Randolph County

Randolph County was created by Act of Dec. 20, 1828 from Lee County. Originally Randolph County included all of what is now Stewart and Quitman and part of Terrell and Clay Counties. It was named for “John Randolph of Roanoke” ...

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 ...

Draper Park

Memorial to

Dr. John William Draper, 1811-1882

Chemist, Philosopher, Historian

First Photographed the

Human Face, 1839

Marker is at the intersection of Broadway (U.S. 9) and Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Broadway.

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Japanese Stone Lantern - Lighting the Way

Each year, the National Park Service and the National Council of State Societies conduct the Lantern Lighting Ceremony. The Embassy of Japan appoints a Cherry Blossom Princess for the occasion. As the audience counts down from five, the lantern ...

Wright-Patterson AFB

1927

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...

-John Gillespie Magee

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has led the nation throughout the evolution of U.S. military air superiority. When the original Wright Field was ...

Home of Gen. Joseph Wheeler

1836~1906

"Fighting Joe Wheeler"

Confederate Cavalry Commander

of Army of Tennessee.

Major~General, Cavalry,U.S.A.

in Spanish American War

Soldier~Statesman~Author~Planter

One of Alabama's representatives

in the Statuary Hall in Washington.

Marker is at the intersection of Alternate U.S. 72 and County Road 377, on the right when traveling east on U.S. ...

Patterson-McInnis Train

This locomotive, known locally as "Three Spot", often pulled 30 to 40 cars as it transported logs from area woodlands to the Patterson-McInnis Sawmill. Originally a wood burning engine thought to be built around 1915, it was converted to ...

The Bath & Barber Shop

"The bathing rooms now kept by Rev. S. S. Ball in the rear of his Barber's Shop are in elegant trim for the accommodation of his Friends and the public," advertised Elder Samuel S. Ball.His shop was on the ...

Townville Presbyterian Church

[Front]

This church, founded as Nazareth on the Beaverdam Presbyterian Church, was established in 1803. It met in members’ homes until they paid $1.50 for a half-acre tract and built a small frame church 2.5 mi. E. The founders’ cemetery there ...

Baptist Church

Baptist

Church

Erected 1793

Elijah Herrick 1st Pastor

Marker is on Polin Road (County Route 128) north of Oak Ridge Road (County Highway 129), on the right when traveling west.

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