Columbia in Richland County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

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Early Summer Resorts

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Inscription. Lightwood Knot Springs, situated about two miles north, a popular summer resort during the first half of the nineteenth century, was later Confederate training camp for recruits. A few miles east was Rice Creek Springs, another early summer resort and the site of Richland Polytechnic Institute, 1830-1845.

Erected 1938 by Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936. (Marker Number 40-32.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Parks & Recreational Areas.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 34° 6.709′ N, 80° 53.729′ W. Marker was in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County. It was on Two Notch Road (U.S. 1) near North Brickyard Road. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Columbia SC 29223, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in the Midlands.

It was also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Hewn by Hand for the Ages (approx. 1.6 miles away); Sesqui-Centennial State Park (approx. 1.9 miles away); The CCC Building Parks for America (approx. 1.9 miles away); Controversial Concrete (approx. 1.9 miles away); Challenging Park Segregation (approx. 1.9 miles away); In Memory of the John H. Rose Family

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(approx. 2.1 miles away); Killian School (approx. 2.7 miles away); Killian Road Baptist Church Cemetery Confederate Soldiers Monument (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Skirmish at Killian's Mill (was approx. 3.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

More about this marker. The South Carolina Department of Archives and History reports that this marker is “no longer extant.” They estimate its location used to be on U.S. 1 near Sesquicentennial State Park. We have placed it near an intersection that lead to the springs, about two miles north.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 22, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 186 times since then and 30 times this year.