A Memorial To Eli Whitney

For the invention of the

American Cotton Gin

A contribution to the resources

of civilization and to the

material welfare of

The United States

Erected by

The New England Cotton

Manufactures Association,

MDCCCCII

Marker is at the intersection of 8th Street and Cotton Lane, on the left when traveling north ...

Fort Sumter Today

Fort Sumter, visible in the far distance of Charleston Harbor, looks very different today. Built after the War of 1812, its tow two tiers are gone, destroyed during the Civil War. The fort's center is now dominated by Battery Huger, ...

South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company

Original Track Location

Began first successful scheduled steam railroad service in America on December 25, 1830, and by 1833 its 136 miles from Charleston to Hamburg made it the world’s longest railroad. Now part of Southern Railway System.

Marker is ...

John Lowndes McLaurin

(1860-1934)

One mile west is the last home of John Lowndes McLaurin, Marlboro County native, U.S. Congressman and Senator. He served as S.C. Representative 1890-91, S.C. Attorney General 1891-92, U.S. Congressman 1892-97, U.S. Senator 1897-1903, and State Warehouse Commissioner 1915-17. The ...

Alliance Cotton Warehouse

West End Commercial Historic District

The National Register

of Historic Places:

Alliance Cotton Warehouse

West End Commercial

Historic District

Marker is on Augusta Street (South Carolina Route 20) south of Pendleton Street, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Bliss Officers' Quarters

Old Fort Bliss, on site formerly in Mexico. Owned after 1849 by Simeon Hart, founder of Hart's Mill and early village of El Paso.

Officers quarters, built about 1879 on 3' foundations of hewn stone. 24" walls are double-laid adobe brick.

Marker ...

Town of Clover

In 1887 the town of Clover was granted a charter by the General Assembly, its city limits to extend "one-half mile in every direction from the railroad depot." Clover Post Office had been established in 1874 with Zimri Carroll as ...

Emily Harvie Thomas Tubman

1794-1885

Born in Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia on March 21, 1794. Grew up in Kentucky under guardianship of Henry Clay. Visited Augusta in 1818, where she met and married Richard Tubman, wealthy merchant. After his death in 1836, she became interested ...

Ronkin's Long Room / Ferry Service

(Front):

Ronkin's Long Room

The crew of the Confederate submarine, H.L. Hunley, commanded by Lt. George Dixon, was temporarily quartered at Ronkin’s Long Room, 205 Ferry Street, in early 1864. The building, previously known as Shell Hall, summer home of ...

Coulter Memorial Academy Site

Organized in 1881, this Negro Presbyterian (USA) school was founded by the Rev. J.P. Crawford with support from Mrs. C.E. Coulter from whom it received its name. The Rev. G.W. Long was academy president from 1908 until 1943, and Coulter ...