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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24ZF_the-oconee-river-railroad-bridge_Buckhead-GA.html
Just below where the Apalachee River joins the Oconee River the Georgia Railroad constructed a massive bridge in the early 1840s, eventually connecting Augusta by rail to the newly-established town of Marthasville (now named Atlanta). It was "a fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22M8_progressive-experiment_Madison-GA.html
The 1906 Perry Act established college-prep boarding schools for rural youth in each of Georgia's12 congressional districts. Morgan, Putnam, and Wilkes counties submitted proposals for the 8th District Agricultural & Mechanical School campus, even…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22M7_early-academies_Madison-GA.html
Early academies were private, state chartered institutions. Only a year after the town founding in 1809, commissioners were appointed to organize Morgan County's first academy, officially incorporated as the Madison Academy in 1815. Both male and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22M6_early-public-forum_Madison-GA.html
Common among the counties during the settlement period, Morgan County (1807) first transacted public business at a private residence - Fields Kennedy's home. After Madison was designated as the county seat in 1808 until the construction of a forma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2146_matthew-talbot_Madison-GA.html
In Memory of Matthew Talbot B. Nov. 27, 1729 Virginia, and his son William Talbot D. 1831 in Walton Co., GA. William bought this land in 1807 and built his home here. Both men served in the Revolutionary War. Burial sites unknown.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y8S_rutledge-station_Rutledge-GA.html
In the early 1860s Rutledge was a community of about 200 citizens. It was named for a local family that had owned property through which the Georgia Railroad was built. Farms and plantations dotted the area around the railroad station and small vi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y8O_madison-station-historical_Madison-GA.html
The original foundation and some of the brick walls of the Madison Depot burned by Federal troops on Saturday, November 19, 1864, are still evident in the existing structure. It was one of the first brick depots on the Georgia Rail Road from Augus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y45_madison-train-station-historical_Madison-GA.html
Georgia Railroad chartered in 1833 reached Madison from Augusta in 1841. This, the first brick station in Georgia, was built by John B. Walker on land deeded by Adam B. Saffold. It was partially burned by federal troops Dec. 3, 1864. The first tra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15B9_in-memory-of-the-boys-from-morgan-county-georgia_Madison-GA.html
Erected by Henry Walton ChapterDaughters of the America Revolution
In memory ofThe Boys From Morgan County, GeorgiaWho fought in the World War
April 6, 1917 - November 11, 1918
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXMB_fairplay_Rutledge-GA.html
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of
FairplayOne of the older communities in Morgan County, Fairplay is identified on county maps as early as 1839. Fairplay did not have a ra…