Captain Wylly Road

There were two Captain Wyllys in the history of Jekyll. It is believed the road was named for Charles Spalding Wylly (1836- 1923), Captain in the Confederate Army, 1st Georgia Regulars, a descendant of Clement Martin, who was granted on ...

Congressional Medal Of Honor Recipients

SSG Henry E. Erwin - 1 LT William R. Lawley, Jr. - PFC Alford L. McLaughlin

Staff Sergeant Henry E. Erwin

Citation: Staff Sergeant Henry Erwin, U.S. Army Air Corps, 52d Bombardment Squadron, 29th Bombardment Group, 314th Bombardment Wing, 20th Air Force. ...

In Memory of the Students of this School who Enlisted in the Arm

Killed in Action

Lee Rainbow * Wallace Antone

Honor Roll:

Charles Laws • Isaac Jese • Oliver Sneed •

Wm. T. Moore •

Joe McCarthy •

Peter Moore •

Charles Gougn •

Seth Oldman •

Harvier Adams •

George Bell •

Roy Left ...

United States Indian Vocational Training School

Established 1891

This fountain and building erected 1922

Charles H. Burke

Commissioner of Indian

Affairs.

"The Indian will become an asset or a liability as we cultivate or fail to cultivate his body, mind and soul with a view to fitting him for an ...

The Rock on Brightwood Avenue

Battleground to Community

Across Quackenbos Street is Emory United Methodist Church. Named to honor Bishop John Emory of Maryland (1789-1835), the congregation dates from 1832.

From the beginning, Emory welcomed all races but, like most Washington churches then, seated African ...

Enid A. Haupt Garden

Panel 1:

Enid A. Haupt Garden. A popular urban oasis since its completion in 1987, the 4.2-acre Enid A. Haupt Garden comprises three distinct gardens. The design of each reflects the cultural and aesthetic influences celebrated in the Smithsonian ...

Zion United Methodist Church

This congregation was formally established in 1818 when a group of local Methodists obtained land on which to construct a house of worship from Aletta Clark. Known as Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, the small frame structure was located a short ...

Sandy Creek Settlement

Joseph Porlier Benac, Sandy Creek's first settler, was granted a tract of land here by the Potawatomi Indians Aug. 3, 1780. By the time of the War of 1812, sixteen homes lined the banks of the creek.

Retreating Indians swept ...

The Presidential District

History Link: A Trail to Deadwood's Past

As South Deadwood expanded along Sherman Street in early 1876, log cabins and small frame houses appeared on the hillsides above the mining camp. A cemetery was quickly established on a hill deemed too ...

Stewart County Academy and Masonic Building

This building was erected in 1831 in NW Lumpkin to house the “Stewart County Academy,” the first academy in the county. In 1842, it became the “Lumpkin Independent Academy” for boys only, owned by local stockholders. In 1841, the first ...