From the Columbia Star, which I perused before my eye exam today. Really, when else do I read magazines or see the free paper?
By Warner M. Montgomery
Warner@TheColumbiaStar.comColumbia was the first planned city in the United States. The original grid of 1790 consisted of 20 streets running north- south named for Revolutionary War heroes and 20 running east- west named for native products.
Locals are thinking, what native products? Huh? Keep reading...
Over the years some of the original names have been changed. Upper Street became Elmwood Avenue. Lower Street became Heyward Street. Richardson Street was renamed Main Street when it became the commercial center. Others changed were Medium to College, Plain to Hampton, Walnut to Blanding, Lumber to Calhoun, Tobacco to Catawba, Indigo to Whaley, Gates to Park, and Winn to Gregg.
My personal fave intersections in this burg are Confederate & Bull, and Lincoln & Confederate. But Plain/Huger (if pronounced Huge-er) has a nice ring to it. Also Plain/Bull. You could put a woodworking factory on Assembly, between Lumber and Walnut.
Gauntlet thrown down....
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Gauntlet thrown down? Over what?
History?!?!?..... Heck – The Europeans would beat us at this game. Then look further east at Asia. No thanks. I’ll pick my battles carefully (grin).
Please keep sharing any historical trivia you discover on Columbia. Who knows…it may help me with some research.
BTW… I’m likely going to Cayce later today to do some research at their archives. Apparently they have a few good resources Mrs. Dell discovered. (Yea!).
I enjoyed the trivia. I especially like the intersection of Plain/Huger. Keep on sharing…..
BTW...I have a book on all the City of Richmond's streets origins.
Interesting read for the Richmonder.
The gauntlet was actually for great intersections. Either contrasts (cf. Lincoln & Confederate) or descriptions that work well in sentences("she's 'plain huger' than her skinny cousins.")
Got any?
One should also recall that the Lincoln Street of Columbia does not commemorate the sixteenth president of the United States, but Benjamin Lincoln, a general in the Revolutionary War. :-)
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