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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJM_congaree-river-ferries-historical_Eastover-SC.html
(side 1) Joseph Joyner owned a private ferry on the Congaree River near this site by 1749. John McCord's private ferry succeeded Joyner's by 1757, becoming public in 1766 by statue. A route from Charleston to Camden crossed the river at McCord's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KEV_seaboard-air-line-railway-station-1_Columbia-SC.html
Camden and Cheraw will "in effect become suburbs of this city... through the construction of the new Seaboard Rail Line. The State May 10, 1900. The Blue Marlin occupies the former Seaboard Air Line Railway Station, which served passengers in Col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KEU_seaboard-air-line-railway-station-2_Columbia-SC.html
The new Seaboard Railway Station "will be a daisy."The State editorial, May 31, 1904 Completed in early summer 1904, the Seaboard Air-Line Railway Station (now the Blue Marlin) was built by J.P. Pettijohn and Co. of Lynchburg, Va. for $35,000, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DPK_a-s-salley-house_Columbia-SC.html
(side 1)Alexander Samuel Salley 1871-1961), the historian described as a "walking encyclopedia" of S.C. history, lived here from 1910 until his death. Salley, born in Orangeburg County, was secretary of the S.C. Historical Society in Charleston 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A65_cap-swanson-lunsford_Columbia-SC.html
Cap. Swanson Lunsford a native of Va. and for manyyears a resident of Columbia,Died August 7th, 1799.Aged about forty years.He was a member of Lee's Legionin the eventful period of 76.This humble tribute to hismemory has been placedby his only ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A63_quoin-stones_Columbia-SC.html
The Quoin-Stones and basement corniceabove were crumbled "by the proximityof the fire from the adjacentOld State House"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A60_shermans-artillery_Columbia-SC.html
February 16, 1865 Sherman's Artillery,from the hills on the south side of theCongaree, got the range of the cityby firing on this building then underconstruction, registering six hits whichare separately marked by stars.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19YB_wade-hampton_Columbia-SC.html
B. ca. 1751 - D. 1835Planter, Congressman,Soldier, served as:Col. Light Dragoonsin RevolutionMember S. C. GeneralAssembly, 1779-84Member Congress,1795-97, 1803-05U. S. Army, 1808-13,resigning as Maj. Gen. Erected, 1977S. C. SocietyU. S. Daughte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM172S_visanska-starks-house_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text) This house, built after 1900, was originally a two-story frame residence with a projecting bay and wraparound porch; a fire in 1989 destroyed the second story. Barrett Visanska (1849-1932), a jeweler, bought the house in 1913. Visansk…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170G_zion-chapel-baptist-church-no-1_Columbia-SC.html
This African-American church was organized ca. 1865 when four men left Sandy Level Baptist Church, founded before the Revolution with both white and black members, to form their own congregation. They elected Rev. Joe Taylor as their first pastor …
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