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Mountain Hill District Consolidated School [side 2]

The school had 9 classrooms and a 436-seat auditorium to serve both elementary and high school students. In this auditorium Chest Atkins, member of Country music hall of Fame and a student at...

The school had 9 classrooms and a 436-seat auditorium to serve both elementary and high school students. In this auditorium Chest Atkins, member of Country music hall of Fame and a student at...

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Mountain Hill District Consolidated School [side 1]

This handsome Colonel Revival structure, completed in 1930, served the educational needs of children in the western half of Harris County from 1930 throgh 1989. The building, which consolidated...

This handsome Colonel Revival structure, completed in 1930, served the educational needs of children in the western half of Harris County from 1930 throgh 1989. The building, which...

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Hamilton Female College

The Hamilton Female College was chartered in 1853 in southern Harris County. It was located on what was known as College Hill. Asbury Johnston and Stephen A. Borders donated the property for the...

The Hamilton Female College was chartered in 1853 in southern Harris County. It was located on what was known as College Hill. Asbury Johnston and Stephen A. Borders donated the property for...

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Chipley-Pine Mountain, Georgia

Chipley was incorporated on December 9, 1882, following the extension of the Columbus and Rome Railroad one mile north of the Village of Hood. Old Hood was the predecessor of Chipley. Chipley was...

Chipley was incorporated on December 9, 1882, following the extension of the Columbus and Rome Railroad one mile north of the Village of Hood. Old Hood was the predecessor of Chipley. Chipley was...

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Camp McKenzie (Side 1)

On this site was Camp McKenzie, a 350 acre tract used for approximately 75 years as the official campsite for the local councils of the Boy Scouts of America. Under the leadership of W. W....

On this site was Camp McKenzie, a 350 acre tract used for approximately 75 years as the official campsite for the local councils of the Boy Scouts of America. Under the leadership of W. W....

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Callaway Gardens (Side 2)

Callaway Gardens is owned and operated by a non-profit organization, the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, which is dedicated to horticulture, charity, religion, education and science. The Gardens...

Callaway Gardens is owned and operated by a non- profit organization, the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, which is dedicated to horticulture, charity, religion, education and science. The Gardens...

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Callaway Gardens (Side 1)

Callaway Gardens was founded in 1952 by Cason Callaway, Sr. and his wife Virginia Callaway, for the purpose of preserving the native flora of the southern United Sates in a natural setting for the...

Callaway Gardens was founded in 1952 by Cason Callaway, Sr. and his wife Virginia Callaway, for the purpose of preserving the native flora of the southern United Sates in a natural setting for...

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Bethany Baptist Church

SIDE 1: BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH Bethany Baptist Church was chartered on Sept. 8, 1828. The six charter members were James Garrett, Levin Collins, Uriah Jones, Lucy Garrett, Catherine Simmons and...

SIDE 1: BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH Bethany Baptist Church was chartered on Sept. 8, 1828. The six charter members were James Garrett, Levin Collins, Uriah Jones, Lucy Garrett, Catherine Simmons...

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Whitesville Methodist Church Cemetery (Side 2)

The adjacent cemetery predates the church building. It has several types of burial markings from the earliest stacked stone and brick graves to metal mail-order grave markers. There are numerous...

The adjacent cemetery predates the church building. It has several types of burial markings from the earliest stacked stone and brick graves to metal mail-order grave markers. There are numerous...

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Whitesville Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Side 1)

The Methodist church in Whitesville had its origins about 1828 in meetings held at the home of Reuben Mobley. The First methodist Church was founded in the early 1830s and by 1837 the decision was...

The Methodist church in Whitesville had its origins about 1828 in meetings held at the home of Reuben Mobley. The First methodist Church was founded in the early 1830s and by 1837 the decision was...

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Valley of Hope

Pine Mountain Valley, Georgia was begun in November 1934 under the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal plan. It was conceived as a pilot community relief project to provide an...

Pine Mountain Valley, Georgia was begun in November 1934 under the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal plan. It was conceived as a pilot community relief project to provide an...

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Sunnyside School

The community building and spaces in the Sunnyside/Midway Historic District reflect rural Harris County in the 1920´s. Sunnyside School was built by local residents in 1921 to consolidate several...

The community building and spaces in the Sunnyside/Midway Historic District reflect rural Harris County in the 1920´s. Sunnyside School was built by local residents in 1921 to consolidate several...

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B. F. White 1800-1879

1800-1879 Song writer, teacher, editor, lived in Hamilton, 1843 - c.1868, was mayor, 1865. Near this spot in 1844 he published Sacred Harp, a ´fa-sol-la´ acappella singing school book now in its...

1800-1879 Song writer, teacher, editor, lived in Hamilton, 1843 - c.1868, was mayor, 1865. Near this spot in 1844 he published Sacred Harp, a ´fa- sol-la´ acappella singing school book now in...

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Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Bridge

Pine Mountain Scenic highway & this bridge, spanning historic King´s Gap, are living monuments to President Roosevelt´s abiding interest in the natural features of Warm Springs´ environs. He,...

Pine Mountain Scenic highway & this bridge, spanning historic King´s Gap, are living monuments to President Roosevelt´s abiding interest in the natural features of Warm Springs´ environs....

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This Was His Georgia

Franklin D. Roosevelt was a frequent visitor (41 trips) to Warm Springs from 1924-1945. Dowdell´s Knob was one of his favorite spots for both quiet contemplation and picnics. F.D.R. visited this...

Franklin D. Roosevelt was a frequent visitor (41 trips) to Warm Springs from 1924-1945. Dowdell´s Knob was one of his favorite spots for both quiet contemplation and picnics. F.D.R. visited...

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Dowdell's Knob

The road extending one mile south traverses a spur which projects into Pine Mountain Valley and terminates in a knob 1395 feet elevation above sea level overlooking a spectacular spread of the...

The road extending one mile south traverses a spur which projects into Pine Mountain Valley and terminates in a knob 1395 feet elevation above sea level overlooking a spectacular spread of...

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The Wire Road

This road marks the route of the first telegraph lines from Washington to New Orleans, via Columbus, completed in 1848. The road entered Harris County at Mount Airy (later Ridgeway), 5 miles from...

This road marks the route of the first telegraph lines from Washington to New Orleans, via Columbus, completed in 1848. The road entered Harris County at Mount Airy (later Ridgeway), 5 miles from...

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Columbus Baptist Association

The Columbus Baptist Association was organized November 22, 1829 at Mulberry Meeting House (then New Hope). 10 miles from here at Mulberry Grove. Twelve churches reporting from Talbot. Harris, and...

The Columbus Baptist Association was organized November 22, 1829 at Mulberry Meeting House (then New Hope). 10 miles from here at Mulberry Grove. Twelve churches reporting from Talbot. Harris,...

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U.S.S. Harris County

This bell was presented to Harris County by LST 822, U.S.S. HARRIS COUNTY, commissioned Nov. 23, 1944. Carrying the commander of LST Group 68, she led fourteen convoys through enemy waters without...

This bell was presented to Harris County by LST 822, U.S.S. HARRIS COUNTY, commissioned Nov. 23, 1944. Carrying the commander of LST Group 68, she led fourteen convoys through enemy waters...

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Waverly Hall

This town was named by its first postmaster. William Osborne, appointed February 2, 1829. In 1827, Mt. Zion Methodist Church was built 1 ½ miles E. on the Old Indian Trail and Stage-coach Road...

This town was named by its first postmaster. William Osborne, appointed February 2, 1829. In 1827, Mt. Zion Methodist Church was built 1 ½ miles E. on the Old Indian Trail and Stage-coach Road...

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