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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO6N_sunnyside-school-midway-baptist-church-and-midway-cemetery-historic-district_Pine-Mountain-GA.html
The community building and spaces in the Sunnyside/Midway Historic District reflect rural Harris County in the 1920's. Sunnyside School was built by local residents in 1921 to consolidate several one-room schools. It was used as an elementary and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO61_bartletts-ferry-dam-antioch-baptist-church_Passaic-GA.html
Rev. Simpson Wilson Barley (1827-1884), minister and doctor, operated a ferry, known as Bartley's Ferry, 1 ½ miles west on the Chattahoochee River. He preached at the nearby Antioch Baptist Church, one of the earliest in this section, and is …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF52_whitesville-methodist-episcopal-church-south_West-Point-GA.html
(Side 1):The Methodist church in Whitesville had its origins about 1828 in meetings held at the home of Reuben Mobley. The First Methodist Church was founded in the early 1830s and by 1837 the decision was made to erect a church for the growing co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF3I_callaway-gardens_Pine-Mountain-GA.html
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Callaway Gardens was founded in 1952 by Cason Callaway, Sr. and his wife Virginia Callaway, for the purpose of preserving the native flora of the southern United Sates in a natural setting for the public to enjoy. At one time, this a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF3D_u-s-s-harris-county_Hamilton-GA.html
This bell was presented to Harris County by LST 822, U.S.S. HARRIS COUNTY, commissioned Nov. 23, 1944. Carrying the commander of LST Group 68, she led fourteen convoys through enemy waters without a casualty.
LST U.S.S. HARRIS COUNTY participat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF3C_harris-county_Hamilton-GA.html
This county, created by Acts of the Legislature Dec. 14 & 24, 1827, is named for Charles Harris, eminent Savannah jurist. Born in England and educated in France, he served Savannah as Alderman or Mayor for 20 years, refusing higher offices. The fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEUW_camp-mckenzie_Philadelphia-GA.html
Side 1:On this site was Camp McKenzie, a 350 acre tract used for approximately 75 years as the official campsite for the local councils of the Boy Scouts of America. Under the leadership of W. W. McKenzie and Fred H. Schomburg, together with J. Ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEUA_b-f-white_Hamilton-GA.html
Song writer, teacher, editor, lived in Hamilton, 1843-c.1868, was mayor, 1865. Near this spot in 1844 he published Sacred Harp, a "fa-sol-la" acappella singing school book now in its 14th edition.
White taught in a local academy, conducted sin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMETJ_hamilton-female-college_Hamilton-GA.html
The Hamilton Female College was chartered in 1853 in southern Harris County. It was located on what was known as College Hill. Asbury Johnston and Stephen A. Borders donated the property for the college. The Hamilton Female College was the first c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMETI_kingsboro-cataula_Cataula-GA.html
At KINGSBORO, 3 mi. S., Ga.'s first narrow gauge railroad (North & South RR), chartered in 1870 (Columbus to Rome), ended in 1873. CATAULA (Big Rock) is a Creek name. Clowers Meth. Church, organized as "Providence" in 1829, was built of logs by Th…