General Thomas' Birthplace

General George H. Thomas, "The Rock of Chickamauga," was born on July 31, 1816, about five miles to the south. A graduate of West Point, Thomas sided with the Union during the Civil War and won distinction in the campaigns ...

Gov. Troup’s Tomb

George Michael Troup, twice Governor of Georgia, lies buried here beside his brother. He died Apr. 28, 1856 while visiting here at Rosemont, one of his many plantations. Troup was born Sept. 8, 1780, at McIntosh’s Bluff on the Tombigbee ...

6-pounder Gun

The 6-pounder was the prime artillery piece of the Mexican War and the smallest regulation gun of the Civil War. The Confederacy and the Union armies in the west used it extensively, but it was replaced in the Union armies ...

Lamar Electric Membership Corporation

Dedicated August 11, 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Rededicated to service 1988

E.J. Martin, Jr., President

W.H. Averett, Jr., V. President

J.H. Gunnels, Secretary

H.B. Cromer, Treasurer

J.H. Barnes, Jr. J.C. Caldwell

F.C. Chapman W.C. Elliott

B.A. Garner, Jr. S.R. Pippin

Harvey J. Kennedy, Jr., Attorney

Thomas M. Weldon, ...

William Mahone's Birthplace

Three and a half miles southwest, at Monroe, Major-General William Mahone was born, December 1, 1826. He served brilliantly in the Confederate army throughout the war, and won the title, "Hero of the Crater," at Petersburg, July 30, 1864. He ...

Roosevelt’s Barnesville Speech

On August 11, 1938, as many as 50,000 people gathered in the stadium of Gordon Military College for an address by President Franklin Roosevelt dedicating the Lamar Electric Cooperative, a project of the New Deal's Rural Electrification Administration (REA). As ...

Lamar Electric Membership Corporation Incorporating Board of Dir

REA Project 75 was chartered in February 1937 and was energized August 11, 1938, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It became Lamar Electric Membership Corporation. This day, January 23, 2005, as we change the name to Southern Rivers Energy, the ...

The TVA System of Multipurpose Dams

Nickajack Dam

The Tennessee River has its headwaters in the mountains of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. The main stream forms at Knoxville, where the Houston and the French Broad Rivers join.

The valley, 41,000 square miles in area, receives an ...

M-60A1 Patton Tank

This M-60A1 Patton tank presented by the New Haven American Legion

Weighs 60 tons

Top speed 30 mph

4 person crew

155mm canon

7.62mm & 50 cal. machine guns

M-85 anti-aircraft guns

Saw action in Yom Kipper and Desert ...

These Trees Planted in Memory of the Firefighters Who Died in th

These Trees Planted in Memory of the Firefighters Who Died in the Dude Fire June 26, 1990

Sandra J. Bachman • Joseph Chacon • Alex S. Contreras • James L. Denny • James E. Ellis • Curtis E. Springfield

Marker is on ...