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Civilian Conservation Corps Camp P-56, Company 1367

On this site in July 1933, CCC Camp P~56 Company 1367, opened with an enrollment of 192 Virginia men. The camp, which was organized as one of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal employment programs, consisted of 52 small barracks, ...

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Church of the Good Shepard

Beginning in 1883 with services held in nearby private homes by Trinity Church, this Episcopal church then constructed a building on Barnwell Street, was organized into a mission, and became a separate parish in 1886. Rt. Rev. Albert S. Thomas, ...

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Millbrook

Home of John Wayles Eppes

Approximately 2 miles east stood Millbrook (1811-1866), home of U.S. Senator John Wayles Eppes (1773-1823). He attended the University of Pennsylvania, was graduated from Hampden-Sydney College, and was admitted to the Bar in 1794. He married ...

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Oak Hill Cemetery

This nonsectarian cemetery was dedicated on June 27, 1848 before a crowd of 3,000 people. The establishment of the cemetery reflected a transition from small family or religious cemeteries. Oak Hill Cemetery has been enlarged several times and occupies 65 ...

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The General

This is the original locomotive made famous by its participation in the Andrews Raid of April 12, 1862.

It was stolen by the Northern raiders who tried unsuccessfully to wreck the Confederate supply line between Atlanta, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn., and ...

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Buttermilk Falls

At the foot of this lane

at Buttermilk Falls, was

the Headquarters of General

Israel Putnam, Commander

in the Highlands 1779

Marker is at the intersection of West Point Hwy and Webb Lane, on the right when traveling north on ...

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Dodge County Memorial Park

This park is dedicated to the men and women

of the county who served their country in time

of war; it replaces six miles of memorial elms

which were relinquished for this highway.

[Seal of the American Legion Auxiliary]

The trees were planted by ...

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Dr. Vincent Le Seigneur House

38 Church Street

This three and one half story stuccoed masonry Adamesque single house with a two tiered piazza was constructed between September of 1811 and June of 1812 by George Keenan, a grocery merchant. The house was purchased in 1814 ...

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Mount Pleasant Baptist Church / Lowther's Hill Cemetery

Marker Front:

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, organized by 1785, first met in a nearby school. It built a sanctuary here in 1791; that year Cashaway Baptist Church merged with it. In 1818 the congregation moved about 2 mi. ...

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Hoschton Train Depot

The four Hosch brothers founded Hoschton in 1881 in the hope of influencing the proposed route of the Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad. In 1833 this depot was built on land donated by the brothers. The railroad transformed the town ...

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