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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXIM_first-public-camellia-show_Macon-GA.html
After a revival of interest in camellias, the first public Camellia Show in the U.S. was held Feb. 5, 1932 at Burden-Smith & Co. At the suggestion of Henry T. Conner, immediately after the show, the Azalea and Camellia Soc. of America, forerunner …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXIG_m-w-grand-lodge-of-georgia_Macon-GA.html
The first Masonic meeting in Georgia was held in 1734 at the town of Sunbury in what is now Liberty County, with General James Edward Oglethorpe serving as Worshipful Master. This was just seventeen years after the formation of the Grand Lodge of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXHH_colonial-trading-path_Macon-GA.html
Colonial Trading Path or "Lower Path" joined the heart of the Creek Nation on the Chattahoochee River to the English Trading Post in Ocmulgee Old Fields, now Ocmulgee National Monument. Here the chief towns of the ancient Creek Confederacy stretch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXGO_william-bartram-trail_Macon-GA.html
During his 1775 visit, Bartram noted this area "exhibited a delightful diversified rural scene and promises a happy, fruitful, and salubrious region."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXGG_christ-church_Macon-GA.html
The Reverend Lot Jones, while on a missionary tour of Georgia, founded Christ Episcopal Church on March 5, 1825. It was the first congregation organized in Macon. On December 26, 1826, the Georgia General Assembly enacted, "that Christopher B. Str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX6U_in-memory-of-max-meyerhardt_Macon-GA.html
Worshipful Master of Cherokee Lodge No. 66, F. & A. M., Rome, 1885-1923; Worshipful Master of the Seventh District Masonic Convention, 1897-1923; Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia 1900-1907; High Priest Rome Chapter No. 26, R.A.M; 1893-18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX5L_in-memory-of-j-wilson-parker_Macon-GA.html
In Memory of J. Wilson Parker June 26, 1895 ——— July 27, 1966Grand Master 1940Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Masonic Home of Georgia, 1946-1966Raised in Fairburn Lodge No. 180, F. & A. M., 1920; Worshipful Master 1923 and 194…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU8Y_the-dunlap-house_Macon-GA.html
The only battles fought at Macon took place here. Twice the Federals attacked Macon, emplanting their cannon on this farm, and twice they were repulsed. In the first attack under Gen. Stoneman on July 30, 1864, they shelled Macon from 10 A.M. unti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU7O_mercer-university_Macon-GA.html
Founded in Pensfield, Georgia, January 14, 1833, as Mercer Institute, Mercer University, the "oldest child" of the Georgia Baptist Convention, has been the chief source of Baptist ministerial and lay leaders through the years. Among the many notab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU7M_the-first-presbyterian-church_Macon-GA.html
Organized as the Presbyterian Church of Macon on June 18, 1826, by the Rev. Benjamin Gildersleeve and the Rev. Joseph C. Stiles, the church dedicated this house of worship, its third, on September 19, 1858, at the close of the ministry of the Rev.…