John M. Phillips

(1861-1953)

Creator of the state game land system. Known as the Pennsylvania System, it was a model throughout the nation. Phillips helped establish the Pa. Game Commission. A conservationist, industrialist, and engineer, he was among the first to introduce Boy Scouting ...

James Birmingham

Sacred to the Memory

of

James Birmingham

Volunteer

Long Cane Militia

Killed at this Site

In the Battle of

November 19-24, 1775

The First South Carolinian

To Give His Life in the

Cause of Freedom

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Erected by

The American Legion

Star Fort Post 103

Ninety Six, South Carolina

November 19, 1975

Marker can be reached from ...

Monument to James Birmingham

This stone honors James Birmingham, the first South Carolinian to lose his life for freedom during the Revolutionary War. Birmingham, a member of the Long Cane Militia, received his fatal wound from a Loyalist musket ball. He fought under the ...

John Coltrane

1926-1967

Jazz saxophonist and composer; influential stylist. Work spanned bebop to avant garde. Born one block S.W.

Marker is at the intersection of Spring Street (U.S. 74) and Bridges Street, on the left when traveling west on Spring Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

“Sic Juvat Transcendere Montes”

In honor of Governor Alexander Spotswood and the Knights of the Horseshoe:

John Fontaine •

Robert Beverley •

William Robertson •

Dr. Robinson Todd •

James Taylor •

Robert Brooke •

George Mason •

Captain Smith •

Jeremiah Clouder

and other whose names are unknown, who with rangers, Indians ...

James Hampton

Utah's Little Hollywood

Actor and comedian, James Hampton was raised and educated in Dallas, Texas. In a career that spans 50 years, James credits are extremely impressive with roles in "Sling Blade", "Macintosh and T.J.", "Cimarron Strip", "The Longest Yard" and ...

Philip Syng, Jr.

(1793–1789)

Near here, silversmith Philip Syng, Jr. created the inkstand used to sign the Declaration and Constitution at Independence Hall. With Benjamin Franklin, took part in experiments in electricity; founded institutions like the American Philosophical Society.

Marker is on South ...

Main Street - Mayor J. David Crute - EACO Theatre

Historic Farmville

(Main Street Side):

Once named Bizarre in 1736, Farmville was established as a town in 1798. From the town's formation, tobacco was a major factor in its prosperity. The numerous warehouses along the Main Street corridor represent Farmville's role as ...

General James Henry Lane House

Woman's Club of Auburn

The Lane House, built in 1853 at the corner of Thach and College Street, was home to several Auburn University notables, E. T. Glenn, Treasurer, leased it in 1873. Gen. James H. Lane, Aide to Gen. Stonewall ...

John Freeman

In 1844, John Freeman, a free black, purchased land in Indianapolis. By 1853, he owned land in this area worth $6,000. In June 1853, a slaveholder claimed Freeman was his runaway slave. Freeman spent nine weeks in jail; he hired ...