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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKC4_lake-greenwood_Ninety-Six-SC.html
A Lake is FormedThe Great Depression of the 1930s altered the economy and landscape of Greenwood County. Farmers were impoverished, land values declined, and local textile mills struggled to survive. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal prog…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKC2_welcome-to-the-lake-greenwood-state-recreation-area_Ninety-Six-SC.html
About Lake Greenwood State Recreation AreaLake Greenwood became a part of the South Carolina State Park System in April 1938. the land for the park was donated by Greenwood County. Originally the park consisted of 1,114 acres. Later the state and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKBL_new-priorities-of-protection_Ninety-Six-SC.html
Rock walls communicate that a place is important and worth of protection — a sanctuary. In the 1940s, Civilian conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees were using the boulders scattered before you to erect a rock wall guarding Lake Greenwood State…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7AU_light-horse-harry-lee-takes-the-stockade-fort_Ninety-Six-SC.html
You are standing in a partial reconstruction of the Stockade Fort as it appeared in 1781. Archaeologists have identified remnants — see the outlines — of log buildings that existed here. An elevated firing step, called a banquette, was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7AH_first-blood-shed-for-liberty_Ninety-Six-SC.html
To commemorateThe Cherokee TrailOld Ninety SixFirst White SettlementandFirst Court House in Upper S.C.First Blood Shed for Libertyin the StateNov. 19, 1775Erected byStar Fort Chapter D.A.R.1925
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7A7_james-birmingham_Ninety-Six-SC.html
Sacred to the MemoryofJames BirminghamVolunteerLong Cane MilitiaKilled at this SiteIn the Battle ofNovember 19-24, 1775The First South CarolinianTo Give His Life in theCause of Freedom—————Erected byThe American Legio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7A5_monument-to-james-birmingham_Ninety-Six-SC.html
This stone honors James Birmingham, the first South Carolinian to lose his life for freedom during the Revolutionary War. Birmingham, a member of the Long Cane Militia, received his fatal wound from a Loyalist musket ball. He fought under the comm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7A2_the-american-revolution-comes-to-the-south_Ninety-Six-SC.html
You are standing at the site of the first southern land battle of the Revolutionary War. The men fighting here were all Americans. The Loyalists supported British rule; the Patriots wanted independence from the Crown.
The location of Ninety Six…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7A1_law-and-order-in-the-carolina-backcountry_Ninety-Six-SC.html
The Ninety Six jail stood on this site and the courthouse was about 100 yards from it, near the Charleston Road. After the Revolutionary War, the jail fell into disrepair and its bricks were reused for other purposes. But from 1772, when it was co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM79Y_ninety-six_Ninety-Six-SC.html
The convergence of roads at Ninety Six ensured its success as a hub of commerce, center for law and order, and haven for settlers in colonial times. In 1775 the village had a dozen dwellings, a jail, and, most importantly, a courthouse, making it …