Home of Joseph Henry Lumpkin

Georgia's First Chief Justice

Joseph Henry Lumpkin, born in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Dec. 23, 1799, entered the University of Georgia at fifteen, completing his college education at Princeton, New Jersey, in 1819. Lumpkin passed the bar in 1820 and began practicing ...

Watson Mill Bridge

Built by W.W. King in 1885, Watson Mill Bridge is Georgia’s longest existing covered bridge. Of the Town lattice type it has four spans and is 236 feet long.

Covered primarily to protect the structural timbers, the bridge served local traffic, ...

Let Freedom Ring

This plaque is dedicated to the memory of the innocent victims of the September 11, 2001 attack on America and to the heroic men and women of the Fire Department of the City of New York, the New York ...

World War I

German 77 M.M. Trench Mortar

New Model "96" made in 1916. This Leichte Minenwerfer, "Light Bomb Thrower" was captured by the French Army and presented to the United States Government by the Government of France.

It weighed 550 lbs. when in action ...

Astronomical Alignments

American Indians who built Fort Ancient used the sun and moon to measure time. By observing the rising location of these celestial objects they knew when to gather together for religious or social events or when to plant crops. They ...

Elite Confectionary

Elite Confectionary

The Elite Confectionary was located on the ground floor of the Buckler Building and was a popular soda fountain in the early years of the 20th century. It was noted for its chocolate covered ice cream baseballs along with ...

Washington's Southern Tour

During his Southern tour of 1791, President George Washington visited Augusta--at that time Georgia`s capital--from May 18-21. Washington met with Governor Edward Telfair and other "principal gentlemen of the place," including George Walton and John Twiggs; attended a ball at ...

Cold Spring

Erected

in memory of

Gen. John C. Freemont

“The Pathfinder”

a former resident

A.D. 1913

Marker is on N Broadway (U.S. 9), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Field Hospitals - First Corps

Medical Department

Army of the Potomac

Medical Department

Field Hospitals

First Corps

The Division Field Hospitals of the First Corps were located July 1st at the Lutheran Theological Seminary, the Penna. College, the Courthouse, and other churches and buildings in Gettysburg. When these fell into ...

Place of the Poplar Boundary Tree

North Lat. 35 Deg. 30 Min.

on Southern Boundary Line of lands allotted to the earl of Granville, one of the lords proprietors, in 1743 by the British Crown.

The dividing line between Burke and Rutherford counties ran here until after 1792.

Beginning ...