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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOXX_william-w-harllee_Florence-SC.html
President of Wilmington & Manchester Railroad and a founder of the city of Florence, Harllee (1812-1897) was also a general in the SC Militia, signer of Ordinance of Secession, Lt. Governor (1860-62), member of the General Assembly, and president …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFN3_atomic-bomb-accident-at-mars-bluff-march-11-1958_Florence-SC.html
[Marker Front]In 1958, in the midst of the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force accidentally dropped an atomic bomb near here.The unarmed 7,600-lb., 10'8"-long bomb was aboard a B-47E bomber on a training mission headed for England. Its high-explosive tri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDHS_william-h-johnson-birthplace_Florence-SC.html
Marker Front:William Henry Johnson (1901-1970), one of the most important African-American artists of the 20th century, was born nearby on Cox Street. His family later lived on the corner of Cheves and Kemp Streets. In 1918, at the age of 17, John…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDHR_christ-episcopal-church_Florence-SC.html
Marker front:First organized as a chapel in 1843 by the Rev. N.P. Tillinghast of Trinity Church, Society Hill, this church was formally established as Christ Church, Mars Bluff, in 1856. The Rev. Augustus Moore, who took over the chapel in 1854, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBXQ_hewn-timber-cabins_Florence-SC.html
The African Americans who built the two hewn-timber cabins that stand 200 yds. S. on Wallace Woods Road were brought to Mars Bluff as slaves in 1836. They lived in these cabins on the cotton plantation of J. Eli Gregg, in what was then Marion Dist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM76Z_young-farm_Florence-SC.html
In 1925 U. S. Secretary of CommerceHerbert Hoover, later U. S.President, inspected Fred Young'sdairy farm following recognition ofone of its Jerseys, Sensation'sMikado's Millie, as a world championbutter-fat producer. The house here,built c. 1877 …