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Route of the Twentieth Corps

On the morning of Nov. 23, 1864, the main body of the 20th Corps of the Union Army, commanded by Gen. A.S. Williams, reached Milledgeville from Eatontaon. The Corps marched down Jackson Street to...

On the morning of Nov. 23, 1864, the main body of the 20th Corps of the Union Army, commanded by Gen. A.S. Williams, reached Milledgeville from Eatontaon. The Corps marched down Jackson Street to...

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Birthplace of Charles Holmes Herty (1867-1938)

Charles Holmes Herty, one of America´s outstanding chemists, was born on this site December 4, 1867. He spent his early life in Milledgeville where he attended the Middle Georgia Agricultural and...

Charles Holmes Herty, one of America´s outstanding chemists, was born on this site December 4, 1867. He spent his early life in Milledgeville where he attended the Middle Georgia Agricultural...

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Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp

Near here in Chickasawachee Swamp a decisive battle of the Southern Indian Wars was fought July 3, 1836. About 300 warriors were entrenched on an island in the swamp, after a raid in which they...

Near here in Chickasawachee Swamp a decisive battle of the Southern Indian Wars was fought July 3, 1836. About 300 warriors were entrenched on an island in the swamp, after a raid in which...

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Baker County

This County, created by Acts of the Legislature Dec. 12 & 24, 1825, is named for Col. John Baker of Revolutionary fame. The original County Site was at Byron but an Act of Dec. 26, 1831,...

This County, created by Acts of the Legislature Dec. 12 & 24, 1825, is named for Col. John Baker of Revolutionary fame. The original County Site was at Byron but an Act of Dec. 26,...

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Bacon County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature July 27, 1914, is named for Augustus O. Bacon, four times U.S. Senator, who died in office Feb. 15, 1914. An expert on Mexican affairs, his death was...

This County, created by Act of the Legislature July 27, 1914, is named for Augustus O. Bacon, four times U.S. Senator, who died in office Feb. 15, 1914. An expert on Mexican affairs, his death was...

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Guest Mill Pond

Site of ante-bellum trading post. Damn constructed in 1840 by Duncan Giddens; acquired by Miles J. Guest, 1858, and enlarged by him. Water power used for grist mill and gin. Elected precinct....

Site of ante-bellum trading post. Damn constructed in 1840 by Duncan Giddens; acquired by Miles J. Guest, 1858, and enlarged by him. Water power used for grist mill and gin. Elected...

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Salem Church

Salem Church was built in 1889 on the KINNAIRD-Trail - and Indian pathway later became a stagecoach relay station. Martin S. Corbett was born here on 5-12-1840 and married cousin, Leonora Wealtha...

Salem Church was built in 1889 on the KINNAIRD- Trail - and Indian pathway later became a stagecoach relay station. Martin S. Corbett was born here on 5-12-1840 and married cousin, Leonora Wealtha...

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Minnie F. Corbitt Memorial Museum

Here about 1873, on Lot No. 1, S.J. Henderson built the first residence in Pearson, then the terminu of the Brunswick and Albany R.R. Sucessively the home of prominent families in early Pearson...

Here about 1873, on Lot No. 1, S.J. Henderson built the first residence in Pearson, then the terminu of the Brunswick and Albany R.R. Sucessively the home of prominent families in early Pearson...

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Kinnaird Trail

Kinnaird Trail, considered the oldest public road in Wiregrass Georgia, follows an Indian trail used before white men came to this country. In Revolutionary days, it was named Kinnaird Trail as...

Kinnaird Trail, considered the oldest public road in Wiregrass Georgia, follows an Indian trail used before white men came to this country. In Revolutionary days, it was named Kinnaird Trail...

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Atkinson Court House

Atkinson County was created by an act of the Georgia legislature in 1917, out of lands previously in Clinch and Coffee Counties. The county was organized Jan. 1, 1918. The first officers were J.W....

Atkinson County was created by an act of the Georgia legislature in 1917, out of lands previously in Clinch and Coffee Counties. The county was organized Jan. 1, 1918. The first officers were J.W....

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Blue Star Memorial Highway

A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. In cooperation with Oleander District And Dogwood, Jesup and Ruby...

A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. In cooperation with Oleander District And Dogwood, Jesup and...

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Pulitzer Prize Winner Caroline Pafford Miller

Baxley´s Caroline Pafford Miller (1903-1992) was the first Georgia novelist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. The author was born in Waycross and spent her formative years in the...

Baxley´s Caroline Pafford Miller (1903-1992) was the first Georgia novelist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. The author was born in Waycross and spent her formative years in...

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Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society

Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society Organized in 1833 by Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott, this society, headquartered here, originally consisted of sixty women who sought to end slavery....

Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society Organized in 1833 by Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott, this society, headquartered here, originally consisted of sixty women who sought to end slavery....

    David Salisbury Franks

    David Salisbury Franks (c.1740-1793) Distinguished Jewish officer and aide-de-camp to Gen. Benedict Arnold during the Revolutionary War. Thought to be complicit in Arnold's treason, Maj. Franks...

    David Salisbury Franks (c.1740-1793) Distinguished Jewish officer and aide-de-camp to Gen. Benedict Arnold during the Revolutionary War. Thought to be complicit in Arnold's treason, Maj. Franks...

      Tsunami Memorial

      髙き住居は児孫の和樂 / 想へ惨禍の大津浪 / 此処より下に家を建てるな   A home built high is children's relief Remember the disastrous giant tsunami Do not build homes below here  By T.KISHIMOTO (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0...

      髙き住居は児孫の和樂 / 想へ惨禍の大津浪 / 此処より下に家を建てるな   A home built high is children's relief Remember the disastrous giant tsunami Do not build homes below here  By T.KISHIMOTO (Own work) [CC BY-SA...

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      Plaque commemorating the Battle of Upton

      Plaque commemorating Oliver Cromwell's arrival in Upton upon Severn on 29 August 1651 after the Battle of Upton. © Copyright Philip Halling and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons...

      Plaque commemorating Oliver Cromwell's arrival in Upton upon Severn on 29 August 1651 after the Battle of Upton. © Copyright Philip Halling and licensed for reuse under this Creative...

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      Plaque in Ridley Park, Blyth

      The plaque, on a column which looks much older than the plaque, commemorates the centenary of the park. The text on the plaque reads: MATTHEW WHITE 1ST VISCOUNT RIDLEY PRESENTED TO THE RIDLEY PARK...

      The plaque, on a column which looks much older than the plaque, commemorates the centenary of the park. The text on the plaque reads: MATTHEW WHITE 1ST VISCOUNT RIDLEY PRESENTED TO THE RIDLEY...

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      Plaque in Holy Trinity memorial garden, Ystalyfera

      A plaque mounted on a fence at the centre of the cross-shaped garden pictured here: SN7607 : Graveyard of former Holy Trinity Church, Ystalyfera The plaque gives the dates of the demolished...

      A plaque mounted on a fence at the centre of the cross-shaped garden pictured here: SN7607 : Graveyard of former Holy Trinity Church, Ystalyfera The plaque gives the dates of the demolished...

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      Earl's Croome School A.D.1855

      Inscribed stone on the front of the dformer Earl's Croome School, now a private house. © Copyright Philip Halling and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

      Inscribed stone on the front of the dformer Earl's Croome School, now a private house. © Copyright Philip Halling and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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      Plaque on seat at Bedfield and Monk Soham sports field

      Off Southolt Road © Copyright Adrian Cable and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

      Off Southolt Road © Copyright Adrian Cable and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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