Bishop Marvin A. Franklin

Marvin Augustus Franklin was born a few miles from here January 19, 1894 and early in life united with the Nacoochee Methodist Church. He was licensed to preach October 26, 1910 and joined the North Georgia Annual Conference at Elberton, ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- The Last Transcontinental Railroad

The Last Transcontinental Railroad

“It was the finest railroad in America.”

Those were the words of many former employees of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific (Milwaukee Road). This trail follows the route of that glorious railroad. The rails are gone ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- The End of the Road?

Time Runs Out for “America s Resourceful Railroad”

Never-ending financial problems, speedy new interstate highways and jets killed Milwaukee's passenger service to the Pacific Coast by 1961. Stiff freight competition and corporate mismanagement put an end to railroad service altogether in ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Bumps on the Milwaukee Road

In 1925, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company suffered the largest business failure in the history of the United States up to that time.

The bankruptcy resulted from a combination of problems related to the construction of its ...

Site of Encampment

Site of

encampment

of

Washington

and his

troops

June 26, 1778

Marker is on South Main Street ½ mile from Plainsboro Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Route of the Hiawatha- Rough Roads & Wrecks

High steel trestles, long curved tunnels and steep rocky embankments could be accidents waiting to happen…

But diligent, hard-working Milwaukee Roaders saw that relatively few wrecks shattered the quiet beauty of the Bitterroots. Occasionally destructive wrecks did occur.

Two steam ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Laboring in Luxury

For the price of a Pullman ticket, a common rail passenger could be waited upon and pampered in the grand manner of privileged gentry.

The Pullman porter provided the labor for that luxury…

After the Civil War, the Pullman Palace Car Company, ...

Fort Gregg

Fort Gregg

Confederate Defense Line

Apr. 2, 1865

————

Erected Apr. 2, 1914

By A.P. Hill Camp S.C.V.

Marker is on Seventh Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Former Site, Columbian Harmony Cemetery

1857-1959

Many distinguished Black citizens including Civil War veterans were buried in this cemetery. These bodies now rest in the new National Harmony Memorial Park Cemetery in Maryland.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue NE ...

Confederate Fort Gregg

“Men, the salvation of Lee’s army is in your keeping.”

– Maj. Gen. Cadmus Wilcox to the defenders of Fort Gregg, April 2, 1865

On the afternoon of April 2, 1865, after a morning of bludgeoning attacks all along the Petersburg ...