Colonial Fort Augusta
Front Side: This stone marks the site of the Colonial Fort Augusta, built by order of General Oglethorpe and the trustees in 1736; and known during the Revolution as Fort Cornwallis. St Paul´s...
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To Commemorate the Great Congress of Five Indian Nations
To commemorate the Great Congress of Five Indian Nations held here at fort Augusta in 1763, when seven hundred Indians came to meet the governors of Georgia, Virginia, North and South...
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Samuel Hammond
Samuel Hammond Born in Richmond County, Virginia, Sept. 1757, Died at Varello, near Augusta, Sept. 1842 Patriot, Soldier, Statesman Captain of Minute-Men at Great Kanahwa 1774 Long Bridge, Norfolk...
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Miss Lucy Craft Laney 1854-1933
Lucy Craft Laney was born in Macon, Georgia, during slavery. She graduated in Atlanta University´s first class in 1873. Ten years later she founded Haines Normal and Industrial Institute in the...
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Magnolia Cemetery
Covering seven city blocks, the cemetery was begun on a part of the de L´Aigle Plantation and Brick Yard, donated by the Nicholas de L´Aigie family. It became known as the City Cemetery in 1818...
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1806 Eve 1877
Eve (1806-1877) Paul Fitzsimmons Eve, native Augustan and a founder of the Medical College of Georgia, was a brilliant surgeon recognized internationally and a prolific writer. His war activities...
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De L'Aigle Brick Yard
In 1808, Nicholas de L´ Aigle, a French refugee, established the brick yards 1/4 mile south which furnished Augusta with building brick for 75 years. River clay was "pugged" to the...
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De L'Aigle Brick Yard
In 1808, Nicholas de L´Aigle, a French refugee, established the brick yards 1/4 mile south which furnished Augusta with building brick for 75 years. River clay was "pugged" to the...
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William Schley 1786-1858
Governor of Georgia 1835- 1837 Grand Master of Georgia 1828- 1831 In this family cemetery rest the remains of William Schley, Governor and Grand Master of Georgia. Brother Schley was born...
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William Bartram Trail Traced 1773-1777
William Bartram Visits Augusta 1773 for Indian Ceded Lands Treaty. 1775 said . . . .`Augusta would become the Metropolis of Georgia` ERECTED BY Azalea District, The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. IN...
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Untitled (Georgia Railroad and Banking Company)
2,200 feet to the southwest at a place indicated by a marker of the Georgia Historical Commission, Georgia Railroad and Banking Company on May 21, 1837 operated the first railroad in Georgia. It...
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To George Walton (1740-1804)
Signer of the Declaration of Independence Patriot- Soldier-Statesman-Jurist-Freemason Born a Virginian he became a Georgian in about 1770. An early leader in the liberty movement in...
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The "Haunted" Pillar of the Lower Market
On this site stood The Lower Market. Fire destroyed an early structure in 1829. The rebuilt market, with its bell that could be heard throughout the city, was a center of agricultural and...
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Ware High School Civil Rights Milestone
Near this site stood Ware High School, which was the first public high school for African-Americans in Georgia and one of only five in the south while it was in operation. Founded in 1880, it was...
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Old Richmond Academy Building
This building was constructed in 1802 by the Trustees of the Richmond Academy in which to operate the school provided for in its charter granted in 1783, which had been theretofore conducted in...
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