Pickens

24 historical markers in South Carolina

Asbury F. Lever (1875-1940)

Clemson University, SC

Asbury Francis Lever served in Congress, 1901-1919.

Bowen’s Mill

Easley, SC

(Front) This mill was built about 1880 by Colonel Robert E. Bowen (1830-1909), Confederate officer, state representative, state senator,...

Central

Central, SC

(Front) The town of Central, chartered in 1875, grew up along what is now Gaines Street.

Cherokee Path

Six Mile, SC

(Front) The Cherokee Path was once part of an important trade network that connected the Upper, Middle, and Lower Cherokee towns in the...

Cherokee Village of Esseneca/Fort Hill Plantation of John C. Calhoun

Clemson University, SC

CHEROKEE VILLAGE OF ESSENECA (Front) Native Americans inhabited this site prior to the American Revolution.

Clemson University

Clemson University, SC

(Front) Clemson University was founded in 1889 as the Clemson Agricultural College of S.C., with its origins in the Morrill Land Grant...

Eastatoee Valley

Sunset, SC

(Front) Human settlement in this valley dates to the Clovis people, present as early as 13,000 years ago.

Fort Hill

Clemson University, SC

Home of/JOHN C. CALHOUN/1825-1850/United States Congressman 1811-1817/Secretary of War 1817-1825/Vice President of the United States...

Fort Hill Slave and Convict Cemetery/Woodland Cemetery Clemson

Clemson University, SC

FORT HILL SLAVE AND CONVICT CEMETERY (Front) African Americans enslaved at Fort Hill were buried along the hillside below the Calhoun...

Fort Hill Slave Quarters/Clemson College Convict Stockade

Clemson University, SC

FORT HILL SLAVE QUARTERS (Front) Located one-eighth mile from the main house, the Fort Hill slave quarters were described in 1849 as...

Fort Prince George

Six Mile, SC

(Front) Fort Prince George, covered by Lake Keowee since 1968, was built nearby in 1753, near the unofficial boundary between Cherokee...

Hagood Mill/Prehistoric Rock Carvings

HAGOOD MILL (Front) This grist mill was rebuilt in 1845 by James Earle Hagood (1826-1904), son of Benjamin Hagood (1788-1865), who had...

Hagood-Mauldin House

Pickens, SC

(Front) This house, built ca.

Hanover House

Clemson University, SC

(Front) Hanover House, built 1714-16 in what is now Berkeley County and moved to the Clemson College campus in 1941, is a fine example of...

Hopewell/Hopewell Indian Treaties

HOPEWELL (Front) Hopewell was the family home of General Andrew Pickens, Revolutionary War hero and Indian Commissioner, and his wife,...

Integration With Dignity, 1963

Clemson University, SC

(Front) Clemson University became the first white college or university in the state to integrate on January 28, 1963.

Keowee/John Ewing Colhoun

N Of Clemson, SC

KEOWEE (Front) 2 ¼ miles west is the site of Keowee built by John Ewing Colhoun as his upcountry seat in 1792.

Old Pickens Gaol

Pickens, SC

* Proposed location.

Old Stone Church/Old Stone Church Graveyard

Clemson, SC

OLD STONE CHURCH (Front) This church was built in 1797 for Hopewell (Keowee) Presbyterian congregation by John Rusk on land given by John...

Oolenoy Baptist Church

(Front) This church, named for the Cherokee chief, Woolenoy—the spelling was changed to Oolenoy in 1827—was organized in 1795 by Rev....

Pickens Railroad

Pickens, SC

(Front) The Easley-Pickens line was chartered in 1890 by the S.C. General Assembly.

Pickensville

Easley, SC

A town laid out at this site in 1791 called Rockville was officially named Pickensville the next year in honor of Gen. Andrew Pickens.

Pumpkintown

Pumpkintown, SC

This community, settled before 1800, was named "Pumpkin Town" by an anonymous early traveler awed by the sight of the Oolenoy Valley...

The Battle of Seneca Town/Fort Rutledge

THE BATTLE OF SENECA TOWN (Front) Seneca Town, on the Seneca River E of present-day Seneca, was one of several Cherokee “Lower Towns.

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