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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6YB_thomas-sumter_Greenville-SC.html
The most controversial of Greene's Militia commanders, Sumter was known for his trademark gamecock feather in his hat, his tenacity and his penchant for bloody frontal assaults - characteristics that earned him the moniker "The Gamecock." Poorl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6YA_francis-marion_Greenville-SC.html
Battle hardened in the Cherokee War of 1760-61 and the battle of Sullivan's Island in 1776, Marion was 48 years old when the British invaded & conquered SC in 1780. His volunteer militia detachment operated primarily in the lowcountry attacking…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6XP_kershaw-brigade_Greenville-SC.html
Erected bythe City of Greenville, South Carolinain commemoration ofthe "Project Southland" Monumenterected on theGettysburg Battlefield honoringThe Kershaw Brigade of South Carolina.—————A Greenville Pharmancist, Albe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6XO_general-robert-e-lee_Greenville-SC.html
A tribute to the memory ofGeneral Robert E Lee"His monument is the Adoration of the South, his shrine is in every Southern Heart."Thomas Nelson Page.Erected 1935By the Greenville Chapter and Fort SumterChapter of the United Daughters of theConfede…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6WC_thomas-c-gower-bridge_Greenville-SC.html
City of GreenvilleRenovation of this historic bridge was completed in 2001. The first of many projects planned for the new millenium with the goal of enhancing the public's enjoyment of the historic Reedy River Falls area. Knox H. White, MayorL…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6RT_textile-hall_Greenville-SC.html
[Marker Front]:Textile Hall, built in 1917to host the annual SouthernTextile Exposition, stoodon this site until 1992.The first exposition ofthe Southern TextileAssociation had been heldin Greenville in 1915.Textile Hall, designed byJ. E. Sirrine …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6RB_mcpherson-park_Greenville-SC.html
Donated by Caroline ChoiceJune 18, 1884 Named forJohn A. McPherson 1910First Chairman of Parkand Tree CommissionCity of Greenville
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6PQ_about-1765_Greenville-SC.html
Near Reedy River Falls, stood the home, trading station, and grist mill of Col. Richard Pearis, first white settler of this section. He was a noted Indian trader and prominent Tory of the Revolution.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6IZ_vardry-mill_Greenville-SC.html
In 1874 Vardy McBee's heirs leased and renovated an old grain mill on this property to Massachusetts natives O.H. Sampson and George Hall. First called Sampson, Hall & Co., by its founders, the textile mill consisted of two, three-story buildings …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5UH_joel-roberts-poinsett_Greenville-SC.html
[Front]:Born in Charleston, S.C., educated in this country and Great Britain, he travelled widely in Europe and Asia before returning to a distinguished career. He served South Carolina in the state legislature, 1816-1820; 1830-1832; and as Chairm…
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