown-SC.html
Built in 1735 with
materials brought from
England.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XPC_life-on-the-rivers-of-georgetown-a-war-memorial_Georgetown-SC.html
Georgetown is blessed with deep navigable rivers that historically served as the city's safest and easiest routes for trading. Four rivers flow together to form Winyah Bay: Sampit, Waccamaw, Pee Dee, and Black. Each river's name, with the exceptio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XP8_rice-is-king-historical_Georgetown-SC.html
Rice was introduced to the area as early as 1690, but did not become a major crop until after the Revolutionary War. Local planters made large fortune cultivating rice - Carolina Gold - in the area's low-lying river estuaries. This crop required a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XP6_hobcaw-barony-historical_Georgetown-SC.html
Thew 17,500-acre Hobcaw Barony is one of the few remaining undeveloped tracts of land on the Waccamaw Neck. Once part of a 1716 land grant, its name comes from Hobcaw, the Native American word meaning between the waters, and barony from land grant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XO0_elisha-screven-historical_Georgetown-SC.html
1st Dec. 1638 3rd Dec. 1757
Who Planned and
Founded
Georgetown
1730-5
Within a nearby lot is the
Screven grave yard.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XNZ_william-screven-historical_Georgetown-SC.html
A pioneer Baptist preacher of
Somerton, England. Immigrated
to Kittery, Maine. Forced to leave
that state for preaching the
gospel. Came south with a group
of Baptists. Organized first
Baptist church in the South,
in 1683, at Charleston and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WGF_south-carolinas-third-oldest-city-historical_Georgetown-SC.html
Port of Georgetown
South Carolina's Third Oldest City
It is believed that the Spanish first settled an outpost on Winyah Bay in 1526. Allegedly, this settlement only lasted six months and no remains have ever been found. Georgetown was formall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WGE_georgetowns-industrious-past-historical_Georgetown-SC.html
Georgetown's Industrious Past
Port of Georgetown
Indigo was first introduced to the area around the 1740's and served as Georgetown's first principal cash crop. Taking advantage of British bounties for indigo, highly prized as a clothing dye in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C0F_732-734-front-street_Georgetown-SC.html
Heritage Site 2005732 - 734 Front Street Built 1906 J B SteelePeople's Bank 1906 - 1924