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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AB1_wind-and-water-in-the-great-divide-basin_Charleston-WY.html
?????The Continental Divide, "The Backbone of the Nation," follows the crest of the Wind River Range and then splits near South Pass. At this point, the Continental Divide loops, creating the Great Divide Basin, before it comes back together near …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AB0_edward-rutledge_Charleston-SC.html
Signer of the Declarationof Independence
Placed byDescendants of the Signers of theDeclaration of Independence, Inc.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AAZ_charleston-waterfront_Charleston-SC.html
↑Fort Moultrie1776First complete victoryin Revolution
↑Fort Sumter1829Longest Siege in warfare1863-186
↑Fort Johnson1704First shot in Civil War
← ? Castle Pickney1794
← ? Cooper RiverFormerly Wando - Renam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19X2_section-of-parapet-or-upper-portion-of-the-wall_Charleston-SC.html
The parapet included embrasures, or splayed cannon openings, designed to provide additional "lines of fire." Based on the 1739 illustration, each redan was armed with five to seven cannon. This section of brick parapet was pushed into the moat whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19X0_in-search-of-the-walled-city_Charleston-SC.html
Rediscovering the Old WallThe old city wall remained buried and forgotten until traces of Granville Bastion were discovered at 40 East Bay Street in the 1920s. In the 1960s a portion of the Half Moon Battery was discovered in the basement of the O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19WW_charleston-city-market_Charleston-SC.html
On this site stands one of Charleston's oldest public facilities in continuous use: the Charleston Market. Earlier markets, dating back to the city's relocation to the peninsula, ca. 1680, offered meat, fish, and vegetables at different sites. Aft…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19TL_fort-sumter-bricks_Charleston-SC.html
Salvaged from the waters of the tidalzone around Fort Sumter, these brickswere placed in this wall 140 yearsafter the beginning of the Civil War.
April 12, 2001
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1813_cape-canaveral-lighthouse_Charleston-FL.html
On May 21, 1838, Florida territorial delegate Charles Downing requested a lighthouse be built on Cape Canaveral. The first lighthouse completed in Jan. 1848 stood 65-feet tall, had a 55-foot tower and a 10-foot lantern room equipped with 15 lamps …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1812_septima-poinsette-clark-1898-1987_Charleston-SC.html
Native Charlestonian and daughter of a former lowcountry slave, Mrs. Septima Clark was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. A graduate of Avery Normal Institute, Clark's first job was teaching African-American children on Johns Island. Her exper…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16HO_the-walled-city-of-charles-town_Charleston-SC.html