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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9C6_clemson-university_Seneca-SC.html
[Front Side]:Clemson University was founded in 1889 as the Clemson Agricultural College of S.C., with its origins in the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 creating public land-grant colleges. It was established by a bequest from Thomas Green Clemson …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM92S_oconee-county-training-school_Seneca-SC.html
[Front]:Oconee County Training School, which educated the African American children of this county from 1925 to 1955, was the successor of the Seneca Colored Graded School. This school, also known as OCTS, was founded in 1925 with Rev. B.F. Stewar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM92I_seneca_Seneca-SC.html
Founded August 14, 1873, as"Seneca City," and chartered onMarch 14, 1874, the town ofSeneca was named for an Indianvillage on the Seneca River.Its location was determined bythe junction of the Blue RidgeRailroad and the Atlanta andRichmond Air Lin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM92H_fairplay-community-veterans-memorial_Seneca-SC.html
Dedicated by the peopleof this community to thememory of those who gavetheir lives in the great wars.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM927_memorial-gateway_Seneca-SC.html
MemorialGateway1860-1865Dedicated to themen of the Confederacywho gallantlydefended the southlandduring theWar Between the States.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8JI_andrew-pickens_Seneca-SC.html
Andrew PickensThe county and its county seat are both named in honor of General Andrew Pickens, hero of the American Revolution, state legislator and Congressman. The Pickens family arrived in the Carolina backcountry in the mid-18th century. He m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8IV_old-pickens-church_Seneca-SC.html
Old Pickens ChurchA Presbyterian congregation was probably organized in the 1840s. It is impossible to fix an exact date because the church records were destroyed in a fire around the turn of the 20th century. Construction on the church began in 1…