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Rev. Daniel Marshall

Rev. Daniel Marshall

Born 1706, Died 1784,

Pioneer Baptist Minister,

Established Kiokee, the first

Baptist Church in Georgia in 1772

Erected by the people of

Georgia in 1903, in recognition

Marshall

Marker is on Appling Harlem Road (U.S. 221), in the median.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Rising Sun Tavern

Built about 1760 by Charles, the youngest brother of George Washington.

Owned by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.

Marker is at the intersection of Caroline St. and Fauquier St., on the left when traveling north on Caroline St..

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Fernando Símon Bolívar

1810–1898

Fernando Bolívar, a native of Venezuela, attended the University of Virginia in 1827. He was the nephew and adopted son of Símon Bolívar, The Liberator, who sent him to study in the “Republic of Washington and Jefferson.” A friend of ...

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Backstreet – Jamestown’s Main Street 1620-1699

As Jamestown expanded beyond the fort, the Virginia Company sent William Claiborne to survey lots in New Towne. There Ralph Hamor patented an acre and a half lot in 1624. Hamor’s deed made it clear that at least three streets ...

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First Grain Elevator

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The first grain elevator in Georgia was completed at Orchard Hill in 1946 by the Swint Seed and Grain Co. The original unit with a capacity of 106,000 bushels was filled with the 1946 crop, drawing grain from 200 miles ...

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Andreas Dahl

1844-1923

Andreas Dahl came to DeForest from Valdres, Norway in 1869. For more than a decade as an itinerant photographer in southern Wisconsin, he took pictures that captured the essence of life at that time. His studio stood to the north ...

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U.S.S. Maine Memorial

In Memoriam

U.S.S. Maine

Destroyed in Havana Harbor

February 15th 1898

This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine

Marker is at the intersection of Soundview Drive and Monument Drive, on the left when traveling west on Soundview Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Row Houses

Several Jamestown families lived in row houses. This row of three houses was occupied at least from 1560 through 1720. Elaborate ironwork found here suggested that the row was handsomely furnished. Perhaps the row was home to the government officials ...

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First Paving

Spalding was the first County between Chicago and Miami on the old Dixie Highway with a concrete highway running from county line to county line. A demonstration strip, completed Jan. 30, 1919, from the city limits of Griffin to and ...

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The Guerin House

Morristown National Historical Park

When Washington’s soldiers camped in Jockey Hollow, they occupied parts of blacksmith Joshua Guerin’s land. Parts of this house stood here then.

Marker is at the intersection of Jockey Hollow Road and Sugarloaf Road, on the right when ...

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