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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20VD_old-campground-cemetery_Lyons-GA.html
Founded Circa 1820 as a meeting place for circuit riding ministers, Old Campground added a cemetery in 1853. It contains some of the oldest graves in Toombs County. There are three Confederate veterans buried here, including Lt. Gordon K. Fort, 24…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1458_paul-anderson_Vidalia-GA.html
Paul Anderson was born October 17, 1932 in Toccoa and attended Furman University where he began lifting weights. In 1955 he traveled as a goodwill ambassador from the United States to the Soviet Union and there his lifting surpassed many world rec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBXV_toombs-county_Lyons-GA.html
Toombs County was created by Act of Aug. 18, 1905 from Emanuel, Montgomery and Tattnall. It was named for Gen. Robert Augustus Toombs 1810-1885), of Wilkes County, Congressman and Senator. One of the chief organizers of the Confederate government,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBXF_home-of-the-vidalia-sweet-onion_Vidalia-GA.html
One of the first crops of Vidalia Onions was commercially grown near this site in 1931 by Moses Coleman, a local farmer. The onion is planted in a 20 county area from September through February and is harvested from late April through early-June. …