Author: Publisher:
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Category : Rural churches
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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The Old White Meetinghouse
Author: The Old White Meetinghouse
Author: Samuel Irenæus PrimePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church life
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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History Happened Here
Author: Brian ScottPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329919602
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
For over 75 years markers have been erected across South Carolina's highways, biways, roads, and streets. These markers are now collected into one book containing the marker names, inscriptions, dates erected, sponsoring organizations, coordinates and physical locations. Author and historian Brian Scott takes you on a county-by-county journey as you explore 1,446 historical markers that tell the story of South Carolina. --
The Woodlands Cemetery, at Cambridge, N.Y., with Historical Sketches, and an Address of Rev. A. D. Gillette, D.D., Delivered at the Dedication, June 2, 1858
Author: Woodlands Cemetery Association (Cambridge, N.Y.)Publisher:
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Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Charleston's Historic Cemeteries
Author: Frank KarpielPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439643776
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Life in colonial Charles Towne was dangerous--epidemic diseases, primitive medical practices, and a harsh environment led to the early demise of rich and poor alike. When Charleston's founders moved their settlement across the Ashley River to the peninsula in 1680, they hoped for protection from pirate and Native American attacks, as well as increased trade and healthier living conditions. While they were able to secure more protection for the residents and improve trade, health conditions rapidly declined. The graveyards and public burial grounds quickly filled, and today, Charleston's historic cemeteries are almost as common a sight downtown as the churches that define the city. These tree-shrouded glades invite tourists and residents to explore the resting places of Charleston's most illustrious and interesting personalities. Charleston's Historic Cemeteries offers a guided pictorial tour of the elaborate gravestones and elegant inscriptions dedicated to Charleston's famous and infamous alike, including William Rhett and the pirate Stede Bonnet, Rhett's adversary. With dozens of illustrated stories about the transformation of funerals, tombstones, and mourning customs in America over the past 300 years, this collection details how Charleston became the home of a historically unique, city-wide gallery of mortuary sculpture.
A Guidebook to South Carolina Historical Markers
Author: Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1643361570
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
The South Carolina Historical Marker Program, established in 1936, has approved the installation of more than 1,700 interpretive plaques, each highlighting how places both grand and unassuming have played important roles in the history of the Palmetto State. These roadside markers identify and interpret places valuable for understanding South Carolina's past, including sites of consequential events and buildings, structures, or other resources significant for their design or their association with institutions or individuals prominent in local, state, or national history. This volume includes a concise history of the South Carolina Historical Marker Program and an overview of the marker application process. For those interested in specific historic periods or themes, the volume features condensed lists of markers associated with broader topics such as the American Revolution, African American history, women's history, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. While the program is administered by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, most markers are proposed by local organizations that serve as a marker's official sponsor, paying its cost and assuming responsibility for its upkeep. In that sense, this inventory is a record not just of places and subjects that the state has deemed worthy of acknowledgment, but of those that South Carolinians themselves have worked to enshrine.
The Vermonter
Author: The Vermonter
Author: Charles Spooner ForbesPublisher:
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Category : Vermont
Languages : en
Pages : 1304
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The Vermonter
Author: History of Washington Co., New York
Author: Crisfield JohnsonPublisher:
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Category : Washington County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 816
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