Jefferson Davis Highway Marker - Columbia, South Carolina
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 34° 00.092 W 081° 01.941
17S E 497012 N 3762326
Stone monument on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse marking the route of the Jefferson Davis Highway in Columbia, South Carolina.
Waymark Code: WMGN8E
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GEO*Trailblazer 1
Views: 4

"The Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway was a planned transcontinental highway in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s that began in Washington, D.C. and extended south and west to San Diego, California; it was named for Jefferson Davis, who, in addition to being the first and only President of the Confederate States of America was also a U.S. Congressman and Secretary of War. Because of unintended conflict between the National Auto Trail movement and the federal government, it is unclear whether the Jefferson Davis highway ever really existed in the complete form that its founders originally intended." - Wikipedia

In South Carolina the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway extends 170 miles from the North Carolina border to Georgia border along U.S. Hwy 1. In Columbia in front of the Statehouse U.S. 1 is known as Gervais St. which this marker faces.
Condition: Immaculate

Date placed: 01/01/1923

Material: Stone

Inscription:
Jefferson Davis Highway Erected By The United Daughters Of The Confederacy 1923


Name of road: U.S. Hwy 1 - Gervais St.

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