Blue Star Highway
A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY Council of Garden Clubs of Tifton, Inc. IN COOPERATION WITH The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. AND...
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Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park
On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (178 miles NE of the Park), where he performed his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter,...
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Tift County
This County, created by Act of the Legislature August 17, 1905, is officially named for Nelson Tift, well known businessman, legislator and Mayor of Albany. The organizers also had in mind...
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Finney General Hospital
Finney General Hospital , named in honor of Brigadier General John M.T. Finney, was authorized September 30, 1942, and dedicated June 16, 1943, on this site. Finney was one of sixty Army hospitals...
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Blue Star Memorial
A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America. Thomasville Garden Club, Inc. in cooperation with The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. and Camellia District...
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Lindberg's Solo Flight May 1923
The `Lone Eagle` first flew solo in early May, 1923 from Souther Field. Charles Lindbergh had come to Americus to purchase a surplus aircraft from the World War I training center. He chose...
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President Jimmy Carter
From this depot in 1975, James Earl Carter, Jr. launched a two-year campaign for the presidency of the United States. At first an unknown referred to as `Jimmy Who,` Carter was inaugurated...
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Elisabeth Ireland Poe Park
Elisabeth Ireland Poe Park The Big Oak C. 1680 Live Oak (Quercus Virviniana) Height 68´ Circumference 25´ Spread 165´ Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original page, with additional info, here....
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Andersonville (Side 1)
The city of Andersonville was incorporated in 1853 as the village center of a small farming community. It came to national attention when Camp Sumter Prison opened here in 1864 and especially when...
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History Marches On
Making the trip As General Sherman led Union troops through Georgia in September of 1864, Confederate authorities in the small central Georgia town of Andersonville became nervous that Federal...
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Wise Sanitarium 1921 ~ 1936
Built in 1921 by Drs. Samuel, Thaddeus, and Bowman Wise, sons of Dr. Burr T. and Laura Addt Wise, early settlers of Plains, this innovative hospital was known as “the Mayo Clinic of the...
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The Old Cemetery
The earliest date found in this, Thomasville´s first burial ground, is 1842. Many early settlers of the city and the following Confederate soldiers lie buried here: Bower, Dr. Peter S.;...
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Flowers Baking Company
Brothers William Howard Flowers & Joseph Hampton Flowers Jr. Opened Flowers Baking Company, The first commercial bakery in Southwest Georgia, on this site on November 4, 1919. The...
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Civil War Prison Camp
Confederate authorities, fearing a raid on Andersonville by Sherman´s marching army, chose Andersonville as a safe, temporary prison camp. Five thousand Federal prisoners were brought here on the...
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First Black Graduate of West Point
Henry Ossian Flipper was born a slave in Thomasvill on March 21, 1836. On June 14, 1877, he became the first black man to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. N.Y. He served with...
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