Author : Claudette Holliday
Publisher : Donning Company Pub
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 31,34 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781578642236
Author : Claudette Holliday
Publisher : American Chronicles
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,81 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781596295254
From its beginning as a German-speaking frontier settlement to a vibrant modern community of the twenty-first century, Lexington has exemplified the American spirit throughout its generations. This book, made up of articles originally published in the "Lexington Yesterday" column in the Lexington Chronicle and Dispatch News, celebrates all the communities that make up the unique character of Lexington. Follow Claudette Holliday, historian and seventh-generation descendant of one of Lexington's first families, as she tells of Emily Geiger's patriotic ride during the American Revolution, the notorious escapades of Bloody Bill Cunningham, Lexington's murder "trial of the century" and other true tales from the area's rich history.
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Page : 144 pages
File Size : 36,55 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Colleton County (S.C.)
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Author : Williamsburg County Historical Society
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,35 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Williamsburg County (S.C.)
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Author : C. Crosby Rice
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 22,16 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Fairfield County (S.C.)
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Author : Tim O'Briant
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 30,54 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Aiken (S.C.)
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Author : Brent Holcomb
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 31,54 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Law
ISBN :
Author : Sharon R. Paeth
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 33,35 MB
Release : 2010-07-12
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439626278
Originally known as Saxe Gotha Township when it was created by the Colonial government in 1735, Lexington has a unique and rich history. The county began simply as a buffer between the city of Charleston and the Native Americans. Creative locals built a thriving business community in the area around the Congaree River in present-day Cayce, supporting trade between the colonists and the Native Americans. Emigrants from Germany and Switzerland were invited to become pioneers. They were independent, hard-working farmers who built the area into a strong and sustaining home despite numerous trials and tribulations. Native American wars, fires, Civil War, depressions, and world wars only solidified these settlers strong sense of ownership and pride in their county. Today visitors enjoy over 50 historical sites and recreation facilities.
Author : Howard Woody
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 25,98 MB
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Author : Howard Woody
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 29,23 MB
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738506098
From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "golden age" can today be considered works of art. A key link in the connection of South Carolina's four principal sections--the Piedmont, the Coastal Plain, the Pee Dee, and Savannah River Valley--Lexington County has provided an abundance of images that serve as a microcosm of the state's growth and development during the first third of the twentieth century. This fascinating new history of Lexington County showcases more than two hundred of the best vintage postcards available and allows readers a nostalgic view into another way of life: a mirror of a bygone day in largely rural but diverse settings, from The Fork in the southwest to the Dutch Fork in the northeast of the county.
