Georgia Southwestern State University

Georgia Southwestern State University was founded in 1906 as the Third Agricultural and Mechanical School. In 1926, the Legislature authorized the school to offer two years of college work and change the name to Third District Agricultural and Normal College. ...

Hapeville, Georgia

Hapeville is situated on the Central Railroad of Georgia, eight miles from Atlanta, upon a water-shed extending from Atlanta to Macon. When chartered on September 16, 1891, Hapeville was considered the most attractive suburban town around Atlanta because of her ...

Swainsboro Georgia Veterans Memorial

[VFW Emblem Plaque]

Dedicated

To the Glory of God and

To All Veterans Who Have

Served Their Country

In Peace or War

Marker is on West Main St, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Georgia’s Paul Revere

Along this road John H. Wisdom rode from Gadsden, Ala. to warn that a Federal force of over 2,000 men was approaching Rome to occupy the town, destroy foundries making ammunition for the Confederates and to cut Confederate communications (May ...

49th Georgia Infantry

Second Battle of Manassas

August 29, 1862

3:00 p.m.

Thomas’ Brigade, A.P. Hill’s Division

Left Wing (Jackson)

Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

49th Georgia Infantry

Lt. Col. S. M. Manning

“The enemy made a dash at our brigade, about 1500 strong, and broke our lines. It was a ...

The Georgia Volunteer

Spanish American Monument

[South Face (front)]:

To those

Georgians who

volunteered and

served their

country in the

Spanish American

War

[North Face (back)]:

Spanish * War * Veterans

1898 - 1902

Philippine Islands, Cuba, Porto Rico, U.S.A.

[West Face, added in 1946]:

A Tribute to that

Soldier · Comrade · Citizen

William L. Grayson

1870 1941

1st. Lieut. ...

45th Georgia Infantry

Second Battle of Manassas

August 29, 1862

3:00 p.m.

Thomas’ Brigade, A.P. Hill’s Division

Left Wing (Jackson)

Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

45th Georgia Infantry

Maj. W. L. Rice

“General Hill had sent a courier previously for us to get out but we failed to get the order. ...

Georgia Railroad Freight Depot

(Exterior sign): Downtown Atlanta’s oldest standing building. It was completed in April 1869 by Thomas Alexander, contractor and designed by Corput and Bass, architects.

A 1935 fire destroyed the upper floors and cupola. The building served its original purpose for nearly ...

Untitled (Georgia Railroad and Banking Company)

2200 feet to the southwest at a place indicated by a marker of the Georgia Historical Commission, Georgia Railroad and Banking Company on May 21, 1837 operated the first railroad in Georgia. It is the oldest railroad in Georgia continuously ...

The Georgia Navy

During the American Revolution four heavily-armed row galleys were constructed in Savannah for the Georgia Navy, all underwritten by the Continental Congress. In nearby Frederica River, beginning at dawn on April 19, 1778, Georgia galleys Lee, Washington, and Bulloch, commanded ...