Fair Forest Plantation / Emslie Nicholson House

Historical marker location:

Union, South Carolina

( Marker is on Cross Keys Highway (State Highway 49) ½ mile west of Riley Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2008

The USS Yorktown, a World War II-era aircraft carrier that now serves as a museum ship, is docked in Charleston Harbor. The ship played a key role in the Pacific Theater of the war, including the Battle of Midway.