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. ...

Memorial to the French Fleet

[ South side : ]

Near this spot

the French army of 6000 men

led by General Rochambeau

our allies

in the War for Independence

first set foot upon American soil

July XIII 1780

[ East side : ]

I welcome the news

of your arrival

A new mark of friendship

from ...

Toomers Corner And The Bank Of Auburn

This famous intersection, now known as Toomers Corner was named for businessman and State Senator Sheldon Toomer who founded the Bank of Auburn here in 1907. He served 45 years as bank President and 25 years on the Auburn City ...

Samuel Wetherill

(1821-1890)

Chemist, industrialist, inventor, and Civil War officer. In 1852 he developed a process for extracting white zinc oxide directly from zinc ore. In 1853 he founded the Lehigh Zinc Co., with a plant here, pioneering the manufacture of zinc spelter ...

The Underground Railroad in West Milton

Side A:

In the year 1798, several prospectors traveled north from their North Carolina homes in search of new lands for themselves and their friends. Four of these known Quaker prospectors were John Mast, Jr., Martin Davenport and David Hoover ...

Figures and Medallions of the Library Wing of Parliament Buildin

[Medallions, top row]

Milton – Sophocles – Shakespeare – Socrates – Dante – Homer

[Statues, anti-clockwise from the top left]

Colonel R.C. Moody

1813-1887

Commander of Royal Engineers in 1858, erected New Westminster as capital of B.C., planned the Cariboo Road.

David Thompson

1770 – 1857

Greatest ...

The Shannon Stock Company

Side A:

The Shannon Stock Company, also known as Shannon's Famous Players, was a traveling theatre company based in Wapakoneta from 1913 until the Great Depression. Founded by Harry Shannon, the group included his wife Adelaide, their children, Harry Jr. and ...

The Southern Campaign, Dec 1778 - Aug 1780

The American victory at Saratoga, New York, in October 1777, and France’s subsequent entry into the Revolutionary War as an American ally, forced British officials to abandon their effort to achieve victory in the northern colonies. Instead, they decided to ...

"The Magnolias"

Home of Clarence William Daugette

Dean of American College Presidents

President of Jacksonville State Normal-State Teachers

College 1899-1942

During an Educational Renascence in the South he was in

the forefront of the Alabama Educational System

President 1st National Bank 1934-1942

He married Anne Rowan Forney (1897) Daughter ...

The Southern Campaign, Aug 1780 - Apr 1781

After the American defeat at Camden in August 1780, the remnants of the Continental Army regrouped in North Carolina. Lord Cornwallis decided to follow up his victory with an invasion of that state, and advanced from Camden on September 8. ...