The Liberty Spring

Around this inexhaustible spring was founded the City of Liberty - July 1, 1822

Dedicated to the Pioneer Settlers by Alexander Doniphan Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution

Marker is on Missouri Street, on the left when traveling north.

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First Japanese on the North American Continent

In October 1832, the Japanese cargo ship Hojun Maru set sail from near Nagoya bound for Edo (present day Tokyo). Disabled in a storm off Enshu Nada, the Hojun Maru drifted for fourteen months before running aground on the coast ...

East Hale Storefronts

The potential for commerce related to cotton payrolls attracted a robust cadre of Jewish merchants to Hale Avenue in the early 1900s. Harwarg's opened in "Old Town" before moving to "New Town," followed by Beehive's, Nickol's, and Weinberg's. Silverfield's (1915) ...

Circa 1885

In 1883 two young boys, Samuel Jordan and Wylie Swift, built a circular skating rink in a tent on this corner. It was a popular entertainment site when DeLand was little more than a pioneer village. Around 1885 this brick ...

Four Holes Swamp Bridge / Harley's Tavern

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Four Holes Swamp Bridge

The first bridge across Four Holes Swamp, a branch of the Edisto River, was built between 1770 and 1780 and was located about 200 ft. N. of the present bridge. The old bridge, on ...

Grave of British Soldier

Grave of British Soldier

Who died during the

Revolutionary War when using

St. David's Church as a hospital

in the summer of 1780

Colonel Campbell, Commander

of the 71st. Regiment, is also

buried here.

Marker is on Church Street near Front Street, on the ...

Dorchester Baptist Church World War II Veterans Plaque

In honor of the

men and women

serving our country

Dorchester Baptist Church

1941-1945

Breazeale, Thomas C

Cox, James B

Cox, William N

Cox, Fred N

Cox, Charles M

Fullbright, Bessie V

Fullbright, Ralph M

Keys, William R

King, Joseph C

King, William M

Ledbetter, Ina B

McMahan, George H

Saylors, Roy H

Wardlaw, Frank C

McMahan, Jack

Marker can ...

Fourth Avenue Historic District.

Marker front:

Prior to 1900 a "black business district" did not exist in Birmingham. In a pattern characteristic of Southern cities found during Reconstruction, black businesses developed alongside those of whites in many sections of the downtown area.

After the turn of ...

Glen Gardner

(Incorp. 1919)

Named In 1871 For Chair Factory Family Eveland’s Tavern In 1760, It Was Later Known As Sodom, And In 1820, Clarksville, After A Local Merchant.

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

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Francis Asbury's First Visit to S.C.

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Francis Asbury (1745-1816), pioneer bishop of American Methodism, came to Cheraw in 1785, on his first visit to S.C. Asbury had just been ordained a general superintendent at the first General Conference in Baltimore on December 27, 1784. He was ...