Rufus Thomas, Jr.

(Obverse)

Born March 26, 1917, in Cayce, Mississippi, this legendary entertainer known worldwide, began his career in the 1930s with the Rabbit Foot Minstrel Shows. He was the organizer and master of ceremonies of the amateur shows in the 1940s and ...

The Beginning of the Cigar Industry in West Tampa

A cigar factory built on this site in June 1892 by Hugh C. Macfarlane brought the first industry to the community of West Tampa. First operated by A. Del Pino and Company, it failed financially. In 1894 the O'Halloran Cigar ...

Loyal Carolina Men

So soon as Charleston fell, there was a proclamation for all to come forward...peace and pardon should be granted....Vast numbers flocked in and submitted; some through fear, some through willingness, and others, perhaps, through a hope that all things would ...

Charles F. Shimp

This entranceway

dedicated in the name

of

Charles F. Shimp

who was the last charter member

of the New Lebanon

Rotary Club

March 26, 1946 - September 27, 1981

Stonework by Don Rusk

September 27, 1981

Marker is on Fuls Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Empire Mills

G. W. Woodruff began grist operations in 1861 on this site previously occupied in 1847 by E.T. Taylor Cotton Gin Company and in 1841 by William Waters Garrard’s cotton warehouse. Empire Mills ran night and day during the Civil War ...

Historic Oaklawn Cemetery

This hallowed ground set aside as a town burial site in 1850 "for whites & slaves alike" is the resting place for many of Tampa's founding fathers, mayors, and county officers.

A governor of Florida, two Supreme Court Judges, framers ...

Col. Asbury Coward

Soldier - Patriot - Educator

To honor

Col. Asbury Coward

President, Kings Mountain Centennial Association, 1880.

Acknowledged, inspirational force in

perpetuating the glory and importance of the

Battle of Kings Mountain

Erected by Kings Mountain Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

North South Carolina

Marker can be reached from Kings ...

Lower Three Runs Baptist Church

(Front text)

This church, originally located 8/10 mi. W on the old Augusta-to-Charleston road, was founded in 1789 by twelve charter members, with Rev. Nathaniel Walker as its first pastor. Lower Three Runs was a mother church to at least ...

Schools For Freedmen

The first free "colored" school in the city was opened in early 1863 in a barrack building in South Memphis. In 1864 the U.S. Army issued a general order authorizing its officers to hep with these schools for the education ...

Greenville Arboretum

Reedy River Falls Historic Park

The Greenville Garden Club won the $500 second place price in Better Homes and Gardens' "Most Beautiful America" contest in 1932 for their landscaping of Rock Quarry Park. Members used the money to develop South Carolina's ...