21 34 MARS BLUFF
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N 34° 12.289 W 079° 39.341
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Great brief history of the area on the sign in Mars Bluff area, just off US 76.
Waymark Code: WM100K6
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 02/03/2019
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21 34
MARS BLUFF
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By the 1835s J. Eli Gregg (1805-1875) ran a general store south of here. He built a new store on this site, across from the depot, when the railroad was completed in 1853. A blacksmith shop, cotton gin, grist mill, and saw mill made this the focus of Mars Bluff for many years. Gregg's original store burned by 1930, but a store operated on site until the 1950's.
Sponsored by the Samuel Bacot Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 2012.
21 34
MARS BLUFF
This is the center of Mars Bluff, a rural community 8 mi. across in both directions, bounded by the Great Pee Dee River, Black Creek, & Jefferies Creek. A ferry across the Great Pee Dee began operation in 1767. Patriot and Loyalist Militia later clashed in the area during the Revolution. Mars Bluff grew in both size and significance after the Wilmington & Manchester RR arrived in the 1850's
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Sponsored by the Samuel Bacot Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 2012.
Marker Name: Mars Bluff
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 21 34
County: Florence
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