South Carolina, Saluda County Historical Society Historical Markers

By Cindy Bullard, March 5, 2010

Hare’s Mill Marker (reverse)

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1 ► South Carolina, Saluda County, Delmar — 41-10 — Hare’s Mill —

[Front] Hare’s Mill, which stood here on Cloud’s Creek, was a large grist mill owned by James Hare (1838-1929). Hare bought the mill from the Rinehart family in 1885 and moved it here. The two-story mill ground both corn and wheat, using . . . — — Map (db m28221) HM

2 ► South Carolina, Saluda County, Owdoms — 41-7 — Faith Cabin Library Site — Reported missing

Built in 1932 about ½ mi. NE and stocked with donated books, this library was the first of over 110 libraries founded by W.L. Buffington for rural blacks. — — Map (db m28224) HM

3 ► South Carolina, Saluda County, Saluda — 41-14 — Ambush at Mine Creek —

On November 3, 1775, Loyalists ambushed a supply wagon nearby, in a prelude to the first land battle of the Revolution in S.C. The Council of Safety sent gunpowder and lead to the Cherokees in an effort to prevent their siding with the Crown. Capt. . . . — — Map (db m195993) HM