Old Bell

1863

Used to warn the settlers of Indian raids

Marker is on North Belfry Street near Columbia Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Site of the first

Cumberland Presbyterian

Church. Used as

a hospital during

the battle of Prairie

Grove 1862 marked

by Prairie Grove

Chapter U.D.C. 1930.

Marker is at the intersection of West Buchanan Street (U.S. 72) and Katie Smith Street, on the right when traveling west ...

Latta Library: A Carnegie Library

Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland in 1835 as the Industrial Revolution was sweeping across Great Britian. Seeking a better life his family arrived in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania while Andrew was a small child. From a bobbin boy in a cotton ...

Alabama Corps Of Cadets Defends Tuscaloosa

Early on the morning of 4 April 1865, Union Gen John T. Croxton's Cavalry Brigade of 1500 veteran troopers entered the town after fighting the home guard and capturing the covered bridge connecting Northport and Tuscaloosa across the Warrior River. ...

Liberty Monument

For hastening to set a crown of freedom on this new land

we lie possessed of praise that grows not old.

And here were men coequal with their fate

who did great things unconscious they were great.

Back of Monument:

Champlain – Iroquois

1609

Montcalm – Abercrombie

1758

Amherst ...

Edinburg Mill

Saved During “The Burning”

In 1850, George P. Grandstaff announced the opening of the large water-powered grist mill here nearly two years after construction began. This large facility competed with the Whissen Mill also on Stony Creek nearer the center of ...

Commodore Isaac Hull Bridge

Commodore Isaac Hull

Bridge

Named for the Heroic Commander

Of the U.S. Frigate “Constitution”

During Its Great Naval Victories

In the War of 1812

Born in Derby March 9, 1773

Resided in Shelton 1785 – 1794

This Memorial Tablet Placed by The

Derby Historical Society

1951

Marker is at ...

John C. Taylor Bridge

Named in 1978

by Legislative Request

Honoring Him

for His Distinguished Service

Clerk of Court

Anderson County

1920-1932

Congressman

Third S.C. District

1933-1938

Trustee

University of South Carolina

1946-1950

State Senator

Anderson County

1951-1954

1959-1962

Served Nation, State, and

Community with Foresight and

Faithfulness, and the Principles

on Which This Nation was Founded

and Stood Unafraid

in Defense of Trust

Marker is on ...

Benjamin P. Westervelt Homesite

The main wing of this house was built in 1808 by Benjamin P. Westervelt who served in the local militia during the Revolution. The site of this house has been continuously owned by the Westervelt family since early colonial times. ...

Battery Blair

Battery Blair was completed in 1903. It was named for Francis P. Blair, Jr., a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars who rose to the rank of major general and later represented Missouri in the U.S. Senate. The battery ...