Mt. Pleasant Church

In 1835 St. Bartholomew Lutheran Church

moved here from about 1 mi. south and

changed its name to Mt. Pleasant.

It is generally accepted that this

congregation was organized ca. 1750

and that John George Bamberg

preached there shortly after 1798.

In 1873 the S.C. Lutheran ...

Sulphur Springs

This valley owes its name to the two springs located one mile north of this monument. From 400 A.D. to 1450 A.D. Indigenous Indians farmed the region. Their bedrock mortar pits remain on the nearby hill. Later Chiricahua Apaches, Spaniards, ...

Hawthorne School of Aeronautics

From 1941 to 1945, 5924 American &

French pilots were trained here,

totaling almost 330,00 flight hours.

Site is 1 mi. NW.

Marker is at the intersection of Rowesville Road (U.S. 21) and South Carolina Route S-38-57, on the right when traveling ...

Festge Park

You are looking across a deep preglacial valley. Once glacial meltwaters drained west to the Wisconsin River, depositing sand and gravel brought south to Middleton by the giant ice sheets. Today, winding through this unglaciated outwash plain is Black Earth ...

St Matthews Baptist Church

This church was founded in 1870 with

Rev. Plenty Pinckney as its first

minister and worshipped in a "bush

tent" nearby until a log church was

built a few years later. A new frame

church was built on this site in the

1890's during the pastorate ...

Battle of Chester Station

Here, on May 10, 1864, as part of Butler’s Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 3400 Federals and 2000 Confederates fought the Battle of Chester Station. This monument is erected in their memory by the Chester Station Camp #1503. Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Marker ...

Vermont Creek

This once clear tributary to the Wisconsin River now carries tons of soil from croplands on ridges and slopes. Silver maples, willows and box elders grow on the soil deposited by erosion. The low peaty meadows on both sides of ...

Tarlton Brown (1757 - 1845)

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The grave of Tarlton Brown (1757 - 1845),

militia officer, state representative, and

state senator, is located here. Brown, a

native of Virginia, moved to S.C. at an

early age and settled in what was then

Orangeburg District, near Briar Creek and

Savannah ...

Brigham Park

You are looking north from the Military Ridge toward Mazomanie, which lies in the Wisconsin River Valley. Beyond the Wisconsin River bluffs, on a clear day, the higher Baraboo Hills can be seen 35 miles away. These hills, with some ...

Battle of Chester Station

Here, on May 10, 1864, as part of Butler’s Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 3400 Federals and 2000 Confederates fought the Battle of Chester Station. This monument is erected in their memory by the Chester Station Camp #1503. Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Marker ...