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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11BO_solomon-blatt-highway_Blackville-SC.html
Named In Honor Of "Mr. Speaker" who has traveled this road between Barnwell and Columbia thousands of times as member, House of Representatives since 1933 Speaker of the House 1937 — 47???1951 —73 A record unequalled in U.S. Speaker Em…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9V_the-police-station_Barnwell-SC.html
Built by Charles C "Carl" Cheek in early1944 with the assistance of German Prisonersof War who helped draw up the plan andworked on the construction.
This police station was first used as a guard house at the prisoner of war camp where theAlle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVMU_solomon-blatt-sr_Blackville-SC.html
Erected to honor Solomon Blatt Sr. who was born in Blackville February 27, 1825The son of Nathan and Mollie BlattA courageous gentleman and statesman who loves Blackvilleand all its citizens.No other Blackville citizen has been honored as has Mr. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVLN_healing-springs_Blackville-SC.html
God's Acre By tradition, Healing Springs got its name during the Revolutionary War. In 1781 after a bloody battle at nearby Windy Hill Creek, four wounded Tories sent inland from Charleston by General Banastre "The Butcher" Tarleton were left in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVI1_blackville_Blackville-SC.html
A Glimpse into Blackville's Past The South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company began construction of what was to be the longest continuous rail for commercially operated steam locomotives in 1830. The track was to connect Charleston and Hamburg, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJL8_the-jefferson-airplane_Barnwell-SC.html
Helicopter 17338 "The Jefferson Airplane" served inVietnam from 1968-1972 with the 92nd Assault HelicopterCompany (AHC) "Stallions"' with the 190th AHC, and the17th Calvary, A Troop, 1st Aviation Brigade
The US Army infantry units transported w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ8R_barnwell-army-airfield_Barnwell-SC.html
Barnwell Army Airfield was built to serve as a satellite base to theColumbia Army Air Base during WWII.Construction of the Barnwell basebegan in September, 1942, with thefirst plane landing three weekslater. The base was completed in April, 1943.B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIOT_macedonia-baptist-church_Blackville-SC.html
(Front text) This church, the first African-American Baptist church in Barnwell County, was founded in 1866 when Rev. James T. Tolbert preached in Blackville under a brush arbor; the first sanctuary was built in 1868. The church hosted the first s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMICQ_lower-three-runs-baptist-church_Barnwell-SC.html
(Front text) This church, originally located 8/10 mi. W on the old Augusta-to-Charleston road, was founded in 1789 by twelve charter members, with Rev. Nathaniel Walker as its first pastor. Lower Three Runs was a mother church to at least five con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIC7_bethlehem-baptist-church_Barnwell-SC.html
(Front text) This church, officially organized in 1868, had its origins in the antebellum Barnwell Baptist Church, which was located on this site until about 1854, when it built a new church on another lot. At that time several free blacks and sla…