Click Here for everything you need to know to plan your visit to the President James Polk Birth place in Pineville, NC. North Carolina native and 11th US President James Polk, or “Young Hickory” as he was later known because of this association with fellow Carolinian Andrew Jackson, more than anyone else embodies the idea… Continue reading President James K. Polk Historic Site
Category: Carolina Personalities
Andrew Jackson State Park
While Andrew Jackson’s actual place of birth remains a mystery, both South Carolina and North Carolina claim to be his birth state. North Carolina has erected a monument on one possible site of Jackson’s birth. While South Carolina has built a State Park with a museum, park lake, hiking trails, picnic area, and campground at… Continue reading Andrew Jackson State Park
Andrew Jackson State Park Field Report
Andrew Jackson State Park – Field Report For more about Andrew Jackson and the State Park including everything you need to know to plan your visit, check out our Andrew Jackson State Park. Today’s excursion found me back in the Waxhaws with a visit to Andrew Jackson State Park in Lancaster South Carolina. Now, we… Continue reading Andrew Jackson State Park Field Report
Carolina Personalities: Francis Salvador
Carolina Personalities: Francis Salvador Today we’re taking a look at Francis Salvador who immigrated to South Carolina’s 96 District in 1773. Upon arrival he quickly took up the Patriot cause, and in 1774 was elected to South Carolina’s Provincial Congress. None of this would be particularly noteworthy if not for the fact that Salvador was… Continue reading Carolina Personalities: Francis Salvador