Old Federal Road

For the last eight miles this highway has followed closely the course of the Old Federal Road northeast Georgia’s earliest vehicular thoroughfare and first postal route. It led this way from the southeast Cherokee boundry, in the direction of Athens, ...

The Ferry at London Town

A Transportation Network

Ferries were a critical link in the colonial road system. The ferry crossing at London Town was part of a larger transportation network that extended from Virginia to New York, moving people and goods to market along with ...

Fountain City United Methodist Church

Fountain Head Campground

(Front):

Fountain City

United Methodist Church

Founded in 1825In 1824, E.F. Sevier, grandson of Gov. John Sevier, came to this area as a Methodist circuit rider. By 1825, a plot of ground was secured and Fountain Head became a "preaching place." ...

First Producing Gas Well In McMullen County And First Gas Pipeli

(South of Frio River, 1 Mi. NE)

Thirty year before the first producing gas well was drilled in this county, traces of salt water, sulphur, gas, and oil in water wells gave hints of the presence of petroleum here. For years ...

Fort Adair

Established in 1788, this fort was

used as a depot of supplies for

the Cumberland Guard, the militia

organization which supplied armed

protection for parties of emigrants

to the Cumberland Settlements,

later the town of Nashborough,

now Nashville

Marker is on North Broadway Street (U.S. ...

Site: Franklinville

When Lowndes County was created December 23, 1825, Lawrence Folsom, Sion Hall, William Blair, John J. Underwood and Daniel McCauly were appointed Commissioners to select the capital of Lowndes County. The site which they chose, named Franklinville, was designated County ...

Frierson School House

ca. 1886

Miss Sarah Jane (Janie) Frierson was a well known educator and the daughter of Dr. David Frierson, an early pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Anderson. Miss Frierson opened her one room school in the late 1880s. One ...

Bagdad Cafe

Route 66 Roadside Attraction

Originally built in the 1950s, this world-famous restaurant was the location of the 1988 film, "Bagdad Cafe," which became the new name of the restaurant in 1995.

Marker is on National Trails Highway, on the right when traveling ...

To the Faithful Slaves

[West Side]:

1860

Dedicated to

the faithful slaves

who, loyal to a sacred trust,

toiled for the support

of the army with matchless

devotion and sterling

fidelity [and] guarded our defenseless

homes, women and children during

the struggle for the principles

of our "Confederate States of

America."

1865

[East Side]:

1895

Erected by Sam'l E. White

in ...

Delegal's Fort

The first fortification built by the British on the South End of St. Simons Island was erected near this site in April, 1736, by soldiers of the South Carolina Independent Company under the command of Lieutenant Philip Delegal. Before coming ...