Friends Meeting

Built, 1773, replacing 1706

house. North wall holds

cannon ball which struck

in 1778 skirmish between

British and Americans

Marker is at the intersection of Church Street and Front Street on Church Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Antioch United Methodist Church

Antioch Church was founded in Jackson County, Georgia in 1799, on land given by the James Glenn family. The original building, along with an 1825 addition, stands to the rear of the present sanctuary forming the "T" and was bricked ...

Pettigrew and Trimble's Attack

July 3, 1863 - Third Day

"On and on they move, the Yankee lines pouring in their fire at every stop, men falling on every side."

Pvt. William F. Fulton, C.S.A.

5th Alabama Battalion, Pettigrew's Division

The bloody Confederate attack here on July 3 ...

Stevenson's Division

Breckinridge's Corps.

Stevenson's Division.

Breckinridge's Corps.

Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson.

Nov. 25, 1863

Brown's Brigade - Brig. Gen. John C. Brown.

Cumming's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Alfred Cumming.

Pettus's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus.

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The Artillery ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- The Last Transcontinental Railroad

The Last Transcontinental Railroad

“It was the finest railroad in America.”

Those were the words of many former employees of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific (Milwaukee Road). This trail follows the route of that glorious railroad. The rails are gone ...

White Methodist Church

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A Methodist Church has stood on this site since the early 1820’s when one was built by the first white settlers in Nacoochee Valley. Six acres of land to be used for the church and cemetery were deeded to the ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- The End of the Road?

Time Runs Out for “America s Resourceful Railroad”

Never-ending financial problems, speedy new interstate highways and jets killed Milwaukee's passenger service to the Pacific Coast by 1961. Stiff freight competition and corporate mismanagement put an end to railroad service altogether in ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Bumps on the Milwaukee Road

In 1925, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company suffered the largest business failure in the history of the United States up to that time.

The bankruptcy resulted from a combination of problems related to the construction of its ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Rough Roads & Wrecks

High steel trestles, long curved tunnels and steep rocky embankments could be accidents waiting to happen…

But diligent, hard-working Milwaukee Roaders saw that relatively few wrecks shattered the quiet beauty of the Bitterroots. Occasionally destructive wrecks did occur.

Two steam ...

Kinnaird Trail

Kinnaird Trail, considered the oldest public road in Wiregrass Georgia, follows an Indian trail used before white men came to this country. In Revolutionary days, it was named Kinnaird Trail as the route was used by Indians and traders travelling ...