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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XJH_the-big-oak-historical_Thomasville-GA.html
The Big Oak
Thomasville, GA
Age c. 335 Yrs.
Spread 160 Feet
Height 68 Feet
Trunk 27.5 Ft. Circ.
Variety Live Oak
Property of
Thomasville Garden Club, Inc.
and
City of Thomasville
1787 1987
Arborist Association
a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR0J_finney-general-hospital_Thomasville-GA.html
Finney General Hospital, named in honor of Brigadier General John M.T. Finney, was authorized September 30, 1942, and dedicated June 16, 1943, on this site. Finney was one of sixty Army hospitals across the country built to care for sick and wound…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI5B_birthplace-of-jackie-robinson_Thomasville-GA.html
Robinson was born here on January 31, 1919 before he and his family moved to California in 1920. After attending U.C.L.A., serving in the U.S. Army, and playing in the Negro American Baseball and International Leagues, Robinson joined the Brooklyn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFBK_flowers-baking-company_Thomasville-GA.html
Brothers William Howard Flowers & Joseph Hampton Flowers Jr. opened Flowers Baking Company, the first commercial bakery in Southwest Georgia, on this site on November 4, 1919. The following morning, 500 loaves of "Flowers Quality Bread" were sold …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9MB_old-coffee-road_Thomasville-GA.html
The Old Coffee Road, a pioneer vehicular and postal route, passed here. Beginning at the Ocmulgee River, below Jacksonville, it ran some 120 miles viatoday Lax, Nashville, Cecil, Barwick and Thomasville to the Florida Line. The thoroughfare was op…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9LH_civil-war-prison-camp_Thomasville-GA.html
Confederate authorities, fearing a raid on Andersonville by Sherman's marching army, chose Andersonville as a safe, temporary prison camp. Five thousand Federal prisoners were brought here on the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Line via Blackshear in t…