Western Bohemian-Fraternal Association

Zapadni Ceska-Bratrska Jednota

The ZCBJ Lodge Hall which 45 charter members built in 1907 is a tangible symbol of the ethnic heritage – social, fraternal and philosophical ideals of the Czech immigrants settling 7 miles north of Cadott.

SOKOL, a gymnastic organization, ...

Paul Anderson

Birthplace

“World’s Strongest Man”

Lifted greatest weight ever listed by a human being: 6,270 pounds in a backlift. (Guinness Book of World Records)

Weightlifting

1956

Olympic Gold Medalist

Super Heavyweight

(Olympic Emblem)

Founder of

Paul Anderson Youth Homes for homeless and troubled teenagers. Ardent patriot, and free enterprise ...

St. John African Methodist Church

This congregation was organized circa 1848. Early meetings were held in a log cabin at this location on land that was conveyed to trustees of the "Protestant Methodist Church" in 1850. In 1866 the members of the First Colored Methodist ...

General George Washington

in frequent visits to the American

troops encamped nearby during the

War of the

Revolution

drank at this spring

and gave it its name

Cold Spring.

Marker is at the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Main Street, on the left ...

American Legion Post #1 / 2nd Lieutenant Fred H. Sexton

American Legion Post #1

This post, organized in May 1919 and chartered by national headquarters in June 1919, was the first American Legion post in S.C. Florence County veterans J.D. Smyser, R.B. Fulton, and N.S. Lachicotte represented S.C. at the ...

Limestone Springs

Used as early as the American Revolution, this site became a “Summer Watering Place” in 1835. Low country aristocrats such as Governor David Johnson were attracted here by the climate and therapeutic waters. A post office was here from 1836 ...

Pisgah Methodist Church

Side A

This church, founded in 1806 in what was Darlington District until Florence County was founded in 1888, grew out of an early Methodist “Society.” Rev. Thomas Humphries (d. 1820), who served this and other area circuits, conducted the ...

Thomas Fenwick Drayton

Confederate Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Drayton was

in command of this area at the time of nearby battle

of Port Royal, November 7, 1861. A brother, Capt.

Percival Drayton, commanded the Union warship

Pocahontas at the same battle. Earlier,

General Drayton had married Emma ...

Florence Depot (1852) / Wilmington & Manchester RR

Florence Depot

The original depot named Florence was built here in 1852, where the Wilmington & Manchester RR crossed present-day Hoffmeyer Rd. It was named for Florence Harllee (1848-1927), daughter of the railroad's president, William W. Harllee (1812-1897). In ...

Putman's Lock Grocery

Putman's Lock Grocery, owned by the Garret Putman family from 1855 into the 1900s, is typical of the many stores which lined the canal. Part of the store, which contained living quarters and rooms for rent, was destoyed by fire ...