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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24B5_the-fabulous-fifty-of-1906-the-delegates_Statesboro-GA.html
The Fabulous Fifty of 1906
On Saturday, December 1, 1906, Gov. Joseph M Terrell, Georgia's "education governor," came to Savannah to moderate the bidding contest for the historic First District's only Agricultural and Mechanical School. Bullo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23XP_willie-mctell-trail_Statesboro-GA.html
This trail commemorates Blind Willie McTell, 1903-1959.
The great Georgia songster spent part of his boyhoo0d in Statesboro and told the US Library of Congress in 1940: "Statesboro is my real home." William Samuel McTell, blind from birth, became…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM223C_world-war-ii-prison-camp_Statesboro-GA.html
In 1943-45, German and Italian prisoners of war harvested peanuts for Bulloch County's farmers, as well as pulling corn, collecting pecans, cutting cane, and helping with general farm jobs. Georgia was suffering from a severe labor shortage with s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21KB_first-district-agricultural-and-mechanical-school_Statesboro-GA.html
Georgia Southern University was founded as First District A&M in 1906. Bulloch County won a bidding war with Tattnall and Emanuel counties offering cash, 300 acres of land, and utilities worth $125,500. Often referred to locally as the "Colle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21KA_savannah-statesboro-railway_Statesboro-GA.html
This path follows the roadbed of the Savannah & Statesboro Railway (S&S RY), completed in 1899. It was created through the interests of timbermen and turpentiners and through the dreams of Statesboro citizens of becoming a railway center. The loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21DD_united-states-vs-darby-lumber-company_Statesboro-GA.html
The U.S. Supreme Court's 1941 decision United States vs Darby Lumber Co. is a landmark ruling in American legal history. The case affirmed the federal government's ability to regulate employment conditions, including a minimum wage, under the Inte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21D4_brooklet-georgia_Statesboro-GA.html
Brooklet, known for its avenue of oak trees, took shape at the end of the 19th century on property owned by A.J. Lee. Optimistic citizens built a new town beside the recently completed Savannah & Statesboro Railroad. Dr. H.K. Thayer, an early resi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21B7_statesboro-high-school_Statesboro-GA.html
In 1890 citizens organized and built the city's first school, the Statesboro Academy, at the corner of North Main and Church Streets. For ten years it served the needs of the community. In 1901 a growing city dedicated a new and larger school at t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21B6_eastside-cemetery_Statesboro-GA.html
Eastside Cemetery was established on this site in 1889 in response to citizens' requests for a central location for the burial of the dead. Early cemeteries, known is burying grounds, dotted fields of early Bulloch County family farms. Majestic ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20TQ_upper-lotts-creek-primitive-baptist-church-and-cemetery_Statesboro-GA.html
Organized circa 1829, the church was originally located at the home of Absolom Parrish and called Parrish Meeting House. Following a fire of the log structure on the Parrish farm, the congregation built a second log structure one and one-half mile…