The Garrison Fort

Built about 1695 as headquarters for a troop of mounted rangers to patrol paths from the Patapsco to the Susquehanna as a protection against hostile Indians. It was nine miles from nearest white inhabitants when built.

Marker is on Garrison Farm ...

Zion Lutheran Church / Dreher's Fort

Zion Lutheran Church

This congregation, the oldest continuing church in Lexington County, originated with pioneers who settled in this area in the 1740s. Organized at Zion in 1787 was the "Corpus Evangelicum," consisting of fifteen congregations to supervise the German churches ...

"Light Horse Harry" Lee Takes the Stockade Fort

June 12, 1781

You are standing in a partial reconstruction of the Stockade Fort as it appeared in 1781. Archaeologists have identified remnants -- see the outlines -- of log buildings that existed here. An elevated firing step, called a banquette, ...

The Star Fort

On assuming command of Ninety Six in 1780, Lieutenant Colonel Cruger set out to fortify the town in the event of a Patriot attack. The Star Fort was the center of his defense and today offers a rare view of ...

The Last Two American Forts/The Siege of 1812

The Last Two American Forts

In 1798, Col. Thomas Hunt began construction on this site of the second American fort at the Three Rivers. this fort, which was completed in 1800, replaced the first, hastily built one erected nearby to the ...

The British Fortifications

Cruger assumed command at Ninety Six in August, 1780, and quickly strengthened the defenses. By October he had built a stockade and ditch around "ye Court house and the principle houses" and added blockhouses, probably on the Island Ford and ...

Fort San Marcos & The Ribaut Monument

The concrete pillars and the shallow depression here represent the outline and moat of a fortication excavated by the Marine Corps in 1923. The archaeological dig was supervised by Major George Osterhout who believed this was the site of the ...

The Site of General Wayne's Fort

The Site Of

General Anthony Wayne's Fort

Dedicated October 22nd 1794

It Was The First

United States Fort

Near "Three Rivers"

This Fort Commanded

The Shortest Portage

Between The St. Lawrence

And Mississippi Systems

A Portage Known To

The Indians As "Glorious Gate"

And A Strategic Cross-Roads

In Early Trade and Exploration

Marker is ...

The Las Vegas Mormon Fort

A Midpoint Way Station on the Mormon Road.

In April 1855, Brigham Young, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, called thirty men to leave their families and possessions in the recently settled towns of Utah to ...

The Garrison Defending Fort Sumter

During the Bombardment

Erected by the United States

1932

In memory of the Garrison

Defending Fort Sumter

during the bombardment

April 12-14, 1861

Major Robert Anderson

First U.S. Artillery

commandingCorps of Engineers

Captain John G. Foster

1st Lieut. George W. ...