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Gilbert Memorial Cemetery

This monument marks the site of the Gilbert Cemetery, originally a one-acre plot set aside by Jerimiah S. Gilbert for burials. He acquired the land in 1861 from his father. Throughout...

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Immaculate Conception Church

First Catholic Church in the Atlanta area and the oldest complete building standing in downtown Atlanta. The church was established in 1848. The first building, a frame structure, was erected here...

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James J. Andrews

James J. Andrews, leader of the Andrews Raiders, was executed a few feet southeast on June 7, 1862. Andrews a native of Hancock County, now West Virginia, was a civilian spy for the Union Army who...

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Confederate Battery Position

This battery was one of several cavarly outpost maintained by Wheeler´s Cavalery (CSA) to watch the ferries and fords along the Chattahoochee River in 1864. This battery position consisted of a...

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Fulton County

Fulton County was created out of DeKalb County by an Act of the Legislature approved December 20, 1853 (as amended and corrected by the Act of February 7, 1854). The City of Atlanta was made the...

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Fort Peachtree, War of 1812

One of a line of forts hastily constructed during the war of 1812 to control the Creek Indians who were in alliance with the British. Fort Peachtree occupied the summit northeast of the confluence...

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Saint Luke's Episcopal Church 1864-1964

The Rev Charles Todd Quintard, Surgeon and priest severing as chaplain in the Confederate Army, organized St. Luke´s Parish Easter Monday, March 28, 1864. Confederate troops erected first building...

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Historic Utoy Church

Utoy Primitive Baptist Church, the oldest Baptist Church in present Fulton County, was constituted August 15, 1824, in a log house just west of here. The church was moved to its present location...

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Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell (November 8, 1900 - August 16, 1949) spent her girlhood and young ladyhood in the home of her father, which stood here. Her family had lived in Atlanta since the city´s...

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Montgomery Cemetery

On the rise above this marker is the family cemetery of Major J. M. C Montgomery (1770-1842) probably the first white man to settle permanently in what is now Fulton County. A soldier in the...

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The Wren's Nest Home of Joel Chandler Harris

Creator of the Uncle Remus stories and exponent of the New South, Joel Chandler Harris was born December 9, 1848 in Eatonton. After serving an apprenticeship on the plantation newspaper...

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4th A.C. at Buckhead

July 18, 1864. Left Wing. Army of the Cumberland, having moved from Power´s Fy., cast up a line of intrenchments covering roads leading E., S., & W. Contact was made with the 20th A. C. to the...

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Historic Owl Rock Church

Owl Rock Church was founded in 1828 by Richmond Barge and other members of the Mutual Rights faction that withdrew from the Mount Gilead Methodist Church. The church is named for am eight foot...

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Williams' Ky. Cavalry at Nancy's Creek

A concerted, but scattered endeavor was made by Wheeler´s cavalry [CSA] to oppose the advance of Federal forces from Chattahoochee River crossings toward Atlanta, July 1864. July 18, Brig....

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Cotton States International Exposition of 1895

Cotton States International Exposition of 1895 Was held for 100 days from Sept. 18 to Dec 31 1895 in Piedmont Park. This event was held at a time when the regions population was only 75.000...

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Booker T. Washington 1856-1915

Former slave, Principle of Tuskegee Institute and author of Up From Slavery, Washington delivered the Atlanta Exposition Address on September 18, 1895 at this site, the former auditorium of...

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The Winecoff Fire

This is the site of the worst hotel fire in U. S. history. In the predawn hours of December 7, 1946 the Winecoff Hotel fire killed 119 people. The 15 - story building still stands adjacent to...

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Spelman College Women Who Serve

Spelman College was founded in 1881: The National Alumnae Association of Spelman College (NAASC) was Organizes by Clara Howard in May 1892. Miss Howard, a member of the first graduating...

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Thrasherville: Where Atlanta Began

In 1839 "Cousin John" Thrasher built a settlement called Thrasherville at this then forested site near the peg marking the planned terminus of the Western & Atlantic RR. This railroad was...

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Fort McPherson

Named for Maj. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson, U. S. Vol. the Union Commander of the Army of Tennessee, during the Battle of Atlanta, this area was used as a state militia drill ground as early as...

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