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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21XN_lt-col-jefferson-m-lamar-c-s-a_Athens-GA.html
Lt. Col. Jefferson Mirabeau Lamar commanded Cobb's Legion Infantry at Crampton's Gap. Lamar graduated from the University of Mississippi before opening a law practice in Covington, GA. A month after his July 1861 marriage to his cousin, Mary Ann L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVJC_jeruel-academy-union-baptist-institute_Athens-GA.html
This academy was founded in 1881 at Landrum Chapel (Ebenezer Baptist Church, West) by the Rev. Collins Henry Lyons. In 1886 a new facility was constructed at this site, now on the University of Georgia campus. Here black youth were taught college …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ0Z_oconee-hill-cemetery_Athens-GA.html
Oconee Hill Cemetery was purchased in 1855 by the City of Athens when further burials were prohibited in the old town cemetery on land owned by The University of Georgia. In 1856, the City formed a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees to hold and m…
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Ben T. Epps - Georgia's First in Flight — designed, built and in 1907 flew the first airplane in the State of Georgia. He was born in Oconee County, educated in Clarke County, and attended Georgia Tech. A self-taught aviator, aircraft design…