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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BGF_delingo-school_West-Columbia-SC.html
From 1900 until 1916 Lexington County School District No. 68 operated a public school on this site. The building consisted of a single room where one teacher taught an average of 30 students of all grades.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A5T_old-congaree-river-bridges_West-Columbia-SC.html
Before a bridge was attempted at this location, earlier bridges farther down river had been built, but were washed away in floods. Consequently, for more than 30 years only ferry service provided transportation across the river. In 1827 the Columb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A5P_fridays-ferry_West-Columbia-SC.html
This ferry was named after the German settler Martin Fridig, who changed his name to Friday. He came to the area about 1735. In 1754 Friday received permission from the Colonial assembly in Charleston to operate a ferry across the Congaree near th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A5O_gervais-street-bridge_West-Columbia-SC.html
This 1,412-foot-long arch bridge opened in 1927. At the time, the bridge was considered exceptional because of its innovative use of reinforced concrete and because it was the widest roadway in South Carolina. The Gervais Street Bridge was the onl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A5M_bryan_West-Columbia-WY.html
In September 1868 the Union Pacific Railroad established the town of Bryan, named for Lt. Francis Theodore Bryan, a surveyor. The town was located eleven miles west of Green River and north of this location. Passing beyond the settlement at Green …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A5L_river-inn-c-1740s_West-Columbia-SC.html
" The transacting of Public Business on Saturdays . . . are executed at Taverns [where] there is more Company of a Saturday, than in the Church on Sunday."The Rev. Charles Woodmason. "Sermon at the Congarees." C. 1768This nearby structure was mod…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19YI_city-of-columbia-anchor_West-Columbia-SC.html
Anchor fromC. S. N. "City of Columbia"—————Donated byMrs. Lemuel HallIn memory ofLemuel HallMayor of West Columbiafor 24 years
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUAB_saluda-factory-ruins_West-Columbia-SC.html
The Saluda Factory, built in 1834, was one of the first water-powered textile mills in South Carolina. During the Civil War the mill manufactured material used in making shirts and woolen uniforms for the Confederate Army. This area saw cons…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTEG_the-cherokee-path_West-Columbia-SC.html
Before the Revolution, two major trading routes came together near here. Branching to the west was the road to New Windsor Township on the Savannah. The Cherokee Path extended north to Ninety Six and south through Saxe Gotha Township on the Congar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ8H_saluda-factory-cemetery_West-Columbia-SC.html
This cemetery, thought to contain graves of supervisors and workers in the post-Civil War community of Saludaville, includes 31 marked graves and between 525 and 900 total burials. The Saluda Factory was a modest success before the war and was bur…
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