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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME3E_anderson-county-veterans-monument_Anderson-SC.html
This monument is dedicated to the war veterans of Anderson County. On its walls are listed the names of our natives who served in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War. In addition, the monument lists…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME2L_william-arthur-floyd_Anderson-SC.html
William A. Floyd, a man of vision, served Anderson County as the first African-American elected to the Anderson County Council. He touched the lives of many county residents in various ways, as a husband, father, teacher, coach, councilman, Christ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME27_the-old-reformer_Anderson-SC.html
Though not engaged in actual warfare since the Revolutionary War, when it was used by both the American and British Army, this old cannon has had much to do with the making of South Carolina history. It came into this section, first in 1814, in ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME1Q_fants-book-store-1851_Anderson-SC.html
This store is the oldest business firm in Anderson. It has been owned and operated consistently by the same family for 175 years. Established by George W. Fant and originally named G.W. Fant & Son the store is an outgrowth of Dr. Edmund Webb's Dru…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME0R_first-lady-of-the-skies_Anderson-SC.html
Famous aviator Amelia Earhart landed on an airfield near here on November 14, 1931. She was piloting a Beechnut Autogiro on a nation wide tour promoting Beechnut Products. It was shortly after completing this tour that she made her famous solo fli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME04_bank-of-anderson-building-ca-1891_Anderson-SC.html
This building was erected as the home of the Bank of Anderson, an outgrowth of the Anderson National Bank founded in 1872 with Col. Joseph Newton Brown as president. The early bank was located on the west side of the square. It was the second bank…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD51_good-hope-presbyterian-church_Iva-SC.html
This marker designated the third site of this church. Since 1909, the new church, built atIva, S.C., has continued to carry on thefaithful witness of our Lord. PastorsRev. John Simpson 1790-1807Rev. David Humphreys 1821-1869Rev. John S. Young 4…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD4S_good-hope-presbyterian-church-cemetery_Iva-SC.html
[Front]:This cemetery, dating from the early 19th century, is at the third site of Good Hope Presbyterian Church, founded in 1789. A frame sanctuary was built here in 1856 during the tenure of Rev. David Humphreys (d. 1869), who preached here 1821…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD49_m42a1-duster_Anderson-SC.html
· A mobile, full tracked, lightly armored antiaircraft & ground support weapon system.· Manufactured by Cadillac at the Cleveland Tank Arsenal in the 1950s.· Weight of 49,500 pounds and a crew of six.· Powered by a cont…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD48_the-hole_Anderson-SC.html
This structure is called a "sweatbox" and was commonly used throughout the United States as a government-recommended method of disciplining prisoners during the mid-1900s. It was very much despised and feared by the prisoners, who referred to it a…
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