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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Longleaf Pine Planting
In the early years of Franklin D. Roosevelt´s sojourn in Meriwether County, he observed that no great effort was made to replace trees on cut-over or burnt areas not suitable for agriculture. As...
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Roosevelt Farm
Over 2200 acres atop Pine Mountain were purchased 1926-37, by Franklin D. Roosevelt, some 150 acres of which were pasture and crop land - the rest in pine and hardwoods. The farm was operated on...
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Old Depot Site Warm Springs
Here stood the little depot of the Southern R. R. where Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived & departed on his many visits to Warm Springs during the years 1924-1945. A personal interest in the...
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Meriwether County
Meriwether County, ´Second Home´ of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt and birthplace of three Ga. Governors -- Joseph M. Terrell, William Y. Atkinson and John M. Slaton -- was created by Act of Dec. 14,...
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Noted Indian Trail
The Oakfuskee Path, main branch of the famous Upper Creek trading route from the Savannah River to the Creek Indians, passed here. Beginning at present Augusta, it led through Greenville...
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Noted Indian Trail
The road from the east is a remnant of the Oakfuskee Path, main stem of the noted upper trading route from the Savannah River to the Creek Indians of Georgia and Alabama[.] Beginning at present...
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William Bartram Trail Traced 1773-1777
WILLIAM BARTRAM TRAIL TRACED 1773-1777 IN 1774 WILLIAM BARTRAM TRACKED OLD FEDERAL ROAD THROUGH FORT PERRY, GOING TO CAMP AT PINCHLUCCO (PINE KNOT CREEK) Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com....
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Church Hill
This name was given to the large settlement here because of its many churches. Shiloh Baptist, still active, was constituted in 1835. Smyrna Presbyterian, constituted July 28, 1838, was active...
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