Action at Pratt's Mill

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The last action of the Revolution in this part of S.C. was at Pratt's Mill, a grist mill on the Little River owned by Joseph Pratt. On October 30, 1781, an outpost of 30 Patriots at the mill, under Capt. ...

Smoot Peace Park and Veterans Memorial

Peace Park

Love + Labor + Leisure + Light + Law=

"Peace"

A memorial to

Mr. & Mrs. G. W. Smoot

given to City of Belton by daughter

Cynthia Smoot Jones

1956

Dedicated to those who served

Dedicated Veteran's Day

Nov. 11, 2004

We salute the courage, honor,

patriotism, and sacrifice of

all ...

Fort De Russy

Civil War Defenses of Washington

Earthworks of Fort De Russy are visible; follow path to your right for 200 years.

[drawing of fort] Fort De Russy from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drawing.

Cannon mounted at Fort De Russy helped repulse a Confederate ...

Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots Memorial

A Memorial

to the

Revolutionary War Soldiers

and Patriots

who are known to be buried

in the cemetery adjoining this church.

John Alling • Samuel Alling • Jabez Baldwin • Moses Baldwin • Sylvanias Baldwin • Stephen Baldwin • David Bankds • Nathaniel Beach • Elisha ...

Christ Reformed Church

Known as "Mother of Reformed Churches" of this region. Congregation organized, May 1747, marking settlement of German pioneers in southern part of Conewago Valley. Section of present building erected, 1798. Many notable persons lie buried in the old churchyard.

Marker is ...

Fort DeRussy

Built in 1861 to protect the Rock Creek Valley during the Civil War, Fort DeRussy's cannon fired a total of 109 projectiles into the northern countryside as 12,000-15,000 Confederate soldiers attacked the city under the command of Confederate General Jubal ...

“Jingle Bells” Composed Here

On this site stood the Simpson Tavern, where in 1850 James Pierpont (1822–1893) wrote the song “Jingle Bells” in the presence of Mrs. Otis

Waterman, who later verified that the song was written here. Pierpont had the song copyrighted in ...

Lincoln's Care for His Family

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Abraham Lincoln was a frequent visitor to Cole County in the 1840's, traveling on the judicial circuit. In Charleston, according to Amanda Hanks Poorman (the daughter of Dennis Hanks), Lincoln would use the Hanks’s horse and ...

Wendell L. Willkie

Republican Presidential candidate delivered his acceptance speech at Callaway Park, August 17, 1940.

Wilkie’s Democrat opponent, Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the 1940 election and later appointed Wilkie to Britain as a liaison during World War II.

Dedicated August 18, 1990.

Marker can be ...

200 Years of Sawmilling

For nearly two centuries the story of sawmilling in the Southeast was enacted on this point on the Altamaha River. In the summer of 1721, men from South Carolina sawed the 3-inch planks to build Fort King George. In 1736, ...