Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Bridge

Named in honor of

Whitney Moore Young, Jr.

1921-1971

Humanitarian-scholar and venerable leader of the National Urban League whose work produced landmark changes in civil rights laws and notable progress towards social and economic justice in America.

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Jacobus Demarest Homestead

The earliest part of this house, one of the oldest in the county, was built on land purchased in 1677 by David Demarest, Sr., founder of the Huguenot Colony in Bergen County. His grandson Jacobus, born 1681, lived here until ...

General Edward Dorr Tracy, Jr.

-- 1833 – 1863 –-

Edward D. Tracy, Jr., was born in Macon, Georgia, on Nov. 5, 1833. His father served as Macon’s second Mayor (1826-1828), a Judge of Superior Court, and hosted General Lafayette during his visit to Macon in ...

Benjamin DeWitt Riegel

1878-1941

Beloved

Leader, Educator,

Industrialist

He Built for the Future

Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street and South Greenwood Avenue on East Main Street.

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Cap’t John Huyler’s Farm

In 1776, a 180 acre farm here was owned by Loyalist John Ackerson. It extended from the Tenakill to the Hudson, bordered on the north by the road used by British invaders that year. Seized as enemy property, it was ...

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

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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. ...

Jackson's Command

Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division

C.S.A.

Jackson's Command.

Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division.

Brig. Gen. Jubal A. Early, Commanding.

Organization.

13th 25th 31st 44th 49th 52d & 58th Virginia Infantry.

September 16-17, 1862. No.1.

On the night of the 16th, Early's Brigade ...

Ewell's Division, Jackson's Command

C.S.A.

Ewell's Division, Jackson's Command.

Brigadier General A.R. Lawton,

Commanding.

(September 15-16, 1862.)

Ewell's Division left Harper's Ferry on the night of September 15th, crossed the Potomac at Blackford's Ford and reached Sharpsburg on the morning of the 16th, and, late in the day moved ...

Stonewall Jackson Female Institute

Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church established the institute in 1868 for the education of young women. As a tribute, it was named for Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The Floyd family property was purchased in Feb. 1868 to house ...