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cache type Penn School cache size

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(Finds: 1  Score: 2)    (Hidden: 180  Score: 535)

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Coordinates (WGS-84 datum)
N 32° 23.266'   W 080° 34.588'
South Carolina   
United States    Near By Caches

Hidden On: 30 Dec 2006
Waypoint (Landmark): N02459
Open Cache:  Unrestricted
Cache type:  Virtual
Cache size:   Virtual

Difficulty: gps half gps (easy)
Terrain: gps half gps (easy)

Misc: No drinking water! No restrooms (water closets) available No pets are allowed. Parking is available No fees!

Comments:

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This is part of the South Carolina Historical Marker series.

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Marker Text:

PENN SCHOOL One of the first schools for blacks in the South, Penn School, was reorganized as Penn Normal, Industrial and Agricultral School in 1901. As a result of this change, incorporating principals of education found at both Tuskegee and Hampton Iinstitutes, Penn became an international model. Its program was removed to the Beaufort County school system in 1948.
Other side....After Union occupation of the sea islands in 1861, two northerners, Laura Towne and Ellen Murray, came to assist the freed blacks of the area establishing Penn School here in 1862. The earliest known black teacher was Charlotte Forten, who traveled all the way from Massachusetts to help her people.

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