Tift College
Chartered in 1849 as Forsyth Female Collegiate Institute, Tift College was one of the group of colleges pioneering in the education of women. Known for 50 years as Monroe College, the name...
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Georgia Militia at Forsyth
On Nov. 16, 1864, Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith, CSA, reached Griffin (30 miles NW) after a night withdrawal from Lovejoy´s Station (13 miles N of Griffin) where he had been posted to support Iverson´s...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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