On this site in 1773, William Bartram with Indians and Traders concluded the western boundary of ´Treaty of Augusta´. ERECTED BY Azalea District, Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. IN COOPERATION...
Built by W.W. King in 1885, Watson Mill Bridge is Georgia´s longest existing covered bridge. Of the Town lattice type it has four spans and is 236 feet long. Covered primarily to protect...
Francis Meson (1761-1806), an Irishman and ´wandering schoolteacher,´ became a rich merchant in Lexington. He bequeathed $8,000.00 for an academy building and valuable property for an endowment,...
Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church was organized on December 20, 1785, in the wilderness about three miles West of this site, under the leadership of Mr. John Newton, then a licentiate. It was...
This ancient Church has served under four names and in four counties. Liberty Presbyterian Church was organized by the Rev. Daniel Thatcher, about 1788. The original place of worship, a log...
This County created by an Act of the Legislature Dec. 19, 1793, is named for Gen. James E. Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia. Born in London, England, Dec. 22, 1696, Oglethorpe left England in Nov....
2 bl. George Rockingham Gilmer, of Scotch descent, was born in 1790 in that part of Wilkes Co. that is now Oglethorpe Co. Soon after admittance to the bar in 1813 he was appointed 1st Lt. in...
1 mi. George Mathews born in Va. in 1739, of Irish descent, lived in this area then known as ´Goose Pond´ from 1785. His home since burned. He won distinction fighting Indians in the N.W. Ter....
William Harris Crawford, teacher, lawyer, duelist & statesman, was born in Va. Feb. 24, 1772, son of a poor farmer. Moving to Ga., at 14 he studied, taught & was admitted to the bar in 1799....
Built in 1897 by Nathaniel Richardson, this 99-foot-long bridge originally carried the Watkinsville-Athens Road over Calls Creek. It was moved here to Rose Creek in 1924 and the road was relocated...
E. D. Stroud School was established in 1956 is part of a statewide “equalization” effort in George’s African-American public schools. As part of Georgia’s massive resistance to federally mandated...
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 Georgia Department of Transportation AND The Azalea...
Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973) was the first woman to serve in Congress: being elected from Montana in 1916 before women had the right to vote in other states. She was active in women´s suffrage and...
Eagle Tavern, or Hotel, was the center of social and political life in Watkinsville for more than a hundred years. It was saved from destruction in 1934 by Lanier Richardson Billups of...
Closing in on Atlanta in July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman found it ´too strong to assault and too extensive to invest.´ To force its evacuation, he sent Maj. Gen. Geo. Stoneman´s cavalry to...
Just west of this marker is the grave John Andrew who was a Revolutionary War soldier who fought in Georgia and South Carolina and served in the Georgia House of Assembly in 1783. He was a...
This house, about 150 years old, was the birthplace of Bishop Atticus Green Haygood in 1839 and his sister, Laura Askew Haygood, in 1845. Bishop Haygood was chaplain and missionary to the Army,...
This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 25, 1875, is named for the Oconee River which forms its eastern boundary. In 1801 Watkinsville was made County Site of Clarke County but in...
The Newton County Boys Corn Club, first in the south and a forerunner of the 4-H Club´s, was organized in 1904 by G.C. Adams, superintendent of schools. The girl´s tomato club, the paltry club and...
This area represents one of George´s earliest experiences in advanced water-powered industrialization technologically unsurpassed in the U.S. Archaeological remains of 5 mills ranging from large...