Birthplace of Insulin

In 1920, while living and practicing medicine here, Dr. F. G. Banting conceived the idea which eventually led to the discovery of insulin and the saving of millions of lives worldwide.

This statue, created by sculptor John Miecznikowski, depicts Dr. Banting ...

Christ Church- Mt. Pleasant

The Episcopal Church

of

Christ Church Parish

Foundation Laid in 1707

The first clergyman in 1708

Rev.Edward Marston and Vestry follows

David Maybank and Henry Gill, Wardens

Thomas Barton, William Capers,

Leonard Hickman, John Simes,

Richard Fairchild, John Hale,

and ...

Old Marine Hospital

Has Been Designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This Site Possesses National Significance

in Commemorating the History of the

United States of America

1974

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker is on Franklin Street near Poulnot Lane, ...

Camp Marion, World War II Prisoners of War

1944 - 1946

Side A:

This site was once a twenty-four acre camp for Prisoners of War established on the grounds of the Marion Engineer Depot. The Depot was a major supply and logistics site of the U.S. Army Engineers during World ...

Route and Camp's

Route and Camp's of Gen. Wayne, 1794, Gen. Harrison, 1812, and Winchester Camp No 2, and Abatis, 1812.

Marker is on South Clinton Street 0.1 miles south of Sunday Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Furman Class of '05 September 11 Memorial

Provided by

Members of the

Class of 2005

In memory of

September 11, 2001

our first day of class

[Left]:

In the early hours the news broke, the truth uncertain, the implications unfathomable

We continued on, not knowing the world was changed forever

Afternoon, our adrenaline slowed to the ...

Nearly a Century of Planning

Early in the 20th century, architect Alfred C. Clas imagined the riverfront as a European-style destination for recreation and a source of beauty at the heart of downtown.

In 1914, Clas, a proponent of the "City Beautiful" movement to ...

Shenandoah Pulp Factory

In 1877-1888, on the former site of the Shenandoah Canal's lower locks, Thomas Savery erected this large mill to provide wood pulp for the paper industry.

Ten turbines, arranged in pairs in the mill's five massive sluiceways, powered wood grinders, rolling ...

Athens Sacked and Plundered

On May 2, 1862, Union troops of the 19th and 24th Illinois and the 37th Indian Regiments commanded by Col. John Basil Turchin went on a rampage thought the town. They looted and plundered stores and homes, stealing clothing, jewelry ...

Logan’s Corps Moves to Henderson’s Mill

July 18, 1864. Logan’s troops, having detoured from Shallow Fd. Rd. to Browning’s Court House (TUCKER), to co-operate with Garrard’s cav, in the destruction of the Georgia R.R. at Stone Mtn., remained in this vicinity while Lightburn’s brigade was sent ...