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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM156L_flag-park_Bishopville-SC.html
This Flag Park is a collaborative effort of the City of Bishopville, a Palmetto Pride Grant, Pee Dee Tourism, the SC Cotton Museum and private donations to show support for our men and women on active duty in the military.
Ten flag poles and ot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRC0_halls-mill_Bishopville-SC.html
(Front text) A water-powered grist mill stood here as early as 1824, on land owned by William W. Hall, who had acquired the property from John Hall in 1809. William Hall operated the mill until he sold it to Harrison Hall shortly before the Civil …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR8K_thomas-gordon-mcleod_Bishopville-SC.html
This house is the birthplace of Thomas Gordon McLeod (Dec. 17, 1868-Dec. 11, 1932). He was the first State Senator from Lee County, 1903-1907, then Lieutenant Governor 1907-1911, and Governor of South Carolina from 1923 to 1927. His grave and that…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR72_felix-anthony-doc-blanchard_Bishopville-SC.html
We point with pride to young Doc Blanchard- one of the greatest names in football- our hometown boy who met success with modesty- a boy who fit perfectly into the pattern laid down by his dad. With memory of your father, with honor to your mother,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ19_rev-thomas-reese-english_Bishopville-SC.html
One mile east stood the home of T.R. English, Presbyterian minister, statesman, delegate to the Secession Convention. After attending S.C. College, he was admitted to the Bar and served as a legislator, 1830-1832. Ordained in 1833, as the evangeli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIY7_william-apollos-james-house_Bishopville-SC.html
(Front text) William Apollos James (1857-1930), prominent local businessman and public servant, lived here from 1904 until his death. James founded the Farmers Loan and Trust Company and was its president for more than 20 years. When Lee County wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIW7_mt-zion-presbyterian-church_Bishopville-SC.html
(Front text) This church was established in 1809. Its first building, a frame church, was built 1.5 mi. N on Broad Branch. The congregation moved to this site in 1829 and built a second church, also a frame building, in the 1830s. Mt. Zion's longe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIKS_dennis-high-school_Bishopville-SC.html
(Front text) Dennis High School, built in 1936, was the first high school for African-American students in Lee County. Built on land donated by philanthropist Rebecca Dennis, it was named in her honor. This school was originally intended as an ele…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIKO_bishopville-high-school_Bishopville-SC.html
(Front text) This high school, built in 1936, is an excellent example of a Colonial Revival school built by the Public Works Administration (PWA), a New Deal program of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration. Designed by architect Henry Dudley Har…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIJ9_cash-shannon-duel_Bishopville-SC.html
This was the site of the last fatal duel fought in S.C., in which Col. E.B.C. Cash of Cash's Depot killed Col. Wm. M. Shannon of Camden on July 5, 1880. This tragedy influenced the S.C. legislature to enact a law in December, 1880, making dueling …