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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP2R_campbells-covered-bridge_Landrum-SC.html
Many generations of area residents have treasured Campbell's Covered Bridge as a local icon and place to enjoy Beaverdam Creek on a hot day, meet neighbors while your corn is ground, or as a quiet place to court your sweetheart.
There are many …
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Established in 1826 in Edgefield as an academy and theological institution, Furman University was charted in 1850 and in 1851 established a campus on the bluff above this spot, where it remained for the next century. Named for Baptist minister Ric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLRL_the-buncombe-road_Greenville-SC.html
This road, long in use,was completed in 1820during the administration ofJoel R. Poinsett, presidentof the Board of Public Works.Paved July 1926.
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The National Registerof Historic PlacesFountain InnHighSchool
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National Historic SiteChurch Organized 1888Built 1913Entered in National Historic RegisterOctober 13, 1992
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML19_linky-stone-park_Greenville-SC.html
Linky Stone Park is home to the Children's Garden today, but it was a very different place in the early 1900s while Greenville was evolving from a farming town to a textile (cloth) producing city. Stone Manufacturing was founded here and its dress…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKX7_history-of-the-reedy-river_Greenville-SC.html
The Reedy is Greenville's river. Its flowing waters have nourished the city and its people for centuries, and its falls are the reason why Greenville is located where it is. But Greenville's people have not always been kind to the river, and now i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKX3_historic-river-cane_Greenville-SC.html
River cane (Arundinaria gigantean) is the only native American bamboo, and it is the "reed" that gave the Reedy River its name. Found in flood plains throughout the southeastern United States, it is a member of the Grass family (Poaceae), and grow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKWC_historic-plants-garden_Greenville-SC.html
Agricultural plants that were grown and sold by farmers are important to Greenville's history. For many years, most families in Greenville made their living by farming.
Corn, Wheat and OatsIn the early 1800s, corn, wheat, and oats were the most…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKVV_the-geologic-history-of-greenville_Greenville-SC.html
The mountains of the Upstate have a very long and complex history. In fact, it took at least 200 million years for them to form! The mountains rose up as huge slowly "drifting" blocks of the earth's rocky crust — called "plates" — coll…