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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YAJ_st-george-public-high-school-st-george-graded-school_Saint-George-SC.html
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St. George Public High School
St. George High School was built in 1927 on the corner of Raysor and Ridge Sts. In 1936 the school district received a W.P.A. grant to build a new gymnasium. The building continued as a high school until 195…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S5F_ridgeville_Ridgeville-SC.html
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This town, in Colleton County before Dorchester County was founded in 1897, dates from 1831. It was one of the first stations on the S.C. Rail Road from Charleston to Hamburg. This area was called Ridgeville as early as 1820, for its loc…
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Harleyville is named for the Harley family who owned much of the land that comprises the present town. William "Cow Bill" Harley owned substantial property in this vicinity and raised cattle for the Charleston market. In 1885 he sold a ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D43_dorchester_Dorchester-SC.html
(side 1)This town, in Colleton County before Dorchester County was founded in 1897, dates to the early 19th century and the origins of railroading in S.C. By 1843, only ten years after the S.C. Canal & Rail Road Company completed its first 133 mil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18UQ_badham-house-dorchester-lumber-company_Reevesville-SC.html
Badham House This Neoclassical Revivalhouse, called "one of the finest" in S.C. in 1920,was built in 1912 forVernon Cosby Badham (1856-1947) and his second wifeLeila Johnston. Badham, anative of N.C., moved toS.C. in the 1880s and soldsawmill mach…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWSX_st-paul-camp-ground_Harleyville-SC.html
(Front text) This Methodist camp ground, one of four in Dorchester County, was established in 1880. African-American freedmen in this area held services in a brush arbor at the "Old Prayer Ground" nearby as early as 1869. By 1873 they acquired two…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVA3_moorefield-memorial-highway-southern-terminus_Dorchester-SC.html
In Memory Of Charles Henry MoorefieldState Highway Engineerof South Carolina 1920 — 1935
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSE2_shady-grove-camp-ground_St-George-SC.html
(Front text) This camp ground, established about 1870, is the largest of 4 Methodist camp grounds in Dorchester County. Tradition holds that Ceasar Wolfe and a group of former slaves, caught in a storm, stopped in a grove here for shelter. Rice pl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRZF_cypress-methodist-camp-ground_Ridgeville-SC.html
(Front text) This camp ground, dating to 1794, is one of the oldest in S.C. Francis Asbury (1745-1816), circuit rider and the first Methodist bishop in America, preached here in 1794, 1799, 1801, and twice in 1803. The camp ground is supported by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQZN_moorefield-memorial-highway_Bowman-SC.html
In Memory Of Charles Henry MoorefieldState Highway Engineerof South Carolina 1920 — 1935