The People of the New Windsor Cantonment

Approximately 7,500 soldiers of the Continental Army, who came from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states, Canada, and even Europe, lived at New Windsor Cantonment. Although most were in their twenties, the soldiers ranged in age from their early teens to ...

Pond Town

Pond town, named for its proximity to several ponds, had beginnings as a relay station for the stagecoach line which ran from Hamburg to Preston. Some say white men were living in the area as early as 1808, certainly by ...

T.I.S.C.O. Complex

Taylor Iron & Steel Company

Was the center of the original 1742 Union Iron Works. Late 1800's push to rename High Bridge to "Tisco" failed.

Marker is on Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

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Forks of Little Pigeon Church

100 yds, N. E. this Baptist Church, established 1789, was reportedly the first of any denomination in Sevier County. Spencer Clack, Revolutionary veteran was first church clerk; Richard Wood; first pastor until his death in 1831. The Church moved to ...

Destruction of Dunlawton Plantation

In January 1836, during the second Indian War, the Indians burned Dunlawton Plantation. Only the brick walls, the chimneys and the heavy iron machinery were left. The Plantation was not rebuilt until the 1840's.

The war cost the United States ...

The Little River Lumber Company

This is the former site of the Little River Lumber Company mill complex. Founded in 1901 by Col. W.B. Townsend for whom this community is named, the company was one of the largest commercial lumber operations in the Smokies. From ...

God’s Acre Healing Springs

Deeded

To Almighty God

To Be Used By The Sick

And Afflicted

By

L.P. Lute Boylston

July 21, 1944

"The most precious piece of earth

I have ever owned"

Marker is on Springs Court (South Carolina Route S-6-358).

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God’s Acre Healing Springs

According to tradition the Indians reverenced

the water for its healing properties as a gift

from the great spirit.

They led the British wounded to their secret

waters during the American Revolution and

the wounded were healed.

This historical property has been deeded to

God ...

Lieutenants Ross Frazier and Paul Hughes Memorial

These trees are a living memorial

to members who made the supreme

sacrifice for American Ideals.

Lt Ross Frazier

Lt Paul Hughes

Planted April 23 1939

Dedicated May 30 1947

Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 22), on the left when traveling east.

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God’s Acre Healing Springs

Deeded

To Almighty God

To Be Used By The Sick

And Afflicted

By

L.P. Lute Boylston

July 21, 1944

"The most precious piece of earth

I have ever owned"

Marker is on Springs Court (South Carolina Route S-6-358).

Courtesy hmdb.org