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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AA2_buildings-all-of-wood_Charleston-SC.html
This small shed represents the construction techniques that might have been used at early Charles Towne. It is not a reconstruction of a specific building, and as far as we know there was never an actual building or garden located on this exact sp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A9Z_a-temporary-home_Charleston-SC.html
A building of the 1670-80 settlement once stood at this spot. Its discovery by archaeologists raised many questions. What was its purpose? Who used it? What did I look like? One interpretation, based on the artifact types found here, is that it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A9Y_ghost-structure_Charleston-SC.html
Often the details of the past are shrouded in mystery. Archeologists and historians have to weave together an interpretation based on limited evidence. In the case of this structure, archaeology revealed size but not appearance. The frame of ti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A9I_dr-henry-woodward_Charleston-SC.html
Henry Woodward played a vital role in the success of Charles Towne. He spoke several Indian languages, had lived with a Carolina tribe for almost two years and often acted as an ambassador for the colonists among the Native Americans. Without D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A9H_site-of-old-charles-town_Charleston-SC.html
Erected byThe Charles Town ChapterChildren of the American RevolutionNovember 25th 1909———————-This block of regal blue marblefrom the quarries at Regal North Carolinamarks the site of Old Charles Town,Sou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A9F_hints-of-slave-row_Charleston-SC.html
In the clearing before you - although no visible signs remain - a row of six slave cabins may have stood. Written records reveal little about the slaves' lives, but all plantations demanded hard field labor. Perhaps this row of small houses off…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A9B_foundations-of-the-southern-plantation_Charleston-SC.html
The ruins of the Horry family home symbolize the Southern plantation system. Founded on this soil by the first colonists, the system flourished for generations, but ultimately crumbled. When the Lords Proprietors set up the colony, they copied …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A98_tales-of-the-tub_Charleston-SC.html
This historic bathtub, probably built in the early 1800s, is the first of its kind that archeologists have identified in Charleston. It is unique because its owner placed it in the plantation house instead of a separate outbuilding. Although a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A97_a-unique-find-brings-unanswered-questions_Charleston-SC.html
Native Americans built a ceremonial center here centuries before English colonists founded Charles Towne. Palisade walls surrounded sacred ground where religious rituals were conducted. Although pottery excavated here is similar to other finds fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A96_crime-punishment-tyed-to-the-usual-tree_Charleston-SC.html
What constitutes a crime? In early Charles Towne, the majority of prosecuted crimes involved slander against the government, or actions that endangered the colony or threatened its profit. This differed from New England colonies, where religious o…
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