Alpharetta Business District

South of Jones Alley buildings have housed many businesses including A.G. Carroll store, Shirley Brothers Mercantile c. 1910, Jones Merchandise c. 1914, Teasley Ford Motor dealership, Milton County Bank c. 1910, Q.A. Wills Merchandise, Louie E. Jones Funeral Home c. ...

World War II Operation Pastorius / St. Johns County

Nazi Saboteurs Landed Here

World War II Operation Pastorius

Nazi Saboteurs Landed Here

On the night of June 16, 1942, German U-boat U-584 landed four trained Nazi agents here dressed as American civilians. After burying four boxes containing explosives and ...

Nathaniel H. and Waldo P. Cruce

1857 - 1925 and 1861 - 1904

Realizing it was believed by the general public that the spring water had some medicinal value and that people were coming great distances to drink the water for whatever ailments they had, Nathaniel H. ...

City Park Dedication

This land was dedicated to the

City of Eldorado Springs

for a park by

N. H. and W. P. Cruce

July 20, 1881

Courtesy hmdb.org

"Pulaski Square"

In Memory of Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski

Brave and famous Pole who

fell mortally wounded during

the siege of Savannah, GA. Oct. 11, 1779

while leading a detachment of cavalry

in an attack upon the

British lines.

Dedicated by the Manitowoc

Poles in commemoration of the 150th

anniversary of ...

El Dorado Spring

El Dorado Springs was founded around this spring in 1881 due to the waters medicinal value. The stone above marked its first site 75 ft. to the SE until 1890 when routed to this basin. During repairs in Sept. 1992, ...

The Revolutionary War in Petersburg

On April 25, 1871, a British army force of 2,500 soldiers under the command of Genera! William PhilIips attacked Petersburg, hoping to capture the American military supplies here and eventually link up with General Cornwallis’ army coming to Petersburg from ...

African-Americans in Petersburg

The Petersburg area has an extraordinarily rich African-American heritage. In 1625, most of the Africans in Virginia were servants at Flowerdew Hundred, nearby in Prince George County. In the 18th century, tens of thousands of newly enslaved Africans entered Virginia ...

Attapulgus Presbyterian Cemetery

Perpetual Care Foundation

Lot given by J. H. Gibson 1850

Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church

Cemetery 1854 Resolution 1966

Record Decatur Co, GA.

In Memory Gibson, Chestnut, Cook,

Pound & others by descendants.

Initial gift W.P. Cook $1,000

Church lot sale $1,000

Trustees

J.J. Lester, Last Elder Mrs. W.P. Cook

Mrs. Toulou ...

Petersburg Museums

Blandford Church

Blandford Church was built in 1735 as the seat of worship for colonists who were members of the Anglican Church. The church building was abandoned in 1806 when membership in its congregation dwindled as a result of the consecration ...