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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK5S_camp-johnson_Columbia-SC.html
This Confederate camp of instruction was once located about 1 mi. NW at Lightwood Knot Springs, site of a popular resort prior to the War Between the States.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK51_horrell-hill_Hopkins-SC.html
300 yards north is the site of the Richland County Court House built about 1794; abandoned when county courts were abolished 1798. Corn was ground in 1781 for Sumter's army at John Marshall's Mill, on Cedar Creek, ? mi. east. There has been a mill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK2O_blossom-street-school-celia-dial-saxon-school_Columbia-SC.html
Blossom Street SchoolBlossom Street School, at the corner of what was then Blossom & Gates (now Park) Streets, was built in 1898 as the first public school in Columbia south of Senate Street. A frame building, it was originally a school for white…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK1T_john-m-bates-bridge_St-Matthews-SC.html
Named in 1979 in honor ofprominent public spiritedcitizen of this section(Born 1871 Died 1924)for his many contributionsto highway transportation
During early 1900,s he ledseveral highway location parties.He personally financed, builtand manage…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK13_thomas-taylor-taylor-cemetery_Columbia-SC.html
Thomas Taylor1743 - 1833 Member of Provincial Congresses 1775 and 1776; Colonel of Militia under GeneralThomas Sumter in the American Revolution;Senator in the Jacksonborough Assembly;member of S.C. Convention which ratifiedthe United States Const…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJZD_gadsden_Gadsden-SC.html
Named in honor of James Gadsden President of the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad. Station built here 1840 was the first railroad station in Richland County. A stage line ran to Columbia until 1842 and to Camden until 1848.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJXD_taylor-burying-ground_Columbia-SC.html
In 1786 the State of South Carolinapurchased for a part of the site of Columbia, the plantation of Col. Thomas Taylor (1743-1833), Revolutionarysoldier. His house was situated near the S-E corner of Richland and BarnwellStreets, across from this w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJWP_state-dispensary-warehouse_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text) This building, built in 1863-64 and burned by Federal troops in 1865, was rebuilt in 1872 as a cotton batting factory and warehouse. It burned again in 1897, leaving only the outer walls. In 1898 the S.C. State Dispensary, created by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJVN_site-of-wayside-hospital_Columbia-SC.html
Established March 10, 1862 by a group of Columbia women to care for sick and wounded Confederate soldiers. Supported by voluntary contributions. About 75,000 men were cared for before the hospital was closed February 15, 1865. "From this little nu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJU9_r-l-bryan-co-warehouse_Columbia-SC.html
(Front) This warehouse was built in 1913 as the schoolbook depository for the R.L. Bryan Company. The company, founded in 1844 by R.L. Bryan (1823-1900) and his brother-in-law James J. McCarter (d. 1872), was originally a bookstore and stationery …