Pioneer Priests Graves

Here lie the remains of five pioneer priests, the oldest known priests' graves on the West Coast of Florida. While little is known of Fr. Bayard who died in 1882, the Polish born Fr. Emil Stenzel was a priest of ...

Bloody Brook Stone Slab

Grave

of

Capt. Lathrop

and

Men Slain

by the

Indians

1675

Marker is on North Main Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Olin D. Johnston Memorial Boulevard

Named in honor

of a distinguished South Carolinian

in recognition of his

contributions

to the life and welfare

of this state and its citizens

Member, House of Representatives

1923-1924 Anderson County

1927-1930 Spartanburg County

Governor

1935-1939 1943-1945

United States Senator

1945-1965

He worked tirelessly for

development of the

Savannah River Basin

Erected in 1985, the 50th ...

Birthplace of "Old Rugged Cross"

"The Old Rugged Cross," one of the world's best-loved hymns, was composed here in 1912 by the Rev. George Bennard (1873-1958). The son of an Ohio coal miner, Bennard was a lifelong servant of God, chiefly in the Methodist ministry. ...

Abandonment of Ft. Cumberland

Fort Cumberland was garrisoned from 1754 to 1765. During this period, there was bickering between Maryland and Virginia as to how the fort should be maintained and whose control it was under.

In early 1756, Colonel Washington favored a small garrison ...

Division Road

Named in honor of the

1st Division, U.S. Army

Mexican War * Spanish American War

Philippine Insurrection

World War I * World War II

Occupation of Germany

Marker is at the intersection of Division Road and Enright Road, on the ...

Rosewood, Florida

Racial violence erupted in the small and quiet Rosewood community January 1-7, 1923. Rosewood, a predominantly colored community, was home to the Bradley, Carrier, Carter, Goins, and Hall families, among others. Residents supported a school taught by Mahulda “Gussie” Brown ...

Kittiewan and Doctor Rickman

Two miles south is Kittiewan, mid-eighteenth century manor house. Here lived Doctor William Rickman. From 1776 to 1780 he was director and Chief Physician of the Continental Hospitals of Virginia.

Marker is at the intersection of John Tyler Memorial Highway (State ...

Long Canes Massacre

Three miles west is the site of an attack by Cherokee Indians upon settlers of Long Canes in the Cherokee war of 1759-1761. There on February 1, 1760, about 150 settlers, refugeeing to Augusta, were overtaken by 100 Cherokee warriors. ...

Upper Weyanoke

In 1617, Opechancanough, Chief of Powhatan's younger brother, gave land to the south to future governor Capt. George Yeardley. Yeardley patented it and a portion became Upper Weyanoke, a James River plantation. Archaeological investigations there revealed an almost unbroken succession ...