Saluda Old Town Treaty July 2, 1755 - Saluda, SC
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jhuoni
N 34° 00.099 W 081° 46.349
17S E 428663 N 3762607
This mural depicts the meeting between Native Americans and the Govenor, handing over their land.
Waymark Code: WMJTQX
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 12/30/2013
Views: 7
Text:
At Old Saluda Town, about ten miles north of here, July 2, 1755, Governor Glen obtained from Old Hop and other chiefs of the Cherokee Nation the cession of the territory embraced by the present counties of Spartanburg, Cherokee west of Broad River, Union, Newberry, Laurens, Greenwood, Abbeville, McCormick, Edgefield, Saluda and a part of Aiken.
Erected 1998 by Ralph H. Waldrop
There is also a plaque with the same text located on the west entrance to the Saluda County Courthouse, approximately 300 feet to the southwest of this mural.
City: Saluda
Location Name: C.B. Forrest and Sons Building
Artist: Ralph Waldrop
Date: 1998
Media: Paint Unknown on Concrete
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