G. & D. Hatch Mercantile

1926-1932

George P. Hatch married Dora Palmer, A. Z.'s daughter, and later they began an ice cream parlor in A.Z.'s store. When A. Z. Died, they bought out Dora's siblings. Dora's store experience plus George's business college background brought great ...

Old Fountain Inn

According to tradition

an ante-bellum inn

with a gushing fountain

in the front yard

stood near here

on the old stage road

between

Greenville and Columbia

and served as

a meeting place

for men in the area

in those days.

The present town,

charted Dec. 24, 1886

is named for the old inn.

Marker is ...

William Mears Dawes Gristmill

This grindstone from the farm of William Mears Dawes Gristmill built 1840 on Raccoon Creek one mile west. Stone quarried by Ephraim Cutler on Ohio River, brought here on steamboat and cart by Henry Dawes, grandfather of Beman Gates Dawes, ...

Catawissa Friends Meeting

The nearby friends meeting-house, built about 1775, was the place of worship for early Quaker settlers among the pioneers of this region. Catawissa itself was laid out by William Hughes, a Berks County Quaker.

Marker is on South Street, on the ...

Shadnor Baptist Church

Organized in 1840 as New Hope Baptist Church; named changed to Shadnor, 1853. The original log structure that stood a short distance N. of present one, was a prominent landmark during the foray of Federal forces to cut the West ...

Califon Methodist Episcopal Church

Congregation founded in 1867 in a building moved here

from New Germantown (Oldwick). Present church built in 1891.

Marker is on Raritan River Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

St. Andrews Anglican Church

Beginning in 1828 the Rev. W. Cockran held religious services in the homes of settlers in this area. In 1829 he established a permanent residence at Grand Rapids on the Red River and by 1831 had built a small wooden ...

Hobcaw Point Powder Magazine

In 1770, the South Carolina colonial government authorized construction of a powder magazine near the Wando River plantations and Hobcaw Point shipyards. A four-sided earthen embankment with a brick powder magazine and guardhouse stood near here from 1772 to 1783, ...

Historic River Road and River Crossing

Route of Continental Army of Morristown after Battle of Princeton, Jan. 3, 1777. Route also of armies marching from New York to Yorktown, VA. Aug. 30-31, 1781.

Marker is on Griggstown Causeway just east of Millstone River Road, on the left ...

Haddrell's Point

(Front):

Haddrell’s Point extended along the waterfront from Shem Creek to Cove Inlet and was named for George Haddrell, an early settler. The land bordering Shem Creek became home to important industries including factories, canneries, and rice and saw mills. ...