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Select from the Links below:
Columbia is Born:
1785: Captain John Compty and the Land ownership map of the pre-Columbia area.
1786: Land sale and creation of Columbia "The Capital City"
1786-1791: Early Columbia Ferries.
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Let\'s go Bridging:
1791: The Hampton and Compty Bridges.
1792-1799: Bridges rebuilt... The problem with wood piers and iron anchor bolts.
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Family Ties on the Broad River:
1797: John Compty, Elizabeth Stanley, and Henry McGowan.
1799: Compty\'s death. Elizabeth Compty marries Henry McGowan
1799: Compty\'s bridge falls. The McGowan\'s start a Ferry.
Locating the Compty Bridges.
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Ferries between River Neighbors:
1801-1810: Friends at First: The McGowan\'s and Alexander B. Stark.
1811: Christopher Sharp Does one up on the McGowan\'s and Stark.
1812-1820: Ferry Recharter and the feud: McGowan vs. Stark.
1820: The amazing Blackburn/Coate Survey
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Ferrymen gone. Bridges back in:
1821-1823: The end for Henry McGowan and Alexander B. Stark.
1825: Elizabeth\'s and Sarah\'s Ferries and the Broad River Bridge Company.
1829: again, a Bridge over the Broad.
Locating the Broad River Ferries and Bridges.
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Land changes hands:
1843: Sarah Stark dies. Huffman\'s move in.
1844: The amazing Lexington County Plats.
What happen to Elizabeth McGowan?
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Civil War to the 20th Century:
1865: The Wild Goose Chase: Locating the Confederate Broad River Bridge.
1867: The amazing 1867 and 1870 Surveys.
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Physical Evidence
Photos of evidence around the Confederate Bridge Site
Photos of evidence around the McGowan Ferry Site
Photos of evidence around the Stark Ferry/Sherman Pontoon Crossing Site
Photos of evidence around the Compty 1791 and 1796 Bride Sites
Nice view of today\'s bridge from the Compty 1796 Bridge site
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Where did I get my information?
Basic Sources
XLS Spreadsheet of Sources/References.
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