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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEDB_gregg-street_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text)Richard Winn, for whom this street was first named, was born in Virginia in 1750 and came to South Carolina as a young man. He fought throughout the Revolution (including the battles of Hanging Rock, Fish Dam Fords, Blackstock's) and b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECW_henderson-street_Columbia-SC.html
This street is named for Brig. Gen. William Henderson who was in the Third S.C. Regiment at the fall of Charleston in 1780. He was captured, imprisoned, and later exchanged. In 1781, he was wounded while commanding a brigade at the Battle of Eutaw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECE_pickens-street_Columbia-SC.html
This street was named for Andrew Pickens (1739-1817). One of the three S.C. Partisan Generals in the Revolution, he fought in the battles of Cowpens and Eutaw Springs both in 1781. Pickens served fourteen years in the S.C. House of Representatives…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECD_bull-street_Columbia-SC.html
This street was named for Brigadier General Stephen Bull (c. 1733-1800). Grandson of Lt. Gov. William Bull I, Stephen was a member of the Commons House of Assembly, the First Provincial Congress, the First General Assembly. He saw military action …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECA_marion-street_Columbia-SC.html
This street was named for Francis Marion, one of the three S.C. Partisan Generals during the American Revolution. The guerrilla tactics against the British by Marion and his Partisan band earned for him the name of "Swamp Fox." Congress voted its …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB4S_south-carolina-confederate-monument_Columbia-SC.html
( West Face)To South Carolina's Dead Of The Confederate Army 1861 1865 ( North face) This monument perpetuates the memory ,of those whotrue to the instincts of their birth,faithful to the teachings of their fathers,constant in their love for the S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9E5_st-paul-baptist-church_Blythewood-SC.html
This African-American church was organized in 1873 by Simon McIntosh, Henry Golden, Lily Yarborough, Frances Kelly, Lizzie Hart, and others. The first pastor, Rev. Daniel Golden, served 1873-1891. The first sanctuary was built in 1876. The present…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9E3_fairfield-institute-kelly-miller_Blythewood-SC.html
[Fairfield Institute Side]This grade school and normal institute for blacks was founded in 1869 during Reconstruction by the Northern Presbyterian Church. The Reverend Willard Richardson was principal. In 1880, one-hundred of its students were stu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8QH_south-carolina-state-vietnam-war-memorial_Columbia-SC.html
In memory of the sons and daughters of South Carolina who lost their lives in the service of their country in Vietnam.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7AC_columbia-canal_Columbia-SC.html
Completed 1824. Important link in the system of waterways transportingfreight between the up country andCharleston. Supplanted by railroads fortransportation after 1850. Leased toConfederate Government to run powderworks. Enlarged 1880-95 and sinc…