Converse Heights

Historical marker location:

Spartanburg, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Mills Avenue and East Main Street (U.S. 29), in the median on Mills Avenue.)

Marker installed: 2008

The Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, known as the "Swamp Fox," was from South Carolina. Marion was a skilled guerrilla fighter who used the state's swamps and forests as cover to launch surprise attacks against the British.