Rodney J. Putz

1939 – 1994

In memory of

Rodney J. Putz

1939 – 1994

This living garden has been

planted in memory of

Rodney J. Putz.

Visionary, Entrepreneur,

Leader, Teacher, Mentor,

Friend, Brother, Father,

Husband, Great Human

Being, and key to the success ...

Shades Crest Road Historical District

Indian, Wagon Trail, now Shades Crest Road, led to popular chalybeate springs. Summit, now Bluff Park, was a resort known for its view, cool air and healing mineral water. In 1899 school / church was built. In 1909 Bluff Park ...

The Granary

Our History

Background

What is a Granary?

A granary is a storage facility for grains. Granaries have been built from ancient times, with the oldest granaries dating back to 9500BC! Originally, they were carved into the ground or rock, or made of clay. ...

Bellevue, Home of Sen. Benjamin Harvey Hill

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Benjamin Harvey Hill, one of the first to proclaim the New South industrial rather than agricultural, was born at Hillsborough, Jasper County, Sept. 14, 1823. Reared on a farm at Long Lane, Troup County, graduated with first honors at the ...

Karl Jansky Radio Astronomy Monument

At this location in 1931, Karl Jansky, a Bell Laboratories physicist and radio researcher, recorded for the first time radio signals from beyond the Earth. The source of these signals—radio noise at a wavelength of 14.6 meters—was the center of ...

Old Post Road

This road on the right

was established in 1736 by

Gen. James Oglethorpe.

First postal route south of

Savannah Stage Coach Road

and line of march

of Revolutionary Soldiers.

Saint John's Parish Chapter

Daughters of the American Colonists

March 3, 1950

Marker is on South Coastal Hwy (U.S. 17) ...

Governor Mathews' Homesite

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George Mathews born in Va. in 1739, of Irish descent, lived in this area then known as “Goose Pond” from 1785. His home since burned. He won distinction fighting Indians in the N.W. Ter. and in 1775 ...

Birthplace of John Milton Hay

Birthplace of

John Milton Hay

A man of Letters, a Statesman

and a World Renowned Diplomat

of our Country

Marker is on South College Avenue south of East Market Street (a.k.a.: Old State Rd. 160), on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy ...

Pierce Memorial Methodist Church

One of the early Methodist Churches in this section, Pierce Memorial was first called Rocks Church, then Pierce Chapel for Bishop George F. Pierce, leading Georgia Methodist. The first building was erected across the road by slave labor soon after ...

Lake Durant

Lake Durant

Named in Honor Of

William West Durant

1850 - 1934

Who Devoted Much of his Life To

Developing the Adirondacks And

Making Known their Beauties

Marker can be reached from New York Route 30.

Courtesy hmdb.org