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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12Y8_attapulgus-cemetery-inc_Attapulgus-GA.html
This property was given to the Attapulgus Cemetery Inc. on Easter Sunday, April 15, 2001, by Dr. and Mrs. Charles Ross Hatcher Jr., To the Glory of God, Our Father, And in memory of his parents, Charles Ross and Vivian Miller Hatcher Sr.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12VY_attapulgus-presbyterian-cemetery_Attapulgus-GA.html
Perpetual Care FoundationLot given by J. H. Gibson 1850Pleasant Grove Presbyterian ChurchCemetery 1854 Resolution 1966Record Decatur Co, GA.In Memory Gibson, Chestnut, Cook,Pound & others by descendants.Initial gift W.P. Cook $1,000Church lot sal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11YI_gragg-lumber-company_Attapulgus-GA.html
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In 1926, brothers John, Earl, Wayne and Gilbert Gragg came from North Carolina to establish a sawmill six tenths of a mile north of here on the east side of Amsterdam Road. As the Gragg Lumber Co., they leased cutting rights on 16,00…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11YH_amsterdam-georgia-shade-grown-tobacco_Attapulgus-GA.html
(Side 1):Amsterdam, GeorgiaIn 1891, A. Cohn & Co. purchased 14,000 acres for tobacco cultivation and named it Amsterdam. At that time, the property was the largest tobacco plantation in the world under one ownership. In 1907, seven of the larger g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRF6_attapulgus_Attapulgus-GA.html
Side 1:Attapulgus was one of the first settlements in Decatur County, Georgia. It was first known as the Borough of Pleasant Grove. The name was changed when a post office was established in 1838. "Attapulgus" was taken from a Creek Indian word me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRDA_attapulgite-fullers-earth_Attapulgus-GA.html
Attapulgite - Side 1There are many types of Fullers Earth clay. Attapulgite is a unique type, found in the USA only in Decatur County, GA and Gadsden County, Fl. It is also found in Spain, Russia , and China. The unique nature of Attapulgite is, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9Z_attapulgus-high-school_Attapulgus-GA.html
Side 1:A male academy was established in Attapulgus in 1836 and a female academy in 1852. A four-room frame building was built on the site after establishment of public education in Georgia in 1872. In 1921 Mariola School joined Attapulgus and a f…