These Gates

Historical marker location:

Clemson, South Carolina

( Marker is on Old Greenville Highway (State Highway 93) west of Newman Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1989

Clemson University Centennial. 1889-1989.

The state of South Carolina was named after King Charles I of England, whose father, King James I, granted a charter for the colony in 1629.