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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24B5_the-fabulous-fifty-of-1906-the-delegates_Statesboro-GA.html
The Fabulous Fifty of 1906
On Saturday, December 1, 1906, Gov. Joseph M Terrell, Georgia's "education governor," came to Savannah to moderate the bidding contest for the historic First District's only Agricultural and Mechanical School. Bullo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23XP_willie-mctell-trail_Statesboro-GA.html
This trail commemorates Blind Willie McTell, 1903-1959.
The great Georgia songster spent part of his boyhoo0d in Statesboro and told the US Library of Congress in 1940: "Statesboro is my real home." William Samuel McTell, blind from birth, became…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22LC_stilson-georgia_Brooklet-GA.html
When the Savannah & Statesboro Railway was completed in 1899, some of the stations along the track began to grow into villages. One of these was Stilson, named for Stilson Hutchinson who was instrumental in getting the Railway to pass through this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22ER_akins-mill-pond-the-families-of-akins-mill-pond_Statesboro-GA.html
Akins' Mill Pond
About 1883, using a narrow gauge railroad with mule drawn hopper cars, Green Barnes built a dam on the headwaters of Mill Creek, creating a 300-acre pond, which soon came into the possession of Barnes' son-in-law, Welcome Amos Ak…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2258_rigdons-mill-the-rigdon-cemetery_Statesboro-GA.html
Rigdon's Mill
On Mill Creek just north of this marker stood one of the oldest and long lasting water mills in Bulloch County. It was built about 1840 by Daniel Rigdon and his Irish son-in-law, William Gould, using picks, shovels, and barrows. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM223C_world-war-ii-prison-camp_Statesboro-GA.html
In 1943-45, German and Italian prisoners of war harvested peanuts for Bulloch County's farmers, as well as pulling corn, collecting pecans, cutting cane, and helping with general farm jobs. Georgia was suffering from a severe labor shortage with s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21US_register-georgia_Register-GA.html
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Register, Georgia, a small turpentine community with a largely agricultural heritage, grew into fruition at the turn of the twentieth century. Originally settled in 1855, the town was earlier known as Bengal, then Herschal. The settlem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21KB_first-district-agricultural-and-mechanical-school_Statesboro-GA.html
Georgia Southern University was founded as First District A&M in 1906. Bulloch County won a bidding war with Tattnall and Emanuel counties offering cash, 300 acres of land, and utilities worth $125,500. Often referred to locally as the "Colle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21KA_savannah-statesboro-railway_Statesboro-GA.html
This path follows the roadbed of the Savannah & Statesboro Railway (S&S RY), completed in 1899. It was created through the interests of timbermen and turpentiners and through the dreams of Statesboro citizens of becoming a railway center. The loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21DD_united-states-vs-darby-lumber-company_Statesboro-GA.html
The U.S. Supreme Court's 1941 decision United States vs Darby Lumber Co. is a landmark ruling in American legal history. The case affirmed the federal government's ability to regulate employment conditions, including a minimum wage, under the Inte…