Cherokee Boundary (1767)

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In 1766-67 S.C. & N.C. negotiated with the Cherokee to establish a boundary between Indian land to the west and new settlement to the east. This north-south line ran past this point to N.C. and on to Va. In S.C. ...

The Road to Salisbury Town

Pemberton Plantation Historic Trail

This road connected Pemberton Hall Plantation to two places of interest to Colonel Isaac Handy. It led to Handy Hall, the neighboring plantation which Isaac gave to his son George in 1750, and to Salisbury Town, which ...

Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie

1819 – 1894

[English]

Begbie practised [sic] law in England for fourteen years before his appointment in 1858 as the first judge of the mainland Colony of British Columbia. During the gold rush, he won the respect of lawless miners of the ...

The Urban Face of the Scioto River

The confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy Rivers is just northwest of North Bank Park, and the rivers were the major attraction for both Native American and white settlers. The river and its tributaries were the life-blood to the region ...

Battles in the Marmaton Valley

A State Divided: The Civil War in Missouri

Action at Dry Wood Creek, Sept. 2, 1861

Following the Southern victory at Wilson's Creek near Springfield (Aug. 10, 1861), Maj. Gen. Sterling Price led the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard, which numbered about 10,000 ...

Ironclads and Gunboats of the Savannah River Squadron

During the Civil War, the Savannah River Squadron protected the City of Savannah from Union attack by river. The

squadron usually consisted of small coastal and river steamers. In November 1861, the British-built blockade-runner Fingal arrived in Savannah and was ...

Lt. Robert Maynard

Of the Royal Navy. Sent

by Gov. Spotswood of

Virginia, in the sloop

"Ranger," killed the pirate

Blackbeard off shore, 1718.

Marker is on Irvin Garrish Highway (State Highway 12) west of Water Plant Road, on the left when traveling west.

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Bluffton United Methodist Church

The Methodist Society, organized in Bluffton,

built the first church and parsonage on

Boundry Street in 1853. During the Civil War,

two confederate soldiers saved the

church from being burned. In 1875 the church

sold the building to the AME ...

Chesapeake Bay Restoration in Progress

Sharptown Living Shoreline

What is a "Living Shoreline?" A natural shoreline with a gradual transition between the bank and water's edge. Typically, planted with native (plants common to the local area) trees, shrubs and grasses - living shorelines do not end ...

Harrison Hills Country Club House

Restoration and Preservation

Historic Landmarks of Fountain County, Inc.

Award Presented to

Harrison Steel Castings Co.

For the Restoration and Preservation of the

Tudor Revival

Harrison Hills Country Club

Club House

Built in 1924

Marker can be reached from East New Street.

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