Uncle Remus Museum
This memorial to Joel Chandler Harris, born in Eatonton Dec. 9, 1848, was constructed from three slave cabins found in Putnam County. Uncle Remus Museum, Inc., a local non-profit organization of dedicated citizens established and has maintained its operation continuously from the opening on April 21, 1963.
Turner Park is a part of the home place of Joseph Sydney Turner, the ´little boy´ to whom the world famous stories of the ´critters´ were told ´Uncle Remus´, Harris´ unique creation. turner grew up at ´Turnwold´, nine miles east of Eatonton, home of his father, Joseph Addison turner, where Harris had his first job assisting in printing ´The Countryman´.
Erected by the Uncle Remus Museum, Inc.
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: marbill.