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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOIL_haddrells-point_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
(Front):Haddrell's Point extended along the waterfront from Shem Creek to Cove Inlet and was named for George Haddrell, an early settler. The land bordering Shem Creek became home to important industries including factories, canneries, and rice an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOIK_the-ferry-tract_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
In 1779, Andrew Hibben bought land on the south side of Shem Creek from Jacob Motte, which became known as the Ferry Tract. Until the opening of the Grace Memorial Bridge in August 1929, ferries connected Mount Pleasant to Charleston. Hibben's Fer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOIJ_etiwan-masonic-lodge_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
On November 18, 1859, a Warrant of Constitution was granted to Etiwan Lodge No. 95 by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina. The lodge organized under dispensation on February 19 and held their first meeting in T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOII_darby-building_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
This building was constructed in 1884 as the Berkeley County Courthouse. Mount Pleasant servedas the Berkeley County seat from1883 to 1895, when the town rejoined Charleston County. The old courthouse, named in 1991 forformer Mayor G. Magrath Darb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOIH_cove-inlet_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
Before the Revolutionary War, aplank bridge built on barrels wasconstructed across the inlet separating Mount Pleasant from Sullivan's Island. In 1864, the H.L.Hunley crew crossed the footbridge on the way to Breach Inlet to test dive the submarin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOIG_brickyard-plantation_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
Brickyard Plantation is a portion of the vast Boone Hall Plantation. The soils that cover much of the tract contain dense red clay and sand making it suitable for brick production. In 1817, "a plantation with a Brick Yard established thereon calle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOIF_alhambra-hall_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
In 1847, Charles Jugnot and Oliver Hillard, owners of Mount Pleasant Ferry Company, developed a picnic ground in a grove of live oaks, called Hort's Grove. They built the first Alhambra as a summer retreat and dance hall overlooking Charleston Har…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO0A_shell-rings-and-shell-middens_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
(Front):Shell rings and shell middens found along the SC coast were made by Native Americans 3000-4000 years ago. Several have been discovered in the East Cooper area. The rings, composed largely of shell, animal bone and pottery were sometimes us…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLBA_the-kings-highway-coleman-boulevard_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
(Front):In the 1700s, the King's Highway began in Virginia and wound down the coast through the Carolinas. The section of road that passed through Mount Pleasant became one of the first coastal roadways serving as a colonial post road for the deli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLB9_general-william-moultrie-moultrie-schools_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
(Front):The Moultrie Schools were named in honor of General William Moultrie, the highest ranking S.C. officer during the Revolutionary War and hero of the 1776 Battle of Fort Sullivan, which was renamed Fort Moultrie. He fought in the S.C. Militi…