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Confederate Dead and Hospitals

Here sleep ´Known but to God,´ 299 unknown Confederate soldiers and one known. Most of these men, veterans of many hard fought battles, died in the several Confederate hospitals located in this...

Here sleep ´Known but to God,´ 299 unknown Confederate soldiers and one known. Most of these men, veterans of many hard fought battles, died in the several Confederate hospitals located in...

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Forsyth

Forsyth, County Seat of Monroe County, was incorporated by Act of Legislature in 1823. It is in almost the exact geographical center of the State. First commissioners were James S. Phillips, Henry...

Forsyth, County Seat of Monroe County, was incorporated by Act of Legislature in 1823. It is in almost the exact geographical center of the State. First commissioners were James S. Phillips, Henry...

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Montpelier Institute

Montpelier Institute, founded in 1842 by Stephen Elliott, Jr., First Episcopal Bishop of the diocese of Georgia, was Georgia´s second oldest school for girls. Col. G.B. Lamar gave the land for the...

Montpelier Institute, founded in 1842 by Stephen Elliott, Jr., First Episcopal Bishop of the diocese of Georgia, was Georgia´s second oldest school for girls. Col. G.B. Lamar gave the land for the...

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Monroe County

Created by Act of May 15, 1821, Monroe County, an original county containing all of Pike and parts of Bibb, Butts and Lamar Counties, was ceded by the Creek Indians in early 1821. Laid out by the...

Created by Act of May 15, 1821, Monroe County, an original county containing all of Pike and parts of Bibb, Butts and Lamar Counties, was ceded by the Creek Indians in early 1821. Laid out by...

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Confederate Hospital Camp

100 yards southeast is the location of a Confederate Hospital Camp established in the summer of 1864. Soldiers wounded in battles around Atlanta were brought by train to Forsyth. The buildings at...

100 yards southeast is the location of a Confederate Hospital Camp established in the summer of 1864. Soldiers wounded in battles around Atlanta were brought by train to Forsyth. The buildings at...

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State Teachers and Agricultural College/Hubbard Training School

Founded in 1902 by William M. Hubbard, STAC was one of the state´s official schools for the instruction of black teachers between 1931 and 1938. Originally named the Forsyth Normal and Industrial...

Founded in 1902 by William M. Hubbard, STAC was one of the state´s official schools for the instruction of black teachers between 1931 and 1938. Originally named the Forsyth Normal and Industrial...

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Blue Star Memorial

BLUE STAR MEMORIAL 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 Magnolia District of The Garden...

BLUE STAR MEMORIAL 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 Magnolia District of The...

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Hawthorne Trail

Hawthorne Trail Blazed 1818 Marked 1923 By Hawthorne Trail Chapter and Georgia Society, D.A.R. Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original page, with additional info, here. Photo credit: Ken Moser.

Hawthorne Trail Blazed 1818 Marked 1923 By Hawthorne Trail Chapter and Georgia Society, D.A.R. Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original page, with additional info, here. Photo credit: Ken Moser.

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Old City Well

This artesian well was drilled in 1880. It provided an unlimited supply of pure water and became a gathering place for Camilla´s citizens. When a water system was installed, the City Well lost its...

This artesian well was drilled in 1880. It provided an unlimited supply of pure water and became a gathering place for Camilla´s citizens. When a water system was installed, the City Well lost its...

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Mitchell County

The county was created by an Act of the Georgia Legislature on Dec. 21, 1857. Some historians say that the county was named for David B. Mitchell, Governor of Georgia in 1809-13 and again in...

The county was created by an Act of the Georgia Legislature on Dec. 21, 1857. Some historians say that the county was named for David B. Mitchell, Governor of Georgia in 1809-13 and again...

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Miller County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 26, 1856, is named for Judge Andrew J. Miller who died in 1856. A Commander of the Oglethorpe Infantry, he served in the legislature for...

This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 26, 1856, is named for Judge Andrew J. Miller who died in 1856. A Commander of the Oglethorpe Infantry, he served in the legislature for...

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Georgia Warm Springs Foundation

These gates mark the original entrance to the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, established in July 1927 by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Basil O´Connor for the treatment of polio victims. Roosevelt...

These gates mark the original entrance to the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, established in July 1927 by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Basil O´Connor for the treatment of polio victims. Roosevelt...

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Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge

This bridge was built in the 1840s by freed slave and noted bridge builder Horace King (1807-1885). Constructed on the Town lattice design, the bridge´s web of planks crisscrossing with a total of...

This bridge was built in the 1840s by freed slave and noted bridge builder Horace King (1807-1885). Constructed on the Town lattice design, the bridge´s web of planks crisscrossing with a total of...

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Carmel Historic District

Settlement of Carmel community began with the creation of Meriwether County in 1827. Early families-- Caldwell, Burton, Campson, Gray, Reynolds, Williams, Pope, and Glass--came from Edgefield...

Settlement of Carmel community began with the creation of Meriwether County in 1827. Early families-- Caldwell, Burton, Campson, Gray, Reynolds, Williams, Pope, and Glass--came from Edgefield...

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The Cove Gorges of the Flint

Pine Mountain to the south makes a complete loop forming a beautiful basin 4 miles in diameter known as "The Cove." It is joined on the south by Oak Mountain, another hard quartz ridge. Flint...

Pine Mountain to the south makes a complete loop forming a beautiful basin 4 miles in diameter known as "The Cove." It is joined on the south by Oak Mountain, another hard quartz ridge....

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Trinity United Methodist Church - Durand, Georgia

(Side 1) in 1854, Harmony Church near the Ogletree cemetery, Liberty Church close by the old Campbell place, and Providence Church from the Strickland neighborhood, all came together, after...

(Side 1) in 1854, Harmony Church near the Ogletree cemetery, Liberty Church close by the old Campbell place, and Providence Church from the Strickland neighborhood, all came together, after...

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Union Cemetery

Dr. Hope Hull Tigner was born near Athens, Georgia on May 28, 1792, and became a physician and state legislator prior to moving his family to Meriwether County. In 1833 a frame house with green...

Dr. Hope Hull Tigner was born near Athens, Georgia on May 28, 1792, and became a physician and state legislator prior to moving his family to Meriwether County. In 1833 a frame house with green...

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The Little White House

Franklin D. Roosevelt came to Warm Springs in 1924 in hopes of recovering from the effects of polio. His love for the area and hopes for the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation led him to build a...

Franklin D. Roosevelt came to Warm Springs in 1924 in hopes of recovering from the effects of polio. His love for the area and hopes for the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation led him to build a...

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Warm Springs Treatment Pools

Georgia´s largest and most famous warm spring delivers 914 gallons of 88°F per minute to a catch basin beneath the buildings at the base of the hill in front of you. The springs have been used for...

Georgia´s largest and most famous warm spring delivers 914 gallons of 88°F per minute to a catch basin beneath the buildings at the base of the hill in front of you. The springs have been used for...

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Allen-Lee Memorial Church (Old Prospect Methodist)

When a new building was completed in 1939, the name of this church, established in 1844 as Prospect Methodist Church, was changed to Allen-Lee Memorial Methodist Church to honor two of its...

When a new building was completed in 1939, the name of this church, established in 1844 as Prospect Methodist Church, was changed to Allen- Lee Memorial Methodist Church to honor two of...

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