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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR7Y_americus-colored-hospital_Americus-GA.html
One of the earliest hospitals in southwest Georgia devoted to the care of African Americans, the Americus Colored Hospital opened in 1923. The majority of the funds needed to build the hospital were provided by Dr. W.S. Prather. Practice in the ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQWD_gassy-jack_Vancouver-BC.html
John Deighton was born in Hull, England. He was an adventurer, river boat pilot and captain, but best known for his "gassy" monologues as a saloonkeeper. His Deighton House Hotel, erected here on the first subdivided lot, burned in the Great Fire …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQWC_confederate-cemetery_Americus-GA.html
Here rest 129 Confederate soldiers — 45 of them "Unknown" — all of whom died in Confederate hospitals in Americus. These men served in the Army of Tennessee. Some were with Gen. Jubal Early in the Washington, D.C. raid in July, 1864. O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQVW_federal-headquarters_Americus-GA.html
When Federal forces occupied Americus in 1865, the Colonel in charge selected this beautiful Greek Revival house as his headquarters.
The house is believed to have been built circa 1855 by Willis A. Hawkins, associate justice of the Georgia Sup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQ2_confederate-hospitals_Americus-GA.html
Thousands of Confederate soldiers were patients at Foard Hospital on this site between August and December 1864. Following a disastrous fire and explosion on August 31, the patients were evacuated to the homes of townspeople and to the country; la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7EC_lindberghs-solo-flight_Americus-GA.html
The "Lone Eagle" first flew solo in early May, 1923 from Souther Field. Charles Lindbergh had come to Americus to purchase a surplus aircraft from the World War I training center. He chose a Curtiss JN4 "Jenny." He got the plane with a brand-new O…