Adairsville, Georgia

Adairsville had its beginning in Oothcaloga Valley, two miles north of the present site. It was named for Cherokee Indian Chief John Adair, the son of a Scottish trader and a Cherokee Princess.

Adairsville moved in 1848 to Adair Station (established ...

Mother of Georgia's Pecan Industry

Recognized officially and designated in 1923 by the American Tree Association as “The Mother of Georgia’s Pecan Industry,” the giant seedling just west of this marker was planted in 1848 in the flower and fruit garden of Judge and Mrs. ...

Town of Oxford, Georgia Historic Shrine of the United Methodist

(Front):

In 1836 the Georgia Methodist Conference founded Emory College, named in honor of Bishop John Emory who had died the year before. Early in 1837. 1452 acres of land were purchased with 330 acres being set aside for the college ...

First Confederate Flag Raising in Georgia

On this Courthouse lawn the first Confederate flag raising in Georgia took place March 31, 1861. Judge David B. Harrell of Webster County, Capt. James Pickett of Red Hill, Dr. Harvis Pickett of Weston, with their companies of soldiers, trained ...

Central Railroad of Georgia Freight Depot

The Southwestern Railroad of Georgia was the first rail line to connect with Eufaula when the railroad bridge between Georgetown, Georgia and Eufaula was completed in late 1865. In 1867 the Vicksburg & Brunswick Railroad Company was formed to build ...

Native Americans on the Georgia Coast

Long before Europeans arrived in the New World,

the Savannah area was occupied by Native Americans.

The earliest Paleoindian groups migrated into coastal

Georgia as early as 10,000 B.C. The hunter-gathers

took advantage of rich estuarine resources as well as

upland plants and animals. ...

Site of First Church Building in Cuthbert, Georgia

The first church building in Cuthbert was erected on this site in 1839. Deacons Stephen Lundy and Allen Moye bought this lot from Jane Reynolds in 1837. The congregation of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, constituted in 1831, moved from their ...

Georgia O’Keeffe

Georgia O’Keeffe was born in Wisconsin in 1887. Her mother moved to Charlottesville in 1909 and rented the house here. Beginning

in 1912, O’Keeffe intermittently lived with

her mother and sisters. She took a summer

drawing class taught by Mon Bement at the ...

Dawson's Georgia Battery.

Eldridge's Artillery Battalion.

Dawson's Georgia Battery.

Two 12-PDR. Napoleons; Two 12-PDR. Howitzers.

Maj. J.W. Eldridge's Artillery Battalion.

Stewart's Div. Breckinridges's Corps.

1st Lieut. R.W. Anderson, Commanding,

1st Lieut. Henry S. Greaves,

2nd Lieut. R.H. Brown, 2d Lieut. W.G. Allen.

Nov. 25th, 1863, 4 P.M.

The battery came into position ...

Georgia Railway and Power Company Trolley Waiting Station

The Georgia Railway and Power Company, predecessor of Georgia Power, built this trolley waiting station in 1923. The waiting station served Druid Hills residential development when the streetcar line on Ponce de Leon Avenue was extended from downtown to East ...