This marker has plaques on both sides.
English
Before the 1877 Fire
The year is 1865, and you are looking across Market Square at the "Imperial Building." This was the site of the famous "Coffee House" and now the home of Mage…
During the Civil War, natural resources such as salt, lead, and iron were highly prized commodities in the Confederacy. The government relied especially on small rural ironworks to manufacture cannons, swords, and firearms. Ruben White first mined…