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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY7M_death-valley-junction_Charleston-CA.html
This historic crossroad has been used by Indians, Clampers, Death Valley 49ers, ranchers, farmers, settlers and tourists. The town was originally called Amargosa. In 1907, the name was changed to Death Valley Junction. At this junction, the Tonopa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY7L_mojave-road_Charleston-CA.html
Long ago, Mohave Indians used a network of pathways to cross the Mojave Desert. In 1826, American trapper Jedediah Smith used their paths and became the first non-Indian to reach the California coast overland from mid-America. The paths were worke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY7K_calvary-episcopal-church_Charleston-SC.html
This church, located on Beaufain Street for 91 years, was organized in 1847 to give free blacks and slaves in antebellum Charleston a separate Episcopal congregation of their own. The Rev. Paul Trapier was its first minister, and the church met in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXXF_genevieve-kanapaux-mcmahon_Charleston-SC.html
This playground is dedicated to the memory of "Aunt Gen"who lovingly coached and guided theboys and girls of the Hampton Park areafor over twenty years. Her legacy existsin the children whose lives were foreverenriched by her kindness and example.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV6V_cannon-street-hospital-mcclennan-banks-memorial-hospital_Charleston-SC.html
Cannon Street Hospital Cannon Street Hospital, established here in 1897, served the African-American community of Charleston until 1959. Officially the Hospital and Training School for Nurses, it occupied a three-story brick building constructed c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTLW_hampstead-cemetery_Charleston-SC.html
(Front) A cemetery established here in 1841, also known as "God's Acre" and later "the German Cemetery," was maintained by St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church until about 1860. That church, founded in 1840 by the rapidly-growing community of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRH4_irish-volunteers_Charleston-SC.html
To The Memory of the Dead of the Irish Volunteers In the War of 1812 In the Florida War 1835 —— Co. C. Charleston Battalion Dept. So. Ca. Ga. & Fla 1862-1863 Co. K. 1st Regt. So. Ca. Vols.Army Northern Virginia1861 - 1865 Co. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQSG_the-best-friend-of-charleston_Charleston-SC.html
Horatio Allen was the chief engineer for the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company. He convinced the owners to use steam instead of horses to power their first locomotive, noting, "there was no reason to believe that the breed of horses would b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQR6_passengers-and-products_Charleston-SC.html
Welcome to Camden Tower Courtyard. This space and the warehouses you see along the walkway are a part of the William Aiken House and Associated Railroad Structures National Historic Landmark. This landmark includes the William Aiken House, located…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQN_the-railroad-comes-to-charleston_Charleston-SC.html
The first passenger railroad began operation in England in 1825. Word of this new kind of transportation quickly spread across the Atlantic. Charleston businessmen, suffering through a severe recession in the 1820s, were eager to explore this chea…
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