Okefenokee Swamp

10 mi. ?

Okefenokee, “Land of the Trembling Earth”, was named by its early inhabitants, the Seminole Indians. Acquired by the Federal Government in 1937 for a national wildlife refuge, its more than 600 square miles make it the largest preserved ...

Waycross Confederate Monument

(South face)

1861 - 1865

[Crossed flags]

Confederate

Dead

(East face)

The impartial enlightened

verdict of mankind will

vindicate the rectitude

of our conduct,

and he who knows the

hearts of men, will judge

the sincerity with which

we labored to preserve

the government of our

fathers in its spirit

Jefferson Davis. ...

Birthplace of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes / Lucy Webb Hayes, 1831 - 188

Side A:

Birthplace of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes

First Lady Lucy Ware Webb Hayes was born in this four-room Federal Vernacular house in 1831. Well educated for her time, she attended local schools, took classes in the preparatory department of Ohio ...

Swamp Fox

Sacred to the memory of

Brig. Gen.Francis Marion

who departed this life, on the 27th of February, 1795, in the sixty-third year of his age; deeply regretted by all his fellow citizens

History

will record his worth, and rising generations embalm his ...

Site: Utoy Post Office

On Old Sandtown Rd.

Est. March 1836; discontinued July 7, 1866; a stop on the Decatur Marthasville (Atlanta) and White Hall & Sandtown stagecoach route in intervening years: Also a landmark in the movement of Federal troops from the Atlanta siege ...

Site of the Annapolis City Gates

1698-1790

All roads leading to this provincial capital, marked AA to guide the traveler, entered the city here beside the city gate house. A wooden fence, enclosing the city, kept out wandering cattle and "men of ill fame."

Erected by the National ...

The Fort, Taft

Built of native adobe, The Fort is a replica of Sutter's Fort in Sacramento, originally it was built to accommodate county, state, and federal officers, as well as be utilized as a town hall. The Fort was dedicated on May ...

British Route of March

?

October 6, 1780

British

Route of March

Marker is on Battleground Drive, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

A Replica of Ohio's First Capitol

This building, erected in 1940, is a replica of Ohio's first capitol. The stone below and the one beneath the opposite bronze plaque were taken from Ohio's first state house, erected in 1800 - the same year in which the ...

First Court in Clinch County

1 mi.?

About 1 mile south of here, the first Court and Election in Clinch County were held in 1850, in the home of Jonathan Knight. Pursuant to the Act creating

Clinch, Commissioners appointed met in the Knight house to perfect the ...