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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1237_demorest-war-memorial_Clarkesville-GA.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTC9_summer-home-of-joseph-habersham_Clarkesville-GA.html
This was the summer home of Joseph Habersham of Savannah (1751-1815), Georgia patriot, Revolutionary War hero, and political leader. He was a Colonel in the Continental Army, a member of Continental Congress, and of the Georgia Convention that rat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTBM_the-unicoi-turnpike_Clarkesville-GA.html
The Unicoi Turnpike, first vehicular route to connect North Georgia and Tennessee with the head of navigation on the Savannah River system, passed here. Beginning on the Tugalo River to the east of Toccoa, the road led this way, thence across Naco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQYF_habersham-county_Clarkesville-GA.html
Habersham County was created by Acts of the Legislature, Dec. 15, 1818, and named for Joseph Habersham (1751-1815), of Savannah, who had a summer home near Clarkesville. He served in the Revolution as a Lieut. Col. in the Ga. Continental line; was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMILM_toombs-bleckley-house_Clarkesville-GA.html
On this site Colonel S. A. Wales built a house in 1833. Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885). United States Congressman, Senator, and Secretary of State, of the Confederate States, purchased it in 1879 for a summer home. General Toombs sold the property t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME0L_tallulah-falls-railway-and-depot_Clarkesville-GA.html
Construction of Tallulah Falls Railway began in 1871 at Cornelia, GA, reached Tallulah Falls in 1882, and extended to Franklin, NC, by 1907. As the northern terminus of the rail line for over twenty years, Tallulah Falls became a popular resort to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9FG_living-learning-in-the-mountains_Clarkesville-GA.html
Three local citizens, W. M. Loggans, B. B. Heyward and W. P. Furr, donated 300 acres of prime farm land to entice location of the Ninth District School of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, a boarding high school, on this site. Since 1906, thousands h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9C4_grace-protestant-episcopal-church_Clarkesville-GA.html
The first Episcopal service in Clarkesville was held Oct. 28, 1838 by the Rev. Mr. Ezra B. Kellogg, sent from N. Y. to the Diocese of Georgia as a missionary to this section. On Dec. 12, 1838, at his home, Grace Church was organized for three loca…