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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCJZ_channel-2-suzie-q_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
[Side A]In 1954, Drayton Hastie, owner of WUSN, purchased Suzie Q, an Asian elephant, for $2,700 from a New York importer. A gimmick to lure viewers from WCSC, Suzie Q became QUSN's mascot in residence sharing the grounds with an alligator, kangar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCJY_miltons-ferry-tavern_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
By 1832, Milton's Ferry offered a ferry service to and from Charleston by way of a canal dug through the marsh. The ferry tavern was a two-sided house with stables and carriage houses to serve travelers. A bi-weekly stage ran from the tavern to Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCHX_ten-inch-smooth-bore-columbaid-cannon_Charleston-SC.html
This cannon and its mateto the left have beenidentified as two-thirdsof Fort Sumter's "Three GunBattery" of October, 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCHP_the-salvaging-of-this-gun_Charleston-SC.html
was accomplished by the heroic efforts ofAdolphus W. and James C. Lacosteand othersafter engineers of both Federal andConfederate Armies had pronounced itimpossible.—— Due to the untiring efforts of Major John Johnson, C.S.A., Mayor J.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCHO_eleven-inch-dahlgren-gun_Charleston-SC.html
This gun was salvaged from the wreck of the U.S.S. Keokuk. The Keokuk was part of a squadron of Federal ironclad ships that attacked Fort Sumter onApril 7, 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAPT_thomas-pinckney-st-james-santee_McClellanville-SC.html
Thomas Pinckney1750-1828Distinguished planter-diplomat Thomas Pinckney owned nearby Fairfield and Eldorado Plantations. A national figure, he was Governor of South Carolina, Minister to England, Envoy Extraordinary to Spain where he negotiated the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMANU_snee-farm_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
The country home of Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), Snee Farm stands about 0.7 mi. west of here. One of SC's signers of the US Constitution, Pinckney also served in the General Assembly and in Congress. He was elected governor of SC four times and w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAMZ_old-wappetaw-church_Awendaw-SC.html
Congregationalists from New Englandbuilt a church near here around 1700.Troops from both sides camped on thegrounds during the American Revolution.Burned by the British in 1782, it wasrebuilt in 1786.The building was abandoned duringthe Civil War …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAMC_maryville_Charleston-SC.html
The town of Maryville, chartered in 1886, included the site of the original English settlement in S.C. and the plantation owned by the Lords Proprietors 1670-99. When the old plantation was subdivided into lots and sold to local blacks in the 1880…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA0T_oceola-patapsco-dead_Sullivans-Island-SC.html
(Grave Marker):OceolaPatriot and WarriorDied at Fort MoultrieJanuary 30th 1838(Historical Marker):A Seminole LeaderPerhaps Fort Moultrie's most celebrated resident was Osceola, famed Seminole leader who led his people in their fight to remain in F…