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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO0W_troup-county-academy_LaGrange-GA.html
The first school in Troup County opened in LaGrange in 1828, just months after the county's organization. Located just east of this spot, Troup Academy shared the lot with Hill View Cemetery. The county owned the building while a Board of Trustees…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFAL_tenth-street-school_West-Point-GA.html
Constructed in 1931, Tenth Street School provided an education for African-Americans in all grades. Over the years, graduates distinguished themselves in education, law, medicine, religion, government, and military. In 1956, a new school was built…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEQK_william-hogan-plantation_Hogansville-GA.html
William Hogan, born January 20, 1804, established a plantation in the 1830s encompassing much of the present town of Hogansville. When he gave the right-of-way to the railroad in 1849, he stipulated that a depot be built where the railroad crossed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPM_horace-king-bridge-builder_LaGrange-GA.html
Born a slave September 8, 1807, Horace King became a noted builder of covered bridges and public buildings. His talents developed under the instruction of his master and friend, John Godwin. In 1846, Godwin secured King's freedom through the Alaba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMENB_dr-ulrich-bonnell-phillips_LaGrange-GA.html
Dr. Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, historian, author, and teacher, was born Nov. 4, 1877, in or near LaGrange. He graduated from the University of Georgia and Columbia University, earning his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1902. His Ph.D. dissertation, Georgia …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9JJ_fuller-earle-callaway-sr_LaGrange-GA.html
Born in LaGrange July 15, 1870, Fuller E. Callaway was a textile manufacturer, merchant, and philanthropist. In 1888, he established his first business on LaFayette Square just west of this point.
Organizing and operating textile mills, banks, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JC_george-michael-troup_LaGrange-GA.html
George Michael Troup was born September 8, 1780 and died April 26, 1856. During Troup's tenure as Governor of Georgia (1823-1827), Troup County was created on December 16, 1826. Boundaries of original Troup County extended from the Flint River on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JA_troup-factory_Pine-Mountain-GA.html
Troup Factory, first cotton mill in Troup County, Georgia, was established in 1846 on Flat Shoals Creek by Robertson, Leslie & Co., of Meriwether County. Water powered carding, spinning and weaving, in a massive four-storied mill, produced famed q…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6R9_confederate-dead_LaGrange-GA.html
About 300 Confederate soldiers are buried here, most of whom died of wounds or disease in the several Confederate hospitals located in LaGrange. Most of these men served in the Confederate Army of Tennessee and participated in many bloody engageme…