Fort Adams

History you can Touch

Explore the casemates where the big guns once roared.

Discover how 8 soldiers worked together to load and fire each cannon.

Step into the quarters where the soldiers and their families lived.

Ascend to the scenic overlook for a breathtaking ...

Claridon Prairie

This grass land, extending one mile east between the road and the railway, is one of the few surviving remnants of the once extensive prairies that were part of pioneer Marion County. This strip, preserved by chance when the railway ...

Oconee Hill Cemetery

Oconee Hill Cemetery was purchased in 1855 by the City of Athens when further burials were prohibited in the old town cemetery on land owned by The University of Georgia. In 1856, the City formed a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees ...

The Marion Engineer Depot

Side A:

Early in 1942, during World War II, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers acquired 640 acres along two miles of U. S. Route 30 South (now State Route 309) from ten landowners. By June 11 of that year, ...

World War II Displacement

"The Old Farm Went to War"

Side A:

During the early months of World War II, citizens as well as soldiers made enormous sacrifices for the war effort. In March 1942 the War Department announced plans to build a 13,000-acre munitions manufacturing ...

Dr. Moses Waddel

Noted Educator and Presbyterian Minister

Dr. Moses Waddel, educator and minister, was born in 1770 in N.C. At fourteen he began teaching pupils near his home. Moving to Ga. In 1786, he taught in the Greensboro area until 1787, opening another ...

Pilgrims and Patriots

When the Puritans landed in Boston in 1630, the Separatist settlement at Plymouth Colony was ten years old. Puritans and Separatists were two Protestant sects that developed in the late 16th century in England. Puritans were critical of, but remained ...

War of 1812

In 1808, Congress again approved funds to fortify the coastline, prompted by the prospect of another war with England. England was at war with France, which was ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte at the time, and although the United States had ...

Sherman's Headquarters

During the Federal occupation of Columbia February 17-19, 1865 commanding General William T. Sherman had his headquarters here.

Marker can be reached from Gervais Street, on the right when traveling west.

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North Greenville Baptist Academy

North Greenville Baptist Academy

1892-1957

"A Light Set on a Hill"

Founded by

North Greenville Baptist Association

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