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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQ3_building-a-nation_Charleston-SC.html
Between 1862 and 1885, the United States undertook construction of a railroad to connect the East with the West. The Central Pacific Railroad was built 742 miles eastward from Sacramento. The Union Pacific was built 1,038 miles westward from Omaha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQP9_bound-for-glory_Charleston-SC.html
There is no doubt that the railroad definedan American culture and personality thatis distinct from its European roots. At itsheart, the railroad was a nation builder - thepersonification of the brash, entrepreneurial spirit that the rest of the w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQOI_the-civil-war-submarine-h-l-hunley_Charleston-SC.html
Brought from Mobile, Alabama in August 1863 to help defeat the Union navalblockade of Charleston, H.L. Hunleybecame the first submarine in historyto sink an enemy ship. Armed with a spar-mounted torpedo, it sank theFederal blockading vessel, Hous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQN4_william-aiken-house_Charleston-SC.html
Built between 1807 and 1811, the east wing was added after 1831. Residence of William Aiken, first president (1828-1831) of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company. This company inaugurated theAmerican steam railroad era at Charleston, Chri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQKX_burke-high-school_Charleston-SC.html
Founded as a private school for elementary students in 1894 by Rev. John Dart at the corner of Bogard and Krake Streets, Charleston Normal and Industrial School was approved to become a public school for "colored" children in 1910 and opened at th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQHN_burke-high-school_Charleston-SC.html
(Front text) This school, founded in 1910, was the first public high school for African-Americans in Charleston. It succeeded the Charleston Normal & Industrial School, a private school at Bogard & Kracke Streets, which had been founded in 1894 by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQDJ_the-siege-of-charleston-1780_Charleston-SC.html
(Front text) The British capture of Charleston in May 1780 was one of the worst American defeats of the Revolution. On March 30-31 Gen. Henry Clinton's British, Hessian, and Loyalist force crossed the Ashley River north of Charleston. On April 1 C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQDE_the-parsonage-miss-izards-school_Charleston-SC.html
The ParsonageThe Parsonage,the home of Rev. James B. Middleton (1839-1918), stood here at 5 Short Court (now President's Place) until 1916. Middleton and his siblings, born slaves, were taught to read and write by their father, Rev. James C. Middl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLAJ_the-liberty-tree_Charleston-SC.html
Near this spot once stood the Liberty Tree where Colonial Independence was first advocated by Christopher Gadsden A.D. 1766 and where ten years later the Declaration of Independence was first heard and applauded by South Carolinians
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLAI_the-john-n-tidemann-house_Charleston-SC.html
This Charleston Single house was constructed between 1835-1852. The house was lived in by John Tidemann, a German immigrant who arrived in Charleston in 1846 at age nineteen. He established a successful hay & grain business at the corner of Priole…