Gibson County Courthouse

The Gibson County Courthouse, built in 1899, is the fourth one to have occupied this site. The first courthouse was a log structure built in 1824, the year following the organization of the county, a process commenced by David Crockett, ...

Make Way for the Railroad

Riverfrontiers

By 1851 the railroad had arrived at Rochester. Rail transit had been developed in the year before and had finally spread through Pittsburgh and surrounding western Pennsylvania towns.

Railroads were built on flat surfaces - one commonly flat location was along ...

Colonel Thomas W. Ferebee

Family Homesite

Colonel Thomas W. Ferebee

Bombardier, Enola Gay

Dropped Atomic Bomb on

Hiroshima, Japan

August 6, 1945

Marker is on Wilkesboro Street (U.S. 64), on the left when traveling east.

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Elberton Granite Bicentennial Memorial Fountain

[Column - East/West Inscription]:

Elberton

Granite

Bicentennial

Memorial

Fountain

***

Commemorating

The

200th

Anniversary

of

American

Independence

***

1776 — 1976

[Column - North/South Inscription]:

Erected

During

1976

As A

Gift

to

Elberton

and

Albert County

by

Member-Firms

of the

Elberton Granite

Association, Inc

***

May this fountain serve

as an everyday reminder

of the Elberton Granite

Industry's interest in

this community and con-

tributions to this area's

economic and civic life.

[First Panel]:

1776 - 1976

Two Centuries of Advancement

From ...

Colorado Volunteers at the Battles of Glorieta Pass

March 26-28, 1862

On this site and several miles to the west along the Santa Fe Trail, Colorado Volunteers and Regular U.S. Troops fought a Confederate force from Texas in the Battle of Glorieta Pass. Although no clear victory emerged after ...

Glorieta Pass Battlefield

National Historic Landmark, 1961

The Civil War battle fought in this pass is often referred to as the "Gettysburg of the West." Union forces dashed Confederate strategy to seize the southwest's major supply base at Fort Union; Colorado and California were ...

In the Year 1803

In the year 1803, James Alston,

Beckham Dye, Dr. John T. Gilmer,

Reuben Lindsay and Middleton

Woods, were the first

commissioners appointed to

rule the Town of Elberton.

Marker can be reached from South Oliver Street (State Highway 77).

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Henry Craig

Henry Craig was the body servant of John Craig and served with him during the War Between the States. John was a member of Company A, First South Carolina Rifles, Orr's Regiment, from 1861 until he was wounded at Gravely ...

Affra Harleston Coming

In

Memory Of

Affra Harleston Coming

Who epitomizes the courage of the woman who

   pioneered the settling of this state.

Coming by herself from England in 1670 as a

   bonded servent and serving a two year

indenture to pay for ...

Six Mile Veterans Monument

In Honor Of

Six Mile Military Personnel of All Wars

and

In Special Tribute to Our

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

Charles H. Barker

Korea

James D. Howe

Vietnam

William A. McWhorter

World War II

Furman L. Smith

World War II

Marker is on South Main Street (State Highway 133), on the right ...