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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM655_redcliffe-plantation_Beech-Island-SC.html
About Redcliffe Plantation State Historic SiteRedcliffe Plantation was the home of James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) and three generations of his descendants. Hammond whose political career included terms as a United States Congressman, Governor of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM654_the-carillon-battlefield_Ticonderoga-NY.html
In the mid-18th century, this battlefield was a focal point in the Seven Years' War, a world war between France and Great Britain. Here the two super-powers struggled for control of the Lake Champlain Lake George water highway, the strategic commu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM653_commemorating-marylands-pride-and-glory_St-Marys-City-MD.html
In the early 1880s, Marylanders began to commemorate the "lost city" of St. Mary's as a place of special significance. The 300th anniversary of Maryland's founding in 1934 brought renewed attention and enthusiasm. The State House replica was built…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM652_farmers-hall_Pendleton-SC.html
Built 1826-1828Home ofPendleton Farmers Society.Organized 1815.Within this hallThomas Green Clemson,one of the Society's presidents,first discussed with its membersthe plans for the funding ofClemson College
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM651_woodburn-plantation_Pendleton-SC.html
Some 200 yards west of here stands Woodburn, built by S.C. Lieutenant Governor Charles Cotesworth Pinckney by 1832. Dr. John B. Adger, Presbyterian minister to Armenia, bought Woodburn in 1852; in 1881 Augustine T. Smythe began a model stock farm …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM650_long-calm_White-Marsh-MD.html
Maryland History. During the Colonial Period this was one of the most navigable stretches of the Gunpowder Falls. A Ferry operated here between 1754 and 1759. The Nottingham Forge and Gunpowder Furnace built metal products and battleship parts fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64Z_hopewell-hopewell-indian-treaties_Clemson-SC.html
HopewellHopewell was the family home of General Andrew Pickens, Revolutionary War hero and Indian Commissioner, and his wife, Rebecca Calhoun Pickens. Their son, Andrew Pickens, S.C. Governor, 1816-1818, later owned Hopewell, and it was the childh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64Y_troops-of-colonial-wars-at-ticonderoga_Ticonderoga-NY.html
In tributeto the heroism of the troops under the unfortunateMaj. Gen'l. James Abercrombyin the attack on the French lines, July 8th, 1758,to mark the capture of Fort Carillon byLieut. Gen'l. Sir Jeffrey AmherstJuly 27th, 1759and, to record the nam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64X_coffee-siding_Harrison-NE.html
Large pioneer ranches were established in this region of Nebraska in the 1870's and early 1880's. Charles F. Coffee was one of these pioneers, with ranch headquarters on Hat Creek in Nebraska and Rawhide Creek in Wyoming. By June, 1886, the Fremon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64W_isoms-ferry_Atlanta-GA.html
Chattahoochee River, at mouth of Soap Cr., .75 mi. N.W., operated in the 1860`s by James Isom. Federal Army records cite it variously as Isham's Ford or Fy., Phillip's Fy., Cavalry Fd. The first of the Federal troops to pass the river was Cox`s di…