Elm Tree
The tree was grown from a branch of the original “Washington Elm” under which George Washington was sworn in as Commander of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass. in 1775. Donated to the people...
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Father Peter Whelan (1802-1871) (Side 2)
(Continued from other side - Andersonville) Father Whelan was an Irish priest serving the Diocese of Savannah at the outbreak of the War Between the States. He volunteered to serve as chaplain to...
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Archery, Georgia
This rural community of Archery, established in the 1800’s, consisted of a train stop, houses of railroad employees, the St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, a school for...
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Plains High School Side 1
This school opened in 1921, racially integrated in 1966 and served students from Plains, Georgia until 1979. The school`s rich history of distinguished educators and progressive curriculum earned...
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Plains High School Side 2
(Continued from other side) the site. The Georgia State Board of Education approved a resolution on January 15, 1997, which noted the importance of this educational facility from 1921 - 1979...
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Rees Park
Dr. Albert Rees, a pioneer local physician, deeded the land for this park to the citizens of Americus in 1846. Two decades later, following the battlefield death of his son Lt. Lucius Gibson Rees,...
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The Common Road of the English Following Old Indian Trail
The colonial road from Charleston to Vicksburg followed the highway at this point. The route,used by Col. Langdon Welch on his expedition to the Mississippi in 1698, was thereafter followed...
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Americus Institute
Americus Institute once stood on this site. A secondary school organized in (1897-1932) by the Southwestern Georgia Baptist Association for the education of black girls and boys. Plaque...
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Rosalynn Smith Carter
Rosalynn Smith Carter First Lady of the United States of America 1977-1981 First Lady of Georgia 1971-1975 Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born in Plains on August 18, 1927 and grew up in this house....
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Ray's Place-Now Raytown
Ray´s Place, oldest community in Taliaferro County, was, in the late 1790´s and early 1800´s; a recreation center on Little River for the "livelier social set" of Washington. It was named for a...
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Charles A. Lindberg
Charles A. Lindberg captured the hearts of Americans during his successful non-stop flight from New York to Paris in the "Spirit of St. Louis" on May 20th, 1927. This famous American Aviator...
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. IN COOPERATION WITH State Department of Transportation of GA...
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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 The State Department of Transportation of...
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Koinonia Farm
With a background in theology and agriculture, Georgia native Clarence Jordan (1912-1969), along with his wife, Florence , and Martin and Mabel England, founded Koinonia Farm in 1942. During...
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Americus Colored Hospital
One of the earliest hospitals in southwest Georgia devoted to the care of African Americans, the Americus Colored Hospital opened in 1923. The majority of the funds needed to build the...
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