Bishop Richard Allen

Richard Allen founded and became the first Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1816. Born into slavery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 14, 1760, Allen and his family were sold to a family near Dover in 1772. While ...

Portage Park

Here began

the Indian canoe portage

between Lake MIchigan

and

Sturgeon Bay

Marker is on Lake Forest Park Road (County Route TT).

Courtesy hmdb.org

St. Stephen Colored School / St. Stephen High School

(Marker Front)St. Stephen Colored School St. Stephen Colored School, the first public African American school in St. Stephen, was built here in 1924-25. A three-room frame building, it was one of almost 500 schools in S.C. funded in part by ...

"Stepping Stone"

This old stone was brought from the center of Prospect early in 1899 by a group of Cheshire young men to serve as a “Stepping Stone” for those attending the church which then stood on the east edge of the ...

George Frederick Colton and the Duplex Mine

George Frederick Colton can be considered to be the father of Searchlight. The Searchlight claim made on May 6, 1897 was the earliest claim of importance in what became the Searchlight Mining District. He is also credited with providing the ...

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum/The Medal of Honor Museum

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum

The South Carolina General Assembly

passed legislation in 1973 enabling the

establishment of the Patriots Point

Authority to develop a portion of Hog

Island as a national naval museum. The

museum opened on October ...

Civilian Conservation Corps

Co. 2425 MP-3

CCC Company 2425, with Negro veterans of WW I as its members, was formed at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia, June 27, 1933. The Corpsman then moved to Shiloh National Military Park and lived in tents while building Camp ...

Techatticup Mine

The Techatticup Mine, located in 1861, was the most important mine in El Dorado Canyon. It produced millions of dollars in gold ore, and was originally served by steamboats on the Colorado River. The mine's name is taken from two ...

Vice Admiral Stephen Clegg Rowan

(Left):Erected in honor of

Vice Admiral

Stephen Clegg Rowan

U.S. Navy.

Born in Ireland Dec. 25th 1808

Died in Washington, D.C. Mar. 31st 1890.

Received Special Vote of Thanks of Congress

for Distinguished Services Feb. 7th 1863.

(Right):Vice Admiral S. ...

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

(Marker Front)

St. Stephen’s, built 1767-69, is a fine example of the rural churches built in the S.C. lowcountry before the Revolution. “The Church is one of the handsomest Country Churches in So. Ca. and would be no mean ornament ...