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Statesboro High School

In 1890 citizens organized in built the city’s first school, the Statesboro Academy, at the corner of North Main and Church Streets. For ten years it served the needs of the community. In 1901 a...

In 1890 citizens organized in built the city’s first school, the Statesboro Academy, at the corner of North Main and Church Streets. For ten years it served the needs of the community. In 1901 a...

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Brooklet, Georgia

Brooklet, known for its Avenue of Oak trees, took shape at the end of the 19th century on property owned by A. J. Lee. Optimistic citizens built a new town beside the recently completed Savannah &...

Brooklet, known for its Avenue of Oak trees, took shape at the end of the 19th century on property owned by A. J. Lee. Optimistic citizens built a new town beside the recently completed Savannah...

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Old Portal

The original Portal was located 2 miles north of the current site on Old Portal Road. It got its name in 1894, when the U.S. Postal Service approved a post office for Portal. The E. E. Foy...

The original Portal was located 2 miles north of the current site on Old Portal Road. It got its name in 1894, when the U.S. Postal Service approved a post office for Portal. The E. E....

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First Baptist Church of Statesboro

CONSTITUTED SEPTEMBER 3, 1882 Rev. W. M. Cowart, First Pastor Charter Members Deacon Edmond Kennedy, Deacon A.B. Miller, W.B. Corey, Joseph Tillman, James Price, J.J.M. Griner, Moselle Miller,...

CONSTITUTED SEPTEMBER 3, 1882 Rev. W. M. Cowart, First Pastor Charter Members Deacon Edmond Kennedy, Deacon A.B. Miller, W.B. Corey, Joseph Tillman, James Price, J.J.M. Griner, Moselle Miller,...

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The Willow Hill School and Community

In 1874, nine years after the Civil War ended, a group of former slaves of the Riggs, Donaldson, Parrish, and Hall families founded the Willow Hill School to serve the area’s black children....

In 1874, nine years after the Civil War ended, a group of former slaves of the Riggs, Donaldson, Parrish, and Hall families founded the Willow Hill School to serve the area’s black children....

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United States vs. Darby Lumber Company

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 1941 decision United States vs Darby Lumber Co. in a landmark ruling in American legal history. The case affirmed the federal government’s ability to regulate employment...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 1941 decision United States vs Darby Lumber Co. in a landmark ruling in American legal history. The case affirmed the federal government’s ability to regulate employment...

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Harville House

Samuel Winkler Harville purchased this 754-acre farm in 1862. Born on December 17, 1826. Harville was one of two delegates Bulloch County sent to the 1861 Secession Convention in Milledgeville. He...

Samuel Winkler Harville purchased this 754-acre farm in 1862. Born on December 17, 1826. Harville was one of two delegates Bulloch County sent to the 1861 Secession Convention in Milledgeville....

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Nevils Station & Shearwood Railroad

This is the site of the Nevils railroad station. The paved road from Denmark to Nevils is the original bed of the Shearwood Railroad that existed from 1912 to 1937. John N. Shearhouse of Brooklet...

This is the site of the Nevils railroad station. The paved road from Denmark to Nevils is the original bed of the Shearwood Railroad that existed from 1912 to 1937. John N. Shearhouse of Brooklet...

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Savannah & Statesboro Railway

This path follows the roadbed of the Savannah & Statesboro Railway (S&S RY), completed in 1899. It was created through the interests of timbermen and turpentiners and through the dreams of...

This path follows the roadbed of the Savannah & Statesboro Railway (S&S RY), completed in 1899. It was created through the interests of timbermen and turpentiners and through the dreams of...

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Pioneer Turpentining Experiment

Dr. Charles Holmes Herty of University of Georgia Chemistry Department conducted experiments in this forest that revolutionized the naval stores industry in America. Inspired by conservative gum...

Dr. Charles Holmes Herty of University of Georgia Chemistry Department conducted experiments in this forest that revolutionized the naval stores industry in America. Inspired by conservative...

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Skirmish at Statesboro

Approaching Statesboro on Dec. 4, 1864, a strong party of mounted foragers from Hazen´s division, 15th Corps (USA), on th right of Gen. Sherman´s army on its destructive March to the Sea, was...

Approaching Statesboro on Dec. 4, 1864, a strong party of mounted foragers from Hazen´s division, 15th Corps (USA), on th right of Gen. Sherman´s army on its destructive March to the Sea,...

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The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications to the North, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah - the March to the Sea. He divided...

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications to the North, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah - the March to the Sea. He...

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Old Savannah Road

The highway crossing here is the Old Savannah Road, one of the earliest vehicular routes west of the Ogeechee River. It led from Savannah to the Rock Landing on the Oconee, to the south of the...

The highway crossing here is the Old Savannah Road, one of the earliest vehicular routes west of the Ogeechee River. It led from Savannah to the Rock Landing on the Oconee, to the south of...

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Old River Road

The highway crossing here is the Old River Road, one of the earliest white man´s routes west of the Ogeechee. The State authorized the opening of this portion of the old thoroughfare in 1777. It...

The highway crossing here is the Old River Road, one of the earliest white man´s routes west of the Ogeechee. The State authorized the opening of this portion of the old thoroughfare in 1777....

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Bulloch County

Bulloch County was created by Act. of Feb. 8, 1776 from Bryan and Screven Counties. Originally, it contained part of Evans, Candler, Emanuel and Jenkins Counties. It was named for Archibald...

Bulloch County was created by Act. of Feb. 8, 1776 from Bryan and Screven Counties. Originally, it contained part of Evans, Candler, Emanuel and Jenkins Counties. It was named for...

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John Abbot (1751-1839) Ornithol ogist,Entomologist, Artist

1/3 Mi. In the old McElveen Cemetery, one-third of a mile northeast of this marker, is the grave of John Abbot, pioneer naturalist of Georgia. Abbot was born in London June 1, 1751, and in early...

1/3 Mi. In the old McElveen Cemetery, one-third of a mile northeast of this marker, is the grave of John Abbot, pioneer naturalist of Georgia. Abbot was born in London June 1, 1751, and in...

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Union Meeting House (Organized 1790)

Three miles east of this point, on the old River road, is located union Meeting House (Methodist), the oldest church in Bulloch County, and one of the oldest churches in Georgia remaining...

Three miles east of this point, on the old River road, is located union Meeting House (Methodist), the oldest church in Bulloch County, and one of the oldest churches in Georgia...

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Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church

This church, the oldest congregation in lower Bryan County, was certified by the Presbytery of Georgia in 1830. Its founders included rice planters on Bryan Neck, among them Thomas Savage Clay,...

This church, the oldest congregation in lower Bryan County, was certified by the Presbytery of Georgia in 1830. Its founders included rice planters on Bryan Neck, among them Thomas Savage Clay,...

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The Clay Family of Bryan Neck

In this cemetery are interred members of the Clay family, among the most prominent of Bryan Neck and coastal Georgia from the colonial era of Georgia through the 19th century. Prominent among...

In this cemetery are interred members of the Clay family, among the most prominent of Bryan Neck and coastal Georgia from the colonial era of Georgia through the 19th century. Prominent among...

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The "Bottom" Village

The “Bottom” residential village, built in the mid-1930s, was the first housing project developed by Henry Ford for his employees in the Ways Station (later Richmond Hill) area. The name...

The “Bottom” residential village, built in the mid-1930s, was the first housing project developed by Henry Ford for his employees in the Ways Station (later Richmond Hill) area. The...

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