Samuel Parris Archaeological Site

Samuel Parris

Archaeological Site

1681-1784

Marker is on Centre Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Binkelmann Brewery

Born in Wurtenburg, Germany on January 2, 1828, David Binkelmann came to Grass Valley in 1853, after only a year as a new immigrant in New York. He mined for a time on Wolf Creek, then worked in a bakery. ...

Projectiles for U.S. 20-inch Rodman Gun

These thousand pound cast iron balls fit the huge gun in the park just outside the fort’s main gate. The 20-inch model of 1864 was experimental; the largest standard seacoast gun in use during our Civil War was the 15-inch ...

Heritage Gardens Entrance

This Heritage Gardens entrance is given by the Class of 1939 in honor of their classmate

Walter T. Cox, Sr

whose lifetime of dedication to Clemson included serving as President from July 1985 to March 1986.

Marker can be reached from Perimeter Road. ...

Blythe Ferry

One of the worst acts of "man's inhumanity" took place when an entire race of peoples were driven from their lands in 1838. It was here at Blythe Ferry that approx. 9000 Cherokees and Creeks camped while waiting to cross ...

Heritage Gardens

The Heritage Gardens Project was initiated in 1990 by the Class of 1939. Sponsored by several loyal classes, alumni, and friends of Clemson, its design and early stages of construction was managed by the Class of '39 Heritage Gardens Committee, ...

Blythe Ferry

Around 1809, William Blythe, a Cherokee, established a ferry at this site to provide transportation for the settlers to the west and the Cherokees to the east. During the 1838 Trail of Tears, it was an important crossing, and it ...

Hooker Oak

The massive and majestic Hooker Oak, which occupied this site, was named in honor of renowned British Botanist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. The Hooker Oak was acclaimed to be the largest Valley Oak in the world before it fell on ...

Windsor Hotel

The Windsor Hotel was originally called the Victoria Hotel when it opened in 1858, and boasted the city’s first brick building. It still stands across the street from here, with bricks now covered in stucco, at the corner of Government ...

The McHenry Mansion

The McHenry Mansion, built in 1883 by Robert McHenry, prominent local rancher/banker, is a fine example of the Victorian Italianate Style of architecture. In 1923, it was converted into apartments and remained as such until 1976 when the Julio R. ...