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Major General James E. Livingston

Major General James E. Livingston United States Marine Corps Graduate of Lumber City High School 1957 MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life...

Major General James E. Livingston United States Marine Corps Graduate of Lumber City High School 1957 MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his...

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Dedicated in Honor of Those Who Answered the Call

Dedicated in honor of those who answered the call of duty in the service of our Country and in memory of those who gave their lives to guaruntee our freedoms. November 1968 Plaque courtesy...

Dedicated in honor of those who answered the call of duty in the service of our Country and in memory of those who gave their lives to guaruntee our freedoms. November 1968 Plaque...

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Old Herod Town

On this site stood Herod Town, one of the last Indian villages in this section to remain after the coming of the white man. According to longstanding local tradition, when General Andrew Jackson...

On this site stood Herod Town, one of the last Indian villages in this section to remain after the coming of the white man. According to longstanding local tradition, when General Andrew Jackson...

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Battle of Echowanotchaway Swamp

During the Creek Indian uprising in 1836, after the burning of Roanoke (Stewart Co.) 300 Indians came this way to join the Seminoles in Florida. Pursued 132[?] Stewart County Militia under Major...

During the Creek Indian uprising in 1836, after the burning of Roanoke (Stewart Co.) 300 Indians came this way to join the Seminoles in Florida. Pursued 132[?] Stewart County Militia under...

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807 Methodism at Spring Hill

Spring Hill, settled in 1807, was a preaching place on the Ohoopee Circuit by 1814. In 1850 John Carmichael gave land for a campground. A tabernacle replaced the brush arbors about the church....

Spring Hill, settled in 1807, was a preaching place on the Ohoopee Circuit by 1814. In 1850 John Carmichael gave land for a campground. A tabernacle replaced the brush arbors about the church....

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Marion Bayard Folson

Erected 2012 by Georgia Historical Society, The Pioneer Historical Society, 2012.2       and The Merchants and Citizens Bank of McRae, Georgia.       134-1 Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original...

Erected 2012 by Georgia Historical Society, The Pioneer Historical Society, 2012.2       and The Merchants and Citizens Bank of McRae, Georgia.     134-1 Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com....

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Chickasawhatchee Primitive Baptist Church

This church, organized September 28, 1858, with two men and five women as charter members, is the oldest church in Terrell County on its original site. Three acres of land were given by Haley...

This church, organized September 28, 1858, with two men and five women as charter members, is the oldest church in Terrell County on its original site. Three acres of land were given by...

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Terrell County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 16, 1856, is named for Dr. William Terrell who died in 1855. He served in Congress from 1817 to `21. Eight miles west of here was fought the...

This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 16, 1856, is named for Dr. William Terrell who died in 1855. He served in Congress from 1817 to `21. Eight miles west of here was fought the...

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Gen. Patrick Cleburne Camp, S.C.V.

General Patrick Cleburne Camp, S. C. V., the only Camp east of the Mississippi to be named for a General from the west of that river, was organized May 3, 1956, with members from several counties...

General Patrick Cleburne Camp, S. C. V., the only Camp east of the Mississippi to be named for a General from the west of that river, was organized May 3, 1956, with members from several counties...

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Love's Chapel Primitive Baptist Church

This church was constituted and its first sanctuary built in 1888 on `Love`s Old Field,` land donated by G.M. Love. Charter members were the J.J. Kicklighters, the Dennis Lynns, Allen Lynn, and...

This church was constituted and its first sanctuary built in 1888 on `Love`s Old Field,` land donated by G.M. Love. Charter members were the J.J. Kicklighters, the Dennis Lynns, Allen Lynn, and...

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Tuscaloosa Formation

The sand clay formation here represents the first prominent Coastal Plain deposits laid upon an ancient floor of granites and gneisses. Southward this formation (Tus caloosa Upper Cretaceous)...

The sand clay formation here represents the first prominent Coastal Plain deposits laid upon an ancient floor of granites and gneisses. Southward this formation (Tus caloosa Upper...

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The Wire Road

The Wire Road, named for a line of telegraph wire once stretched along it, formed a part of the stage highway from Richmond to New Orleans. About three miles from the Flint River on this road is...

The Wire Road, named for a line of telegraph wire once stretched along it, formed a part of the stage highway from Richmond to New Orleans. About three miles from the Flint River on this road...

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Taylor County

Taylor County was created by Act of Jan. 15, 18522 from parts of Macon, Marion and Talbot Counties. It was named for Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), 12th President of the U.S., Major-General,...

Taylor County was created by Act of Jan. 15, 18522 from parts of Macon, Marion and Talbot Counties. It was named for Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), 12th President of the U.S., Major-General,...

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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...

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...

(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 black...

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...

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 and...

(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,...

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 by...

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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