The Sycamore Tree

The Sycamore Tree is a South Carolina historical marker in Lexington, Lexington County, dedicated 1973.

Lexington County · dedicated 1973 · (Old Two Notch Rd.) U.S. Hwy. 1, 4 mi. E of Lexington, Lexington

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This tree was planted from a cutting of the old sycamore tree that stood several hundred feet west of here on the historic Two Notch Road. Local tradition holds that a succession of sycamore trees had been at that site and used as a landmark or point of reference since the road was an Indian path and also that George Washington rested there in 1791.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Lexington County Historical Society

The Sycamore Tree

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