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A baseball bat, glove, and ball are on a dirt field near home plate, ready for a game.

Jerry Martin, Olympia Mills

Jerry Martin, Olympia Mills, Baseball 1950s-1960s Jerry Martin grew up around the winning sports traditions of Olympia Mills.  He graduated from Olympia High school in the late 1960s.  He went on to play in the major leagues and make a career out of a game that most just enjoy as a past time.  Jerry started

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The Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill

The Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill, the Second Battle of Camden The 1st Maryland Continentals broke at the center of the American line just as the British began to charge up Hobkirk’s Hill on April 25, 1781.  The panic that ensued along the American front caused General Nathaniel Greene to withdraw despite his superiority in numbers.

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History of Jaco\’s Corner

HISTORY OF JACO’S CORNER August 2017 The intersection of Bluff Road and Rosewood Drive in Columbia has been known as Jaco’s Corner for over a century. The Jaco Family owned and continuously operated a business called Jaco’s Corner there on that corner. This intersection needs to be named officially by the City of Columbia because

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