Linda, Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately the quote in the book is about the brother of Gen. Johnston but since it is about an old landmark in Columbia I will cite it: The heading is "Sidney Park" and it is a quote from The Daily Register in answer to a letter from Edwin Scott about the origin of Sidney Park. "The hill side above the springs that supply the city with water, extending from Gov. Taylor's (now Judge Haskell's) residence, to and beyond Shields' foundry, was of solid red clay, scored and scarred by a number of deep gullies that made it very rough and unsightly. A.B (Sid) Johnston, being in the City Council, proposed that a wide level road should be made around the springs some distance above them, by cutting down the hill, and that the portion below the road should be fenced in and converted into a public park, by planting it in grass, trees, flowers and shrubbery, with roads or paths graded and running through it to the several springs which should be opened and protected by brick or stone enclosures, having seats at various points for the convenience of visitors and thus making it a place of pleasant and healthful resort - an ornament instead of a nuisance and an eye-sore as it had been.This, the outline of his plan, was adopted by the Council, and a sufficient sum appropriated to defray the expense, Mr. Johnston directing, and for some time superintending, the execution. Now, is it not strange, that the very name of one who contributed so much to the comfort and convenience of our citizens should be misspelt over the portals of the park?" ( The name, as painted over the gate leading into the enclosure was "SYDNEY" Park but it has since been corrected. Such is earthly fame!!) "So thoroughly was the park known as the product of his brain and his hands that the Council, at the time of his death, I believe, ordered it, in his honor, to be called "Sidney Park". A brother of General Joe Johnston, he was for years State Printer, editor of the Columbia Telescope and other papers in Columbia, and was also the author and publisher of a small volume entitled "The Memoirs of a Nullifier", a very caustic and witty production." Blanche