Site of Carmel (Taloney) Mission Station
Just west of here in 1819 the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions established a mission station to the Cherokee Indians. Moody Hall and Henry Parker were the first...
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Old Federal Road
From Tate through Jasper to Talking Rock, this highway coincides closely with the course of the Old Federal Road, northwest Georgia's first vehicular way which linked Tennessee and Georgia across...
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Old Federal Road
This highway from Tate to Talking Rock follows substantially the course of the old Federal Road. The earliest thoroughfares to link Georgia and Tennessee across the Cherokee Nation. Permission to...
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Oglethorpe Monument
This 38-foot monument was designed and dedicated in 1930 by Colonel Sam Tate of Georgia Marble Company, as a tribute to General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the colony of Georgia. Attendees...
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Pickens County
Created December 5, 1853, and named for General Andrew Pickens of Revolutionary fame. The first settlements sprang up along the Old Federal Road which followed in general the route of the...
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Second Atlanta International Pop Festival
In the 1960s, as American culture changed rapidly, new forms of music and performance emerged, including large outdoor rock festivals. From July 3-5, 1970, the Second Atlanta International...
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Jailhouse Park - City of Byron
Jailhouse Park is so named because of its proximity to the town jail built c. 1875. The building was constructed on a 40 square foot plot of land owned by Dr. CH Richardson and purchased by the...
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James A. Everett
Here on the Indian Path that connected two Indian Trails, from Hartford to Fort Hawkins and from Barnard´s Crossing to the Old Creek Agency, James Abbington Everett established in the 1820´s...
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Peach County
This County, created by Act of the Legislature July 18, 1924, is named for one of Georgia´s leading crops, the Georgia Peach known throughout the nation and beyond. The famous Elberta Peach was...
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The Worst Aircraft Disaster In Georgia History ~ April 7, 1977
April 4, 1977 The Worst Aircraft Disaster in Georgia History On April 4, 1977 a DC-9 Southern Airways Flight 242 flying from Huntsville, AL to Atlanta encountered a dangerous thunderstorm...
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Dallas Georgia
The City of Dallas, Georgia was founded May 14, 1852 as the new county seat of the recently re- drawn Paulding County. The City was chartered by the Georgia General Assembly on February 8....
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New Hope Battlefield
Dedicated to the Northern and the Southern men who gave their all for cherished principles, undivided Union and States´ Right, in the battle fought here in May, 1864. WPA 1936 Plaque...
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The Hiram Rosenwald School
In 1912 Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck and Company, established the Rosenwald Fund to assist in community school construction of public schools for African-American students in the...
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Paulding Meadows Recreation Park
Purchased 1986 - 125 Acres $120,000 L. EARL DUNCAN - COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ROY LEE STRICKLAND - COMMISSIONER POST 1 JACK M. HARE, SR. - COMMISSIONER POST 2 ELBERT TURNER - PUBLIC...
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Atlanta Campaign New Hope Church May 25-June 4, 1864
National Historic Site Atlanta Campaign New Hope Church May 25-June 4, 18 Here, at the New Hope Church, Confederate and Federal Armies engaged in a desperate battle as the former blocked the...
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