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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y3A_horace-king-1807-1885-historical_LaGrange-GA.html
Born a slave, Horace King became a master builder who constructed covered bridges over every large river between western Georgia and eastern Mississippi. King gained his freedom in 1846 through the Alabama legislature with the aid of his master, J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y38_lynching-in-america-raising-a-voice-against-racial-violence-historical_LaGrange-GA.html
Lynching in America Thousands of black people were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to intimidate b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y36_mulberry-street-cemeteries-historical_LaGrange-GA.html
The Mulberry Street cemetery complex served the people of LaGrange and the South between 1863 and at least the 1930s. The oldest section is the Stonewall Jackson Confederate Cemetery where soldiers from all thirteen Southern states are buried. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CVR_troup-county_LaGrange-GA.html
The Georgia State Legislature established Troup County and four other counties in West Georgia in 1826. After choosing a location near the geographic center of the county, local leaders named the new county seat after Chateau de Lagrange the Frenc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CDT_giants-causeway-and-bushmills-railway_LaGrange-GA.html
The Giant's Causeway railway provides a passenger link between the historic town of Bushmills and the famous basalt stone columns of the Giant's Causeway World Heritage Site. The Railway is an interesting heritage experience and travels along a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CDS_lafayette_LaGrange-GA.html
Born at the Ch?teau de Chavaniac Auvergne, France, on September 6, 1757, Gilbert Motter De Lafayette became at age 19 a Major General on Georgia Washington's staff. He Played a vital role in the defeat of GeneralCharles Cornwallis at Yorktown, Oct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOU5_bellevue-home-of-sen-benjamin-harvey-hill_LaGrange-GA.html
Benjamin Harvey Hill, one of the first to proclaim the New South industrial rather than agricultural, was born at Hillsborough, Jasper County, Sept. 14, 1823. Reared on a farm at Long Lane, Troup County, graduated with first honors at the Universi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQQ_lagrange-college-1831_LaGrange-GA.html
LaGrange College is the oldest non-tax supported institution of higher education in Georgia. It was chartered in 1831 as LaGrange Female Academy. The charter has been changed three times as the trustees altered the name to LaGrange Female Institut…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQO_lagrange-college-1831_LaGrange-GA.html
LaGrange College is the oldest non-tax supported institution of higher education in Georgia. It was chartered in 1831 as LaGrange Female Academy. The charter has been changed three times as the trustees altered the name to LaGrange Female Institut…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQ8_bellevue_LaGrange-GA.html
Bellevue, home of United States Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill (1823-1882), was built in 1854-55 and typifies the Greek Revival architecture popular in the Old South. Jefferson Davis and other Confederate celebrities were frequent guests here. At th…
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