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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSYN_pickens-salley-house_Aiken-SC.html
(Front text) This plantation house, first known as "Edgewood," is an excellent example of Federal-era architecture. Originally near Edgefield, it was built in 1828 for Francis W. Pickens (1807-1869), state representative and senator, congressman, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSYM_graniteville-cemetery_Graniteville-SC.html
(Front text) This cemetery, established about 1850, is closely associated with the Graniteville Mill, the largest and most successful textile mill in antebellum S.C. William Gregg (1800-1867), founder of the mill, laid out the mill village and als…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSYF_the-detection-of-the-neutrino-1956-the-nobel-prize-in-physics-1995_Aiken-SC.html
The Detection of the Neutrino, 1956 On August 27, 1956, at the Savannah River Plant (now Savannah River Site), Drs. Clyde L. Cowan, Jr. (1919-1974) and Frederick Reines (1918-1999) used P Reactor to detect the neutrino, a sub-atomic particle hypot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR22_wagener-museum_Wagener-SC.html
Prior to 1887 the area now known as the WagenerCommunity was called Guntersville, and its residentswere primarily engaged in agriculture, for theirlivelihood. The coming of the railroad, "The Swamp Rabbit", in 1887 drew farmers, timberjacks, anden…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR19_old-indian-trail_Salley-SC.html
Erected By The Jeremiah Jones Chapter Daughters Of The American Revolution North S.C. Emblem: Daughters of the American Revolution Old Indian Trail, near the old homestead of Jeremiah Jones Ninety Six Road. 1770 —— 1922
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPMG_millbrook-baptist-church_Aiken-SC.html
This church, formally organized in 1884, had its origins in a Sunday school class organized in 1874. With 16 charter members and Rev. Arthur Buist as its first minister, Millbrook built its first sanctuary here in 1886. The frame church, built by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOIC_the-s-c-railroad_Aiken-SC.html
The tracks of the S.C. Railroad, operated by the S.C. Canal & Railroad Company, ran here from 1833 to the 1850s. The company, chartered in 1827, began constructing a 136-mile long line from Charleston to Hamburg (near North Augusta) in 1830. Compl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOB7_world-war-ii-pow-camp_Aiken-SC.html
German prisoners of war were held in a camp on this site from November 1943 to May 1946. This camp, one of 21 in S.C., was at first a sub-camp of the POW camp at Camp Gordon (now Fort Gordon), in Augusta, Ga. It was later a sub-camp of Fort Jackso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN4V_aiken-county-125th-anniversary_Aiken-SC.html
In Commemoration Of TheFounding Of Aiken CountyonMarch 10, 1871Celebrating 125 years
County Commissioners:Sen. C.D. Hayne, Rep. Gloster Holland,Rep. William B. Jones, Rep. Sam J. Lee,William Peel, Rep. Prince Rivers,S. B. Spencer, F.P. Stoney
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLLH_the-martintown-road_North-Augusta-SC.html
In the 1730s, an Indian path from Fort Moore to the Saluda ridge was used by traders going to the Cherokee Nation. Later, a wagon road from Ninety Six to Augusta followed the same route. Named for the Martin family who lived beside it and served w…