Bacon's Northern Force

At Piscataway, near here, the northern followers of Bacon the Rebel assembled in 1676. On July 10, 1676, an action was fought with Governor Berkeley's supporters, some of whom were killed and wounded. Several houses were burned. Passing here, the ...

The East-West Streets In The City Of Columbia - Gervais Street

The East-West Streets In The City Of Columbia

The streets of Columbia running from east to west (with a few exceptions) were named for products important in the State's economy, for the two Taylor plantations on which the new Capitol was ...

Spartanburg Town Clock

[Seal of Spartanburg, S.C.]

Mayor Frankin W. Allen 1977-81

Mayor John G. Baeher 1973-1977

Mayor Pro Tem C. Chester Brown, Jr.

Council Members

Jack M. Blasius, Ralph D. Prince

E. Lewis Miller, Hal G. Warlick, Jr.

City Manager

William H. Carstarphen

Architects

Skidemore, Owings & Merrill

Builder

Fiske Carter Construction Co.

April 1979

Symbolic ...

Original Site of First Presbyterian Church

The Rev. William M. Baker and five charter members organized the First Presbyterian Church of Austin on May 26, 1850. Abner H. Cook, future designer of the Governor's Mansion, was among the charter members and was elected a ruling elder. ...

The LBJ Plaza

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) and opened in the spring of 1971. The design featured the monumental library building clad in Roman travertine and an expansive plaza ...

Webberville

This community was named for John F. Webber (1793-1882) who received a land grant in 1827 and settled in this area with his African American wife and children. A post office was established in 1846 for Webber’s Prairie, and by ...

Major William Martin “Buck” Walton

January 17, 1832 – July 1, 1915

Mississippi native William M. “Buck” Walton attended the University of Virginia and studied law in Carrollton, Mississippi. In 1853 he moved to Austin, where his first law partner was A.J. Hamilton, later Governor of ...

Cumberland Ford

One of the most important points on the Wilderness Road marked by Daniel Boone in 1775. Ford first used by Indians, then by early explorers and the Long Hunters. After Boone opened the way west, more than 100,000 settlers used ...

South Carolina's First National Bank

This historic site, home of South Carolina's first nationally charted bank in 1873, has served as the cornerstone of the spirit of community banking in Greenville ever since. Carolina First Bank is honored to uphold the banking heritage that puts ...

The Battle of Barbourville

September 19, 1861

(First Panel):

Building Union Support

Tennessee Unionists Revolt

Tennessee seceded from the Union in June 1861. Most people in Middle and West Tennessee supported that action but a large number of East Tennesseans did no. East Tennesseans were soon in open ...