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Exploring Georgia The Field Trip Guide

A Georgia State History Curriculum

For the children and families of Georgia

Exploring Georgia: A Georgia State History Curriculum by The Notgrass Family

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Introduction...... iv

Part One: The County Guide...... 3 Georgia Cities and Towns, General Georgia Travel Information

Part Two: The Subject Guide ...... 141

Part Three: The Unit Guide...... 177

Part Four: The Events Guide...... 195

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide Introduction

This field trip guide to the fascinating state of Georgia is packed with over 1,675 entries. We combed through numerous packets and brochures from Chambers of Commerce and other organizations all across the state. We searched the internet and made countless phone calls. We selected the sites we thought most appropriate for you and your family. This guide can be used year after year with students of all ages. The guide is divided into four parts. The first part is a county-by-county guide to the sites in Georgia. This part has a section for each county; the counties are arranged alphabetically. For your convenience, at the beginning of this section is a list of all the cities which have sites included and the county in which they are located. The second part has sections for subjects such as music, Native Americans, the Civil War, science and technology, and many more. When you are focusing on a certain subject, check this section to learn about sites that will enrich your studies. In the third part of the guide, the sites are arranged according to the units in Exploring Georgia. As you are working through each unit, look at this section to see the possibilities of field trips that will make your study of the curriculum more memorable and meaningful. The fourth part of this guide is a list over 300 events and festivals offered throughout the state, listed by month. Many communities offer Fourth of July celebrations, fall festivals, Christmas celebrations, etc. that are not included on this list. Contact specific counties to find out what they offer. You also may want to visit these websites: www.gastateparks.org and www.georgiaonmymind.org. Some of the dates for these events vary from year to year. An event may be listed in June, but one year it may take place in July. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you plan ahead and find out in advance about the festivals and events in which you are interested. If an event listed in this section has no contact information, look at the section for the county in which the event takes place. We suggest contacting a site before you visit it. The site may have odd hours or be closed for the season. Some sights may offer special prices on certain days. If no contact information is available for a specific site, look at the visitor contact information for that county. Several counties offer brochures for driving and walking tours of historic sites in the area. Chambers of Commerce, welcome centers, and visitor centers are often a good place to pick up such brochures. Please understand that we have not visited all of these sites or attended all of the events. Even though we tried to chose family-friendly sites, we do not necessarily condone all of the performances at the theaters, all of the information in the museums, or all of the activities at the festivals. We hope that you and your family enjoy Exploring Georgia together!

Mary Evelyn Notgrass April 2003

Exploring Georgia The Field Trip Guide

Part One: The County Guide

The following is a list of the cities and towns included in the guide and the county in which each one is located.

City/Town County City/Town County Abbeville Wilcox Cassville Bartow Acworth Fulton Cave Spring Floyd Adairsville Bartow Cedartown Polk Adel Cook Chamblee DeKalb Alamo Wheeler Chatsworth Murray Alapaha Berrien Chickamauga Walker Albany Dougherty Cisco Murray Alma Bacon Clarkesville Habersham Alpharetta Fulton Claxton Evans Alto Habersham Clayton Rabun Americus Sumter Clermont Hall Andersonville Sumter Cleveland White Appling Columbia Clinton Jones Armuchee Floyd Cochran Bleckley Ashburn Turner Cohutta Whitfield Athens Clarke Colquitt Miller Atlanta Fulton Columbus Muscogee Augusta Richmond Comer Madison Austell Fulton Commerce Jackson Bainbridge Decatur Concord Pike Baldwin Banks Conyers Rockdale Barnesville Lamar Cordele Crisp Baxley Appling Cornelia Habersham Bellville Evans Covington Newton Bishop Oconee Crabapple Fulton Blackbeard Island McIntosh Crandall Murray Blackshear Pierce Crawford Oglethorpe Blairsville Union Crawfordville Taliaferro Blakely Early Culloden Monroe Blue Ridge Fannin Cumberland Island Camden Braseltown Jackson Cumming Forsyth Brunswick Glynn Cussetta Chattahoochee Buchanan Haralson Cuthbert Randolph Buena Vista Marion Dacula Gwinnett Buford Gwinnett Dahlonega Lumpkin Butler Taylor Dallas Paulding Byron Peach Dalton Whitfield Cairo Grady Danielsville Madison Calhoun Gordon Darien McIntosh Camilla Mitchell Dawson Terrell Canton Cherokee Dawsonville Dawson Carnesville Franklin Decatur DeKalb Carrollton Carroll DeSoto Sumter Cartersville Bartow Dillard Rabun Exploring Georgia 3 © 2003 The Notgrass Company City/Town County City/Town County Donalsonville Seminole Hazlehurst Jeff Davis Douglas Coffee Helen White Douglasville Douglas Hiawassee Towns Dublin Laurens Hinesville Liberty Duluth Gwinnett Hinton Pickens Eastman Dodge Hollingsworth Banks East Point Fulton Homer Banks Eatonton Putnam Homerville Clinch Eden Effingham Hoschton Jackson Edison Calhoun Indian Springs Butts Elberton Elbert Irwinton Wilkinson Ellabell Bryan Jackson Butts Ellaville Schley Jacksonville Telfair Ellijay Gilmer Jasper Pickens Eulonia McIntosh Jefferson Jackson Fairburn Fulton Jeffersonville Twiggs Fargo Clinch Jekyll Island Glynn Fayetteville Fayette Jesup Wayne Fitzgerald Ben Hill Jewell Warren Flovilla Butts Jonesboro Clayton Flowery Branch Hall Juliette Monroe Folkston Charlton Kennesaw Cobb Forest Park Clayton Kingsland Camden Forsyth Monroe Kingston Bartow Fort Benning Muscogee Kite Johnson Fort Gaines Clay Knoxville Crawford Fort Gordon Richmond LaFayette Walker Fort Oglethorpe Catoosa LaGrange Troup Fortson Muscogee Lakeland Lanier Fort Valley Peach Lake Lanier Islands Hall Franklin Heard Lake Park Lowndes Gainesville Hall Lavonia Franklin Georgetown Quitman Lawrenceville Gwinnett Gibson Glascock Leesburg Lee Glennville Tattnall Lenox Cook Good Hope Walton Leslie Sumter Grantville Coweta Lexington Oglethorpe Gray Jones Lilburn Gwinnett Greensboro Greene Lincolnton Lincoln Greenville Meriwether Lithia Springs Douglas Griffin Spalding Lizella Bibb Grovetown Columbia Locust Grove Henry Hahira Lowndes Loganville Gwinnett Hamilton Harris Lookout Mountain Walker Hampton Henry Louisville Jefferson Hapeville Clayton Ludowici Long Harlem Columbia Lula Banks Hartwell Hart Lumber City Telfair Hawkinsville Pulaski Lumpkin Stewart

Exploring Georgia 4 © 2003 The Notgrass Company City/Town County City/Town County Lyerly Chattooga Powder Springs Cobb Macon Bibb Preston Webster Madison Morgan Quitman Brooks Marble Hill Pickens Rabun Gap Rabun Marietta Cobb Reidsville Tattnall Martinez Richmond Remerton Lowndes Maysville Banks Resaca Gordon McCaysville Fannin Rex Clayton McDonough Henry Reynolds Taylor McRae Telfair Rhine Dodge Meridian McIntosh Richland Stewart Metter Candler Richmond Hill Bryan Midway Liberty Rincon Effingham Milan Telfair Ringgold Catoosa Milledgeville Baldwin Rising Fawn Dade Millen Jenkins Roberta Crawford Milner Lamar Rockmart Polk Mitchell Glascock Rock Spring Walker Molena Pike Rocky Face Whitfield Monroe Walton Rome Floyd Montezuma Macon Roopville Carroll Monticello Jasper Rossville Walker Moreland Coweta Roswell Fulton Morgan Calhoun Round Oak Jasper Morrow Clayton Royston Franklin Morven Brooks Rutledge Morgan Moultrie Colquitt Rydal Bartow Mountain City Rabun Sandersville Washington Mount Vernon Montgomery Sandy Springs Fulton Musella Crawford Sapelo Island McIntosh Nahunta Brantley Sasser Terrell Nashville Berrien Sautee White Newnan Coweta Sautee-Nacoochee White Newton Baker Savannah Chatham Norwood Warren Screven Wayne Oakman Gordon Senioa Coweta Ocilla Irwin Shellman Randolph Oglethorpe Macon Sky Valley Rabun Omaha Stewart Smyrna Cobb Oxford Newton Snellville Gwinnett Palmetto Fulton Social Circle Walton Parrott Terrell Soperton Truetlen Pearson Atkinson Sparta Hancock Pelham Mitchell Springfield Effingham Perry Houston Spring Place Murray Pine Mountain Harris St. Marys Camden Plains Sumter St. Simons Island Glynn Pooler Chatham Statenville Echols Port Wentworth Chatham Statesboro Bulloch

Exploring Georgia 5 © 2003 The Notgrass Company City/Town County City/Town County Stockbridge Henry Vienna Dooly Stone Mountain DeKalb Villa Rica Carroll Suches Union Waco Haralson Summerville Chattooga Waleska Cherokee Swainsboro Emanuel Wallacoochee Atkinson Sylvania Screven Warm Springs Meriwether Sylvester Worth Warner Robins Houston Talbotton Talbot Warrenton Warren Tallapoosa Haralson Warthen Washington Tallulah Falls Rabun Washington Wilkes Tate Pickens Watkinsville Oconee Tazewell Marion Waycross Ware The Narrows Banks Waynesboro Burke The Rock Upson Weston Webster Thomaston Upson West Point Harris Thomasville Thomas White Bartow Thomson McDuffie White Oak Camden Tifton Tift Whitesburg Carroll Tignall Wilkes Winder Barrow Toccoa Stephens Woodbine Camden Trenton Dade Woodbury Meriwether Tunnel Hill Whitfield Woodland Talbot Twin City Emanuel Woodstock Cherokee Tybee Island Chatham Wrens Jefferson Unadilla Dooly Wrightsville Johnson Valdosta Lowndes Young Harris Towns Varnell Whitfield Zebulon Pike Vidalia Toombs

Visit www.GeorgiaOnMyMind.org for more information on driving trails throughout the state. Here are some of the trails the state has to offer:

Altahama Canoe Trail – Enjoy this 175-mile river. Andersonville Trail – This trail is rich in American history. Appalachian Gateway Trail – A variety of outdoor activities are available in the communities along the trail. Atlanta Campaign Trail – Travel the route of the Atlanta Campaign of the Civil War. Blue and Gray Trail – This trail takes you to over 60 battlefields, national parks, and museums. Chattahoochee-Flint Heritage Highway – See the land where the Creek Indians once lived. Chieftains Trail – Native American Heritage Colonial Coast Birding Trail – See some of the 300 species sighted on this trail in a variety of habitats from shorelines to old rice fields, woodlands, and more. Covered Bridge Trail – See the 15 remaining covered bridges in Georgia. Dixie Highway – The Dixie Highway follows the 1920s-1940s travel route from Sault Saint Marie, MI to Miami, FL. It also includes the area in Northern Georgia known as "Battlefield Route." Georgia's Antebellum Trail – See mansions and homes of the pre-Civil War era. Georgia's Peach Blossom Trail – This trail highlights Georgia's fruit and scenic beauty. Georgia's Treasures Along I-20 – Enjoy historic sites and other attractions. Georgia's U.S. 441 Heritage Trail – Discover what this road less-traveled has to offer. Liberty Trail – Step back in time and enjoy the beauty of the Georgia coast at the six stops on this driving trail in Liberty County. Lookout Mountain Parkway – Drive through scenic Lookout Mountain. Scenic 197 – Enjoy the area around Lake Burton and the Soque River. Southern Highroads Trail – This trail goes through four states: Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Southern Trail – Explore the six counties adjacent to the Broad River. Wiregrass Trail – Take this scenic route to Georgia's coast. Woodpecker Trail – This trail is approximately 150 miles long.

Georgia Travel Information - Visitor Information Centers

Augusta, Richmond County Plains, Sumter County Tallapoosa, Haralson County I-20 W., 706-737-1446 US Hwy. 280, 229-824-7477 I-20 E., 770-574-2621

Columbus, Muscogee County Ringgold, Catoosa County Valdosta, Lowndes County I-185 and Williams Rd., I-75 S., 706-937-4211 I-75 N., 229-559-5828 706-649-7455 Savannah, Chatham County West Point, Harris County Kingsland, Camden County I-95 S., 912-963-2546 I-85 N., 706-645-3353 I-95 N., 912-729-3253

Lavonia, Franklin County Sylvania, Screven County I-85 S., 706-356-4019 US Hwy. 301, 912-829-3331

Georgia Travel Information

Georgia Department of Industry, Georgia Department of Industry, Destination South, USA Trade, and Tourism Trade, and Tourism 959-B Piedmont Ave. 688 Walnut St., Suite 201 Northeast Georgia Mountains Atlanta, GA Macon, GA Tourist Information 404-815-3010 1-800-VISITGA www.visitnortheastgeorgia.com Southeast Tourism Society Georgia Department of Industry, Georgia's Coast 3400 Peachtree Rd. N.E., Ste. 725 Trade, and Tourism Website: Atlanta, GA P.O. Pox 3116 www.visitcoastalgeorgia.com 404-364-9847 Gainesville, GA 30503 Website: 404-535-5757 www.escapetothesoutheast.com

Appling County was created in 1818. It was named for Col. Daniel Appling, a noted Georgia hero of the War of 1812.

Visitor Information Appling County Heritage Center Lake Mayers This center offers a wide variety of Enjoy fishing, boating, swimming, Baxley-Appling County historical displays and artifacts. See and other water sports on this 170- Chamber of Commerce exhibits ranging from agricultural acre lake. 305 W. Parker St. implements and a turpentine 239 Dewitt Herrington Rd. Baxley, GA 31513 collection to black history and Baxley, GA 31513 912-367-7731 county architecture. Free 912-367-8100 Website: www.baxley.org Admission. Website: www.baxley.org P.O. Box 87 Sites Thomas St. Moody Forest Natural Area Baxley, GA 31513 This swamp is home to longleaf and

912-367-8133 slash pines estimated at being 200 A. Randall Tuten Website: www.baxley.org to 300 years old, as well as Environmental Park mammoth tupelo cypress estimated See wetlands, streams, ponds, and Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant at being 600 years old. over 100 species of trees. Concerts Visitor Center East River Rd. and theatrical performances are held Explore hands-on exhibits and see Baxley, GA 31513 throughout the year at the animated displays explaining how 912-366-9549 amphitheater. Free Admission. the energy of an atom is used to Website: www.baxley.org U.S. Hwy. 15 S. generate electricity. Free Baxley, GA 31513 Admission. 912-367-8630 11028 Hatch Pkwy. N. Website: www.baxley.org Baxley, GA 31513

912-367-3668 Altamaha River Website: www.baxley.org Come explore this 137-mile river inhabited by over 130 rare and Graham United Methodist endangered species. Church Baxley, GA 31513 This building was constructed by 912-367-7731 local citizens in 1886. It was Website: www.baxley.org patterned after rural chapels of

England, the homeland of the Appling County Courthouse building's designer. Free Admission. This courthouse was completed in 206 Graham Methodist Church Rd. 1908. Free Admission. Graham, GA 31539 38 Main St. Courthouse Square 912-367-7716 Baxley, GA 31513 Website: www.baxley.org 912-367-8100

Atkinson County - Pearson

Atkinson County was created in 1918. It was named for William Y. Atkinson.

Sites McCranie Brothers

Atkinson County Courthouse Turpentine Still Built in 1920 in the Neoclassical Drive by and see this mill which Revival style. was in operation from 1936 to 1942. P.O. Box 518 Hwy. 82 W. Austin at Main St. Wallacoochee, GA 31650 Pearson, GA 31642 912-534-5152 912-422-3391 Springhead Methodist Church Cemetery Atkinson County

Bacon County was created in 1914. Augustus Octavius Bacon, for whom the county was named, served in the Confederate Army, as a Georgia state representative, and as a Senator in the United States Congress.

Visitor Information Sites

Alma-Bacon County Bacon County Courthouse Welcome Center The courthouse of Bacon County, Bacon County Courthouse, Ste. 402 Georgia's Blueberry Capital, was Alma, GA 31510 completed in 1919. 912-632-0019 Alma, GA

Alma-Bacon County Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 450 1120 W. 12th St. Alma, GA 31510 912-632-5859 Website: www.abcchamber.org

Baker County - Newton

Baker County was created in 1825. It was named for Colonel John Baker, a member of Georgia's 1775 Provincial Congress who also served in the Revolutionary War.

Sites

Baker County Courthouse P.O. Box 607 Courthouse Square Newton, GA 39870 229-734-2976

Baldwin County - Milledgeville

Baldwin County was formed in 1803. It was named for Abraham Baldwin, a signer of the U.S. Constitution who also served as both U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator. Milledgeville was Georgia's fourth state capitol from 1807 until 1868.

Visitor Information Sites Atkinson Hall This structure, built in 1896 in the Milledgeville Convention and Allen's Market Building Neoclassical style, is the oldest Visitor's Bureau/Welcome Center C. 1911 commercial building now building on the Georgia College and Trolley Tours of Milledgeville are used as theater, meeting, and studio State University campus. offered. space. On display almost year-round Located on the Georgia College 200 West Hancock St. is "Structures and Sights," an Campus P.O. Box 219 exhibition featuring Milledgeville Milledgeville, GA 31061 Milledgeville, GA 31059-0219 architecture. 478-445-5497 478-452-4687, 800-653-1804 Located at corner of E. McIntosh St. Website: www.gcsu.edu Website: www.milledgevillecvb.com and Wayne St. Milledgeville, GA 31961 Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 9 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Bartram Forest Lake Sinclair Old Baldwin County Courthouse This forest was once inhabited by At this 15,300 acre lake, visitors can This, the county's third courthouse, Native Americans. Visitors to the enjoy fishing, swimming, boating, was completed in 1886. forest today can see abundant and camping. W. Hancock St. wildlife, natural wetlands, and an US Hwy. 441 N. Milledgeville, GA 31061 erosion ravine. Milldgeville, GA 30161 800-653-1804 2892 Hwy. 441 S. 478-452-4687 Milledgeville, GA 31061 Old Capitol 478-445-2119 Lockerly Arboretum This building served as the seat of Website: A wide variety of plants and trees Georgia's government from 1807 www.milledgevillecvb.com have been labeled and catalogued at until 1868. It has been occupied by this outdoor horticultural laboratory. the Georgia Millitary College since Cathy Alumni Center A desert greenhouse, tropical 1879. Georgia's Antebellum Capitol English Tudor-style house built c. greenhouse, vineyards, and Museum is housed in the building. 1921 and designed after a home in rhododendron garden are among the 201 E. Greene St. Surrey, England. Beautifully attractions. Milledgeville, GA 31061 furnished with surrounding Peabody 1534 Irwinton Rd. 478-453-2035, Gardens. Milledgeville, GA 31061 478-453-1803 (for tours) 517 W. Hancock St. 478-452-2112 Website: www.gacmuseum.com Milledgeville, GA 31061 Website: www.lockerlyarboretum.org 478-445-5400 Old Governor's Mansion Website: Lockerly Hall This building was Georgia's www.gcsu.edu/alumni.html Tours are available of Lockerly executive mansion from 1838 to Hall, built c. 1839, on the Monday 1868. It was occupied by General Central State Hospital Milledgeville Historic Trolley Tour. Sherman during his March to the This hospital was established in 1534 Irwinton Rd. Sea. It is now an historic house 1842 by the Georgia legislature. It Milledgeville, GA 31061 museum and is an excellent served mental, epileptic, and 478-452-2112, 478-452-4687 example of Georgia's Greek Revival tuberculosis patients. The 1891 Website: www.lockerlyarboretum.org architecture. Victorian depot is now a museum of 120 S. Clarke St. the hospital's history with Masonic Hall Milledgeville, GA 31061 memorabilia. Open by appointment. This three-story building was built 478-445-4545 Free Admission. using handmade bricks in the 1830s. Website: www.gcsu.edu/mansion 620 Broad St. The 87-foot unsupported circular Milledgeville, GA 31062 stairway and exceptional ironwork Olive Forge Herb Garden 478-445-1757, 888-453-4575 are among the building's Home to over 350 varieties of herbs. Website: architectural features. Brown's Crossing Rd. www.centralstatehospital.org Located on the corner of Hancock Milledgeville, GA 31061 St. and Wayne St. 478-932-5737 Georgia's Antebellum Capitol Milledgeville, GA 31061 Museum This museum, housed in the Memory Hill Self-Guided Tour basement of the Old Capitol Georgia politicians, soldiers, slaves, Building, depicts the cultural and and many historical figures are historical heritage of Milledgeville. buried in this cemetery. 201 E. Greene St. Entrances at Liberty St. and Milledgeville, GA 31061 Franklin St. 478-453-1803 Milledgeville, GA 31061 Website: www.gacmuseum.com Museum and Archives of John Marlor Arts Center Georgia Education This house, built in the Federal Features changing exhibits, Greek Revival style, houses the historical records, artifacts, and Elizabeth Marlor Bethune Art memorabilia documenting the Gallery and features traveling development of education in exhibits throughout the year. Georgia. Free Admission. 201 N. Wayne St. 131 S. Clarke St. Milledgeville, GA 31061 Milledgeville, GA 31061 478-452-3950, 800-653-1804 478-445-4391 Website: www.milledgevillecvb.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 10 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Sacred Heart Catholic Church St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Stetson-Sanford House Some of the materials used to Carpenter gothic-style building built Two-story clapboard home built c. construct this Gothic Revival c. 1843. Contains an Old English 1825. Open by request. building in 1874 came from an glass window and hand-carved 601 Hancock St. elegant hotel formerly on the site. furniture. Milledgeville, GA 31061 P.O. Box 754 220 S. Wayne St. 800-653-1804 110 Jefferson St. Milledgeville, GA 31061 Milledgeville, GA 30161 912-452-2421 Website: www.archatl.com/parishes/ sacredheart_milledgeville.html

Banks County - Homer

Banks County was created in 1858 and named for a noted physician and surgeon from Gainesville, Dr. Richard Banks.

Visitor Information Sites Hurricane Shoals Park Enjoy swimming and wading, nature Banks County Chamber of Banks County Courthouse trails, an old gristmill, and more. Commerce See historic exhibits in this GA Hwy. 82 Spur P.O. Box 57 courthouse, completed in 1863. Maysville, GA 30558 U.S. Hwy. 441 Historic Tour brochures available 706-367-1199 Homer, GA 30547 here. 800-638-5004, 706-677-2108 105 U.S. Hwy. 441 N. Ragsdale Mill Website: www.bankscountyga.org Homer, GA 30547 This mill was built during the Civil 706-677-2108 War. It is located near Mt. Pleasant Banks County Convention and Website: www.bankscountyga.org United Methodist Church. Visitors Bureau Mt. Olivet Rd. Off U.S. Hwy. 441 Banks County Jail near Homer, GA Homer, GA 30547 On the upper floor of this jail, built 706-677-5265 between 1864 and 1880, the cells, Smithville Village Website: www.bankscountyga.org bars across the windows, and This village includes an authentic "hanging" trapdoor remain. 1887 general store, an 1840s log Welcome Center Old Jail St. smokehouse, Aiken chapel, an ice 706-335-3354 Homer, GA 30547 cream parlor cafe, and more. 706-677-2108 GA Hwy. 365 Website: www.bankscountyga.org Baldwin, GA 30511 706-778-5709 Blind Suzie Covered Bridge Website: www.smithvillevillage.com This covered bridge was built around 1911. Ty Cobb Birthplace Antioch Rd., Off GA Hwy. 51 Drive by the birthplace of this Lula, GA 30554 legendary baseball player. 706-677-2108, 800-638-5004 Hwy. 150 Website: www.bankscountyga.org The Narrows, GA

Fort Hollingsworth White House Wilson Shoals Wildlife Built in the 1700s for protection Management Area from Native Americans. Enjoy fishing, hunting, hiking,

Wynn Lake Rd. camping, and bird watching. Hollingsworth, GA Off GA Hwy. 365 on Yonah Rd. Homer, GA 30547 770-535-5700 Website: www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/wild

Barrow County was established in 1914. It was named in honor of David C. Barrow who was chancellor of the University of Georgia at the time.

Visitor Information Barrow County Museum Russell Family Cemetery This museum is housed in the The family cemetery of Richard B. Barrow County Chamber of former Barrow County Jail built in Russell who served as a U.S. Commerce 1914. See the hanging tower and jail Senator from Georgia from 1933 to Barrow County Driving Tour cells; learn the county history; see 1971. Winder Walking Tour exhibits on Fort Yargo and Senator GA Hwy. 53 6 Porter St. Richard B. Russell. Winder, GA 30680 Winder, GA 30680 74 E. Athens St. 770-867-9444 770-867-9444 Winder, GA 30680 Website: www.barrowchamber.com Website: www.barrowchamber.org 770-307-1183, 770-864-9003 (for Saturday appointments) Sharpton Opera House Sites Built in 1903. Fort Yargo State Park 313 S. Broad St. Barrow County Courthouse This park features Fort Yargo, Winder, GA 30680 Built in the early 1900s. Free which was built in 1792 by settlers Admission. for protection against Cherokee and Downtown Creek Indians. Today visitors can Winder, GA 30680 enjoy camping and cottages, 770-867-9444 swimming, boating, hiking, and more. GA Hwy. 81 Winder, GA 30680 770-867-3489 Website: www.gastateparks.org

Bartow County - Cartersville

Bartow County was established in 1832. It was originally named Cass County after General Lewis Cass, Secretary of War under Andrew Jackson. Cass later became unpopular in Georgia as a result of his abolitionist and pro-Union views. After Colonel Francis Bartow's death in the Civil War, the county was renamed.

Visitor Information Sites Allatoona Pass Battlefield See two earthen forts, miles of Adairsville Welcome Center 1902 Stock Exchange and Public trench works, and trail markers at Self-Guided Tour of Homes Square Opera House the site of this 1864 battle. Free 101 Public Square This restored mercantile houses a Admission. Adairsville, GA 30103 variety of shops. Old Allatoona Rd. 770-773-1775, 800-733-2280 124 Public Square Cartersville, GA 30120 Website: www.notatlanta.org Adairsville, GA 30103 770-606-8862 770-773-1902 Website: Cartersville Local Welcome Website:www.georgiahighcountry.org/ www.allatoonapassbattlefield.org Center 1902stockexchange.html Cartersville-Bartow County Atlanta Campaign Pocket Park Convention and Visitors Bureau Allatoona Lake and Visitors This park was built by the WPA in P.O. Box 200397 Center the 1930s. One Friendship Plaza Enjoy boating, camping, and hiking. U.S. Hwy. 41 N. and Cassville Rd. Cartersville, GA 30120 1138 GA Hwy. 20 Spur Cassville, GA 30123 770-387-1357, 800-733-2280 Cartersville, GA 30120 770-387-1357 Website: www.notatlanta.org 770-382-4700, 877-444-6777 (for Website: www.notatlanta.org, reservations) www.georgiahighcountry.org Website: www.reserveusa.com Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 12 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Barnsley Gardens Cooper's Friendship Monument Grand Theatre of Cartersville The grounds of this 19th-century In 1857, this monument was A variety of productions are estate now offer a variety of commissioned by Mark Anthony performed each year in this restored sporting opportunities. Cooper, a Georgia industrialist, to 1920s theater. 597 Barnsley Gardens Rd. honor 38 of his friends who helped 5 N. Wall St. Adairsville, GA 30103 him when he faced a financial crisis. Cartersville, GA 30210 770-773-7480, 877-773-2447 Free Admission. 770-386-7343 Website: www.barnsleyinn.com One Friendship Plaza, Main St. Website: Cartersville, GA 30120 www.notatlanta.org/thegrand.html Bartow County Courthouse 770-387-1357 A gold-domed courthouse built in Website: www.notatlanta.org Historic Corra Harris House 1903. Corra Harris, author of A Circuit Cartersville, GA Cooper's Furnace Day Use Area Rider's Wife, lived here from 1913 This site, also known as Cooper's until her death in 1935. Her book Bartow County Genealogical Iron Works, is all that remains of was later made into a movie, I'd Society Research Library the 1830s town of Etowah and Climb the Highest Mountain. Search through local historical Georgia's iron empire. Free 659 Mt. Pleasant Rd. documents. Workshops held Admission. Rydal, GA 30171 periodically. Free Admission. River Rd. 770-382-4598, 770-387-1357 425 W. Main St. Cartersville, GA 30120 Cartersville, GA 30120-0993 770-382-4700 Kingston Confederate Museum 770-606-0706, 770-382-6676 (after Website: www.notatlanta.org and Kingston History Museum hours) This museum contains Civil War Etowah Arts Gallery artifacts found in Kingston after the Bartow History Center Changing exhibits. war. Learn what life was like in This center offers exhibits, Cartersville, GA 30120 Kingston during the post-war years. programs, and outreach activities 770-382-8277 13 E. Main St. designed to educate the public on Kingston, GA 30145 the history and heritage of Bartow Etowah Indian Mounds 770-336-5540 County. Historic Site Website: www.notatlanta.org 13 N. Wall St. For hundreds of years, this area was Cartersville, GA 30120 home to thousands of Native Legion Theater and the 770-382-3818 Americans. Here, on a portion of Pumphouse Players that area, can be seen six earthen Performances here range from radio Booth Western Art Museum mounds, a plaza and village area, shows to children's theater. See western art depicting the Old and a defensive ditch. P.O. Box 1261 West, modern-day cowboys, and 813 Indian Mounds Rd. 114-C Main St. Native Americans. Explore the Cartersville, GA 30120 Cartersville, GA 30120 children's gallery with interactive 770-387-3747 770-387-2610 exhibits relating to art and Western Website: www.gastateparks.org Website: www.notatlanta.org culture. 501 Museum Dr. Etowah Valley Historical Society Noble Hill-Wheeler Cartersville, GA 30120 Collection/Library Memorial Center 770-387-1300 Find history collections and guides This black history cultural center is Website: www.boothmuseum.org to local cemeteries. Free Admission. housed in a school originally built 115 W. Cherokee Ave. for the education of black children Cartersville Depot P.O. Box 1886 2361 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy. This building's history goes back to Cartersville, GA 30120 Cassville, GA 30123 the days before the Civil War. 770-606-8862 770-382-3392 Cartersville, GA Website: www.evhsonline.org Website: www.notatlanta.org 770-387-1357 Euharlee Covered Bridge and Possum Trot Farm Cassville Confederate Cemetery History Museum Enjoy a visit to this working farm. 300 Confederate soldiers and This bridge was built in 1886. 700 Cass Pine Log Rd. Confederate General William 116 Covered Bridge Rd. Rydal, GA 30171 Wofford are buried here. Cartersville, GA 30120 770-382-5137 Cass-White Rd. 770-607-2017 Website: www.notatlanta.org Cassville, GA 30123 Website: www.notatlanta.org 770-387-1357, 800-733-2280 Website: www.notatlanta.org

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 13 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Pumpkin Patch Farm Red Top Mountain State Park Weinman Mineral Museum Enjoy hay rides, a petting farm, and Lodge See a collection of minerals and corn maze, and pumpkins. Make a Enjoy swimming, fishing, boating, gemstones from around the world as scarecrow and take part in other camping, hiking, cottages, a well as fossils and antique mining children's activities. Old-time skills restaurant, and miniature golf at this equipment. demonstrated on the second and park located on Lake Allatoona. 51 Mineral Museum Dr. third Saturdays in October. Free 50 Lodge Rd. White, GA 30184 Admission. Cartersville, GA 30120 770-386-0576 230 Old Dixie Hwy. 770-975-4226 Website: Adairsville, GA 30103 Website: www.gastateparks.org www.weinmanmuseum.org 770-773-2617 Website: www.notatlanta.org Roselawn Museum World's First Coca-Cola Painted This Victorian mansion is now a Wall Sign house museum. Evangelist Samuel This sign was painted on the side of Porter Jones once lived here. The Young Brothers Pharmacy in 1894. Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, It was restored and authenticated in Tennessee was built by a wealthy 1994. businessman for one of Samuel 2 W. Main St. Jones' meetings. Cartersville, GA 30120 224 W. Cherokee Ave. 770-382-4010 Cartersville, GA 30120 Website: www.notatlanta.org 770-387-5162 Website: www.roselawnmuseum.com

Watts Home This home was built on the foundation of a Native American cabin. An underground tunnel led to the house and was used by the Underground Railroad during the Civil War. S. Main and Summer Sts. Adairsville, GA

Ben Hill County - Fitzgerald

Ben Hill County was established in 1906. It was named for U.S. Senator Benjamin Hill.

Visitor Information Sites Colony Art Gallery This art gallery featuring the Fitzgerald Area Convention Blue and Gray Museum work of school students and and Visitors Bureau See a collection of Union and other local artists is open by Fitzgerald Architectural Confederate artifacts and appointment. Treasures Driving Tour mementos from the Civil War. 126 E. Pine St. P.O. Box 425 116 N. Johnston St. Fitzgerald, GA 31750 119 S. Main St. Fitzgerald, GA 31750 229-426-5035 Fitzgerald, GA 31750 229-426-5069 Website: www.fitzgeraldga.org 229-426-5033, 800-386-4642 Website: www.fitzgeraldga.org Website: www.fitzgeraldga.org Evergreen Cemetery Bowens Mill Fish Hatchery Several notable people of the Take a tour of this fish hatchery. Civil War are buried here. Free Admission. Benjamin Hill Dr. E. 1773 Bowens Mill Hwy. (U.S. Fitzgerald, GA 31750 Hwy. 129) 229-426-5033, 800-386-4642 Fitzgerald, GA 31750 Website: www.fitzgeraldga.org 229-426-5272 Website: www.fitzgeraldga.org Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 14 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Grand Theatre Jefferson Davis Memorial This 1930s movie theater is now State Historic Site a performance theater. Visit the site where Jefferson 119 S. Main St. Davis, president of the Fitzgerald, GA 31750 Confederate States of America, 229-426-5033, 800-386-4642 was captured in 1865. Website: www.fitzgeraldga.org 338 Jeff Davis Park Rd. Fitzgerald, GA 31750 229-831-2335 Website: members.surfsouth.com/~jdhs/

Berrien County - Nashville

Berrien County was created in 1856. It was named for John Macpherson Berrien who served as U.S. Senator and U.S. Attorney General.

Visitor Information Sites

Berrien County Chamber of Alapaha Station Commerce See a restored train station. Housed in a 1901 structure, Alapaha, GA 31622 formerly a jail. 201 N. Jefferson St. Berrien County Courthouse Nashville, GA 31639 Built in 1898 from bricks made of 229-686-5123 local clay. Website: Nashville, GA 31639 www.berrienchamber.com, www.cityofnashvillega.com World War I Doughboy Statue See a statue of a WW I infantryman. Nashville, GA 31639 229-686-5123

Bibb County - Macon

Bibb County was established in 1822. It was named for Dr. William Bibb, a Georgia native who was the first elected governor of Alabama.

Visitor Information Sites Douglass Theatre Performances at this theater ran Macon Convention and Cannonball House and Civil War from 1921 to the 1970s. It was Visitors Bureau Museum restored and reopened in 1997. Around Town Tours Civil War relics are housed in this 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Self-Guided Tour maps focusing on 1853 home complete with period Macon, GA 31201 various topics such as children, furnishings. 478-742-2000 antebellum homes, music, and more 856 Mulberry St. Website: www.douglasstheatre.org are available here. Macon, GA 31201 200 Cherry St. 478-745-5982 Federated Garden Club Center Macon, GA 31201 Website: www.cannonballhouse.org This 1910 home became the 478-743-3401, 800-768-3401 headquarters of the Federated Website: www.maconga.org Garden Clubs of Macon in 1956. The house still contains original fixtures and furnishings. 730 College St. Macon, GA 31201 478-742-0921

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 15 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Fort Hawkins Middle Georgia Pottery St. Joseph's Catholic Church This reconstructed blockhouse Learn how pottery was made from This building was dedicated in which was a United States frontier one of the first manufacturers of the 1903. The twin spires rise 200 feet. fort from 1806 until 1828 now 1800s "whiskey jugs." See original 830 Poplar St. houses a museum. pottery equipment and machinery. Macon, GA 31201 U.S. Hwy. 80/Emery Hwy. at Pottery Rd. 478-745-1631 Maynard St. Lizella, GA 31052 Macon, GA 31201 478-935-8989 Tubman African American 478-327-7375 Museum Website: Museum of Arts and Sciences This museum highlights the history, www.launchpad.gmc.cc.ga.us/robins Enjoy a scientist's workshop, an art, and culture of African artist's garret, an enclosed animal Americans. Georgia Music Hall of Fame habitat, and more. 340 Walnut St. Experience Georgia's music 4182 Forsyth Rd. Macon, GA 31201 heritage through videos, interactive Macon, GA 31210 478-743-8544 exhibits, and memorabilia from over 478-477-3232 Website: www.tubmanmuseum.com 450 Georgia artists. Website: www.masmacon.com 200 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Venetian Carousel Macon, GA 31201 Ocmulgee National Monument Take a ride on an authentic 478-750-8555, 888-427-6257 Experience hundreds of years of Venetian carousel. Website: www.gamusichall.com history as you view temple-burial Colonial Mall Macon mounds, a reconstructed ceremonial 3661 Eisenhower Pkwy. Georgia Sports Hall of Fame earth lodge, the outline of a colonial Macon, GA 31201 This site offers an interactive sports British trading post, a gun 478-477-7328 area. implacement from the War Between Website: 301 Cherry St. the States, and more. Free www.colonialmallmacon.com Macon, GA 31201 Admission. 478-752-1585 1207 Emery Hwy. Washington Memorial Library Website: www.gshf.org Macon, GA 31217 This library houses a genealogical 478-752-8257 and historic room with superb Grand Opera House Website: www.nps.gov/ocmu reference collections. This structure was originally built as 1180 Washington Ave. the Academy of Music in the 1880s. Otis Redding Statue Macon, GA 31201 At the time, the facility seated 2,418, See a life-size statue of legendary 478-744-0800 which was nearly one-fifth of the musician Otis Redding. Website: www.maconga.org population of Macon. The building, Gateway Park which was restored in 1969, houses Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. at Woodruff House one of largest stages in the country. Riverside Dr. This mansion was built in 1836. It 651 Mulberry St. Macon, GA once hosted a ball for Winnie Davis, Macon, GA 31201 daughter of Jefferson Davis. 478-301-5460, 478-301-5470 Rose Hill Cemetery 988 Bond St. Website: www.mercer.edu/thegrand Civil War veterans and well-known Macon, GA 31201 Macon citizens including Duane 478-301-2715 Hay House Allman are among those buried The 24 rooms in this 1850s mansion here. are decorated with museum pieces. 1091 Riverside Dr. 934 Georgia Ave. Macon, GA 31204 Macon, GA 31201 478-743-3401 478-742-8155 Website: www.maconga.org Website: www.georgiatrust.org/hay.html Sidney Lanier Cottage Tour this 1840 home of poet and Lake Tobesofkee Recreation Area musician Sidney Lanier. See Enjoy the outdoors on three white Lanier's writings and his flute sand beaches. among the other period furnishings 6600 Mosley Dixon Rd. and décor. Macon, GA 31220 935 High St. 478-474-8770 Macon, GA 31201 Website: www.maconga.org 478-743-3851

In 1912, Bleckley County was created. It was named for Logan Bleckley, a former Georgia Supreme Court chief justice.

Visitor Information Sites

Cochran/Bleckley Chamber of Bleckley County Courthouse Commerce This 1914 courthouse is built in the Rt. 1, Box 850 Neoclassical style. Copper was Cochran, GA 31014 applied to the clock tower dome and 478-934-7576 pediment in 2002. E-mail: [email protected] Cochran, GA 31014 478-934-2965

Brantley County - Nahunta

Brantley County was established in 1920. It is uncertain exactly for whom the county was named. Some sources indicate that the county was named for Benjamin Brantley, while others say it was named in honor of his son, lawyer and politician William Gordon Brantley.

Visitor Information Sites

Brantley County Chamber of Brantley County Courthouse Commerce This courthouse was constructed in Drawer B 1930. Nahunta, GA 31553 P.O. Box 912-462-6282 117 Brantley St. Website: www.brantleycounty.org Nahunta, GA 31553 912-462-5256 Brantley County Development Authority 912-462-6282 Website: www.brantleytel.net/~bcdevau

Brooks County - Quitman

Brooks County was created in 1858. It was named for Preston Brooks of South Carolina who was an ardent supporter of states' rights.

Visitor Information Sites Brooks County Museum and Cultural Center Quitman-Brooks County Brooks County Courthouse Providing musical, art, and culinary Chamber of Commerce This courthouse was begun in 1858 events throughout the year. Free Historic Driving Tour available. and completed in 1864 using Admission. 900 E. Screven St. Confederate money. 121 N. Culpepper St. Quitman, GA 31643 1 E. Screven Quitman, GA 31643 229-263-4841 Quitman, GA 31643 Website: www.quitmangeorgia.org 229-263-5561 Dewitt Produce Co., Inc. Pick your own tomatoes and strawberries. P.O. Box 129 Morven, GA 31638 229-263-5000 Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 17 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Lawson Peach Shed Quitman City Hall Pick your own peaches. This structure, built in 1888, was P.O. Box 8 originally an opera house. State Rd. 133 220 E. Screven St. Morven, GA Quitman, GA 31643 229-775-2581

Bryan County - Pembroke

Bryan County was established in 1783. It was named for Jonathan Bryan, a well-known supporter of colonists' rights. During the Revolutionary War, Bryan was captured and imprisoned by the British.

Visitor Information Sites Richmond Hill Historical Society and Museum Richmond Hill Convention and Fort McAllister Historic Park See photographs and memorabilia Visitors Bureau See an earthwork fortification of the of Henry Ford's development of 40 Richard R. Davis Dr. Confederacy during the Civil War. Richmond Hill. Richmond Hill, GA 31324 It was here that Sherman's March to 11460 Ford Ave. 912-756-2676, 800-807-4848 the Sea ended. Corner of Hwy. 144 and Timber Website: 3894 Fort McAllister Rd. Trail Rd. www.richmondhillcvb.org, Richmond Hill, GA 31324 Richmond Hill, GA 31324 www.gacoast.com/navigator/ 912-727-2339, 800-864-7275 912-756-3697, 800-807-4848 richmondhill.html Website: www.gastateparks.org Website: www.richmondhillcvb.org

Richmond Hill Local Welcome J.F. Gregory Park Center Enjoy walking, biking, bird 11460 Ford Ave. and Timber Trail watching, fishing, and boating. Free Rd. Admission. Richmond Hill, GA 31324 Cedar St. 912-756-3697 Richmond Hill, GA 31324 Website: www.richmondhillcvb.org 912-756-2676, 800-807-4848 Website: www.richmondhillcvb.org

Ogeechee Outpost Enjoy camping, wildlife, canoeing, kayaking, and more. 182 Rose Dr. Ellabell, GA 31308 912-748-6716 Website: www.ogecheeoutpost.com

Henry Ford

Bulloch County was created in 1796. It was named for the first provincial governor of Georgia, Archibald Bulloch.

Visitor Information Georgia Southern University Statesboro City Hall Botanical Gardens This structure was originally built as Statesboro Convention and Enjoy these gardens which surround a hotel in 1905. Visitors Bureau a turn-of-the-century cottage. 50 E. Main St. 332 S. Main St. Features an annual spring festival. Statesboro, GA 30458 Statesboro, GA 30458 Free Admission. 912-489-1869, 800-568-3301 1505 Bland Ave. Statesboro-Georgia Southern Website: www.visit-statesboro.com Statesboro, GA 30458 Symphony 912-871-1114 332 S. Main St. Sites Website: Statesboro, GA 30460 welcome.gasou.edu/garden/ 912-489-1869, 800-568-3301 Bulloch County Courthouse Website: Built in 1894. The clock was Georgia Southern University www2.gasou.edu/music/gsusymph purchased by local citizens in 1897. Museum P.O. Box 347 Experience the history and culture Statesboro Primitive Baptist Statesboro, GA 30459 of Southern Georgia. Features Church 912-764-6111 traveling exhibits and special This is the nation's largest Primitive events. Free Admission. Baptist church. Free Admission. Center for Wildlife Education Southern Dr., Rosenwald Bldg. 4 S. Zetterower Ave. and the Lamar Q. Ball Jr. Raptor Statesboro, GA 30460 Statesboro, GA 30458 Center 912-681-5444 912-764-6058 Take part in hands-on reptile Website: programs. See flighted raptor www2.gasou.edu/musenews/ demonstrations as well as birds of prey, reptiles, and amphibians. Herty Nature Trail Georgia Southern University Free Admission. Statesboro, GA 30460 Herty Memorial Pine Forest, GSU 912-681-0831 Campus Website: Statesboro, GA 30460 www.bio.gasou.edu/wildlife/ 912-681-5444

Performing Arts Center Statesboro, GA 912-681-0830

Burke County - Waynesboro

Burke County was formed in 1777. It was named for Edmund Burke, a member of the British Parliament who supported the rights of the American colonies.

Visitor Information Sites

Burke County Chamber of Burke County Courthouse Commerce This, Burke County's fourth 241 E. Sixth St. courthouse, was completed in 1857. Waynesboro, GA 30830 Corner of 6th and Liberty Sts. 706-554-5451 Waynesboro, GA 30830 Website: www.burkechamber.com Burke County Museum This museum highlights Burke County and its history. 536 Liberty St.

Waynesboro, GA 30830 706-554-4889 Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 19 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Confederate Memorial Cemetery First United Methodist Church of St. Michael's Episcopal Church Among those buried here are 49 Waynesboro This church was founded in 1889. Confederate soldiers. Confederate This church was begun in 1815. The 515 Liberty St. Memorial Day services are held current building was completed in Waynesboro, GA 30830 here each April. 1938. 6th St. and Jones Ave. 802 Liberty St. Thomas Grove Baptist Church Waynesboro, GA 30830 Waynesboro, GA 30830 This church was organized in 1870 for African American citizens of First Presbyterian Church of Plant Vogtle Visitor Center Burke County. It is still a thriving Waynesboro Learn about the production of congregation today. This building dates back to 1884. nuclear power. 426 W. 6th St. 810 Myrick St. 7821 River Rd. Waynesboro, GA 30830 Waynesboro, GA 30830 Waynesboro, GA 30830 706-554-9407 Waynesboro Baptist Church Website: www.southernco.com This church was begun in 1880. The current building was built in the 1930s. 853 Liberty St. Waynesboro, GA 30830

Butts County - Jackson

Butts County was established in 1825. It was named for Captain Samuel Butts. Captain Butts was a member of the Georgia militia. He was killed in a battle against the Creek Indians during the War of 1812.

Visitor Information Flovilla 1885 School House Indian Springs State Park Take a tour of this one-room This park features natural springs Butts County Chamber of schoolhouse. Free Admission. and historic buildings as well as Commerce 106 Collier St. outdoor activities such as camping 206 E. Third St. Flovilla, GA 30216 and boating. It is believed to be the Jackson, GA 30233 770-775-5661 nation's oldest state park. 770-775-4839 15 miles from I-75 off Hwy. 42 Website: High Falls State Park Flovilla, GA 30216 www.buttscountychamber.com See the remains of an 1880s 770-504-2277 gristmill. Enjoy camping, boating, Website: www.gastateparks.org Sites hiking, swimming, and picnicking. Just east of I-75, Exit 198 Lake Jackson Butts County Courthouse 478-993-3053 Enjoy fishing and boating on this This 1898 building features Website: www.gastateparks.org 4,700-acre lake. Victorian-style stairs and marble Jackson Lake Rd. floors. Free Admission. Indian Springs Chapel Jackson, GA 30233 25 Third St., Ste. 4 This structure was built in 1890. 770-775-4839 Jackson, GA 30233 Hwy. 42 770-775-8200 Indian Springs, GA 30216 Website: www.buttscounty.com 770-775-2493 Website:www.geocities.com/ Dauset Trails Nature Center heartland/village/1954/ Enjoy the wildlife, trails, and other educational environmental Indian Springs Hotel opportunities. Free Admission. This hotel was built in 1823 by 360 Mt. Vernon Rd. William McIntosh, a Creek Indian Jackson, GA 30233 chief. The Treaty of 1825 was signed 770-775-6798 here. Authentic flower, rose, and herb Website: www.dausettrail.com gardens still grow at the site. 1807 Hwy. 42 S. Indian Springs, GA 30216 770-775-2493 Website: www.geocities.com/ heartland/village/1954/ Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 20 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Calhoun County - Morgan

Calhoun County, created in 1854, was named for U.S. Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina.

Sites Dickey Presbyterian Church Built in 1871, this church remained Calhoun County Courthouse active until recent years. A Built in 1935. cemetery lies behind the building. P.O. Box 111 Shown by appointment. 111 School St. Hwy. 37 E. Morgan, GA P.O. Box 334 229-849-4835 Edison, GA 31746 229-835-2672, 229-835-3185

Camden County - Woodbine

Camden County was established in 1777 through the first state constitution of Georgia. It was named for the Earl of Camden who supported the cause of the American colonies before the Revolution.

Visitor Information Sites Cumberland Island National Seashore Museum Camden/Kings Bay Area Birdwatching (Kingsland Area) See the collection of artifacts from Chamber of Commerce Visit 18 stops along the Colonial the lives of Native Americans, P.O. Box 130 Coast Birding Trail and see some of African Americans, the Carnegie Kingsland, GA 31548 the over 300 species of birds that family, and others who have lived 912-729-5840 have been sighted. on the island. Free Admission. 107 S. Lee St. Osborne Rd. City of Kingsland Welcome Kingsland, GA 31548 St. Marys, GA 31558 Center and Convention and 912-634-1322, 800-433-0225 912-882-4335, 888-817-3421 Visitors Bureau Website: www.visitkingsland.com Website: www.stmaryswelcome.com 107 S. Lee St. Kingsland, GA 31548 Crooked River State Park Cumberland Island National 912-729-5999, 800-433-0225 Enjoy a variety of outdoor activities Seashore Website: www.visitkingsland.com such as camping, fishing, hiking, This island, with its wild horses and etc. other island wildlife, offers 17 miles City of Woodbine 6222 Charlie Smith Sr. Hwy. of white, sandy beaches. Camping is 310 Bedell Ave. St. Marys, GA 31558 permitted with reservations. Woodbine, GA 31569 912-882-5256, 800-864-7275 107 St. Mary's St. ferry location 912-576-3211 Website: www.gastateparks.org Cumberland Island, GA 31558 Website: www.camdenchamber.com 912-882-4335, 800-817-3421 Cumberland Island Ferry Website: www.nps.org Georgia Visitor Information Ferries available from St. Marys to Center Cumberland Island. 2424 Haddock Rd. St. Marys St. Kingsland, GA 31548 St. Marys, GA 31558 912-729-3253 912-882-4335, 888-817-3421 Website: www.georgiaonmymind.org Website: www.stmaryswelcome.com

St. Marys Welcome Center and Tourism Council P.O. Box 1291 St. Marys, GA 31558 912-882-4000, 866-868-2199, 800-868-8687 Website: www.stmaryswelcome.com Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 21 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Dungeness Ruins McIntosh Sugar Mill Ruins Marys River from 40 feet above The widow of Nathaniel Green built These ruins are believed to date ground when you look through the the first dungeness in the 1790s. It back to the 1820s. Picnic area most modern submarine periscope was rebuilt in 1884 by Andrew and available. on public display in the country. Lucy Carnegie, but burned in the Spur 40 (Charlie Smith Sr. Hwy.) 102 St. Marys St. W. 1950s. St. Marys, GA 31558 St. Marys, GA 31558-4945 Cumberland Island, GA 31558 912-882-4000, 800-868-8687 912-882-2782 912-882-4335, 800-817-3421 Website: www.stmaryswelcome.com Website: stmaryssubmuseum.com Website: www.stmaryswelcome.com Oak Grove Cemetery Satilla Waterfront Park First African Baptist Church This cemetery dates back to the year Enjoy the beauty of the Satilla River This church was established in 1801. as you walk along the Woodbine 1893. The building was rebuilt in Corner of Barlett and Weed Sts. riverwalk. Fishing, boating, the 1930s and was the site of the St. Marys, GA 31158 picnicking, and more are also wedding of John F. Kennedy Jr. 912-882-4000, 800-868-8687 available. Cumberland Island, GA 31558 Website: www.stmaryswelcome.com 310 Bedell Ave. 912-882-4335, 800-817-3421 Woodbine, GA 31569 Website: www.stmaryswelcome.com Orange Hall House Museum 912-729-5600 This museum includes a brief video George Bancroft SSBN-643 of St. Mary's history. Sweetwater Fishery Sail Exhibit 303 Osborne Dr. Children may help feed the fish at This submarine sail is on display St. Marys, GA 31558 this 40-acre fish farm and fish outside the Kings Bay Subase 912-882-4000, 800-868-8687 hatchery. Franklin Security Gate. It is Website: www.stmaryswelcome.com 5091 Bailey Mill Rd. mounted on a full scale simulated White Oak, GA 31568 surfacing submarine hull. Plum Orchard Mansion 912-576-5889 Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base This 22,000 square foot mansion Website: Franklin Gate Spur 40 was built in 1898 for George L. www.sweetwaterfishery.com St. Marys, GA 31558 Carnegie, the son of Thomas and 912-882-2782 Lucy Carnegie. Washington Oak Website: stmaryssubmuseum.com Cumberland Island, GA 31558 Only the stump remains of this live 912-882-4335, 800-817-3421 oak that was planted the day George Krossrodes Connections Website: www.stmaryswelcome.com Washington was buried. Ecological Tours Osborne St. St. Marys, GA 31558 St. Marys Submarine Museum St. Marys, GA 31558 912-576-2778, 912-673-6900 At this museum, dedicated to the 912-882-4000, 800-868-8687 Website: submarines of the United States, Website: www.stmaryswelcome.com www.krossrodesconnections.com you can take a look under the St.

Candler County - Metter

Candler County was created in 1914. It was named for former Georgia governor Allen D. Candler who had died four years earlier.

Visitor Information Sites lilies and at its edge grow trees draped with moss. Free Admission. Metter-Candler County Chamber 1902 Train Depot 1210 S. Lewis St. of Commerce Free Admission. Metter, GA 30439 I-16, Exit 104 Hwy. 46 E. 912-685-6988, 888-704-3431 P.O. Box 497 Metter, GA 30439 Website: www.metter-candler.com Metter, GA 30439 912-685-4635 912-685-2159 Blue Bird Drug Company 1928 Metter Commissary Visit an old-fashioned soda fountain Metter Local Welcome Center This commissary, which once and drug store. 1210 S. Lewis St. served lumber workers, now houses 208 S. Broad St. Metter, GA 30439 the local welcome center and Metter, GA 30439 912-685-6988, 888-704-3431 Chamber of Commerce. The lake 912-685-2803 Website: www.metter-candler.com behind the building is filled with

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 22 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Candler County Courthouse Guido Gardens/Evangelistic Outdoor Nature Trail Built in 1912, this courthouse was Association Enjoy the beauty of God's world on designed by J.J. Baldwin, who These gardens with beautiful this half-mile trail. designed seven other Georgia flowers, gazebos, fountains, and 160 S. Register St. courthouses. more are decorated with nearly one Metter, GA 30439 Metter, GA 30439 million lights in December. Tours 912-685-2370 912-685-2159 of the Sower Studio are available. Free Admission. Salem Church Candler Pharmacy 600 N. Lewis St. This church was founded in 1879. An old-fashioned soda fountain. Metter, GA 30439 Free Admission. 19 N. Broad St. 912-685-2222 Salem Rd., Candler County Metter, GA 30439 Website: www.GuidoGardens.org 912-685-6988 912-685-2000 Old Lake Church and Cemetery Charles Harrold Nature Preserve This structure was built in 1839 and Salem Church Rd. E. is the oldest church building in the Metter, GA 30439 county. 912-685-6988 Hwy. 46 E. Metter, GA 30439 912-685-6988, 888-704-3431

Carroll County - Carrollton

Carroll County was created in 1825. It was named for Charles Carroll of Maryland who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Visitor Information Sites Horton's Books and Gifts This 1892 bookstore is the oldest in Carrollton Area Convention and Beth Harmon Williamson Georgia and the tenth oldest in the Visitors Bureau Cultural Art Center nation. Purchases are still totaled on P.O. Box 532 This center hosts exhibits, concerts, the wooden cash register from the 118 S. White St. and special programs. A room 1890s. Carrollton, GA 30117 within the center houses 410 Adamson Square 770-214-9746, 800-292-0871 memorabilia of Carroll County and Carrollton, GA 30117 Website: www.visitcarrollton.com Georgia. 770-832-8021 West Georgia Regional Library Carroll County Chamber of 710 Rome St. John Tanner State Park Commerce Carrollton, GA 30117 This park offers boating on the lake, 200 Northside Dr. camping, hiking trails, and a variety Carrollton, GA 30117 Carroll County Courthouse of sport opportunities. 770-832-2446 Built in 1928. 354 Tanner Beach Rd. Carrollton, GA Carrollton, GA 30117 Villa Rica Board of Tourism 770-830-2222 P.O. Box 129 Carrollton Cultural Arts Center Website: www.gastateparks.org Villa Rica, GA 30180 This center features a classrooms, a 770-459-3656 gallery, rehearsal hall, and McIntosh Reserve performance hall. Enjoy miles of trails as well as fishing 251 Alabama St. and camping along the Chattahoochee Carrollton, GA 30117 River, once home to Chief William 770-832-1161 McIntosh of the Lower Creeks. 1046 W. McIntosh Cir. Confederate Monument Whitesburg, GA 30185 Corner of Newnan and Tanner Sts. 770-830-5879 Carrollton, GA 30117 Website: www.carrollcountyga.com Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 23 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Roopville Archives and Historical Thomas A. Dorsey Birthplace Society Visit the birthplace of the "Father of Learn about the history of the area. Gospel Music." Hwy. 27 571 W. Bankhead Hwy. P.O. Box 285 Villa Rica, GA 30180 Roopville, GA 30170 770-459-7019 770-854-4170, 770-854-4460

Susan Hayward Gravesite Monument Susan Hayward was an Oscar- winning actress who starred in I'd Climb the Highest Mountain, a film set in rural Georgia. 210 Old Centerpoint Rd. Carrollton, GA 30117 770-214-9746, 800-292-0871 Website: www.visitcarrollton.com

Catoosa County - Ringgold

Catoosa County was formed in 1853. It was named for Catoosa Springs, located near Ringgold. Catoosa was a Cherokee word that possibly meant "small mountain."

Visitor Information Elsie Holmes Nature Park Enjoy fishing, a picnic, or walking Catoosa County Chamber of along the trails. Commerce 88 Ben Holmes Rd. 264 Catoosa Cir. Ringgold, GA 30736 Ringgold, GA 30736 706-935-5263 706-965-5201, 706-861-4807 Website: Old Stone Church Museum www.gatewaytogeorgia.com This building was built around 1849. The song Leaning On the Georgia Visitor Information Everlasting Arms was first Center-Ringgold performed here. During the Civil

2726 I-75 S. War, the church building was used Ringgold Gap Pavilion Ringgold, GA 30736 as a hospital. The original altar and An Atlanta Campaign interpretive 706-937-4211 pews remain and the restored pavilion put up by the WPA in 1938. Website: building now houses a Civil War Learn about the event of the Atlanta www.georgiaonmymind.org museum. Campaign that occurred here. U.S. Hwy. 41 West of U.S. Hwy. 41 Sites 41 Old Catoosa Pkwy. Ringgold, GA 30736 Ringgold, GA

Catoosa County Courthouse 706-935-5232 Sixth Cavalry Museum Built in 1939. A museum displaying the life of Ringgold, GA Ringgold Depot Saturday evening concerts are held cavalrymen. Bernhardt Circle Chickamauga and Chattanooga in this antebellum depot. U.S. Hwy. 41 Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30472 National Military Park 706-861-2860 Centennial audiovisual presentation Ringgold, GA 30736 706-965-5201 and museum are among the Whitman-Anderson House offerings at the oldest and largest This mid-1800s house served as military park in the nation. Grant's headquarters during the P.O. Box 2128 Civil War. Drive-by viewing only. 3370 Lafayette Rd. U.S. Hwy. 41 Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742 Ringgold, GA 30736 706-866-9241 706-965-5201

Charlton County was created in 1854. It was named for U.S. Senator Robert M. Charlton, who died the month before the county was formed.

Visitor Information Okefenokee National Wildlife Train Museum Refuge Enjoy old train memorabilia such as Okefenokee Chamber of Abundant wildlife and migratory pictures, logbooks, lights, and train Commerce birds dwell in this wetlands maps. Free Admission. P.O. Box 756 wilderness. Walk along the Folkston Railroad Depot 202 W. Main St. boardwalk and view the prairie from 202 W. Main St. Folkston, GA 31537 the 50-foot observation tower. Folkston, GA 31537 912-496-2536 Rt. 2, Box 3330 912-496-2536 Website: www.folkston.com Folkston, GA 31537 Website: www.folkston.com 912-496-7836 Sites Website: www.okefenokee.fws.gov E-mail: Folkston Funnel Train-Watching [email protected] Platform A great location for watching the Sardis Chruch approximately 65 trains that daily This church was organized in 1821 pass by. and is still active, with services held 103 N. First St. here on the third Sunday of each Folkston, GA 31537 month. The pulpit has a bullet hole 912-496-2563 from the musket of a soldier Website: www.folkston.com defending the church against Native Americans. Post Road Folkston, GA 31537 912-496-2536 Website: www.folkston.com

Chatham County - Savannah

Chatham County was formed in 1777 with the signing of Georgia's first state constitution. It was named in honor of the first Earl of Chatham, William Pitt. Pitt served as Prime Minister of England during the French and Indian War.

For Georgetown sites, see Quitman County

Visitor Information Port Wentworth Tybee Visitor Information Center Chamber of Commerce 802 First St., Hwy. 80 Georgia Visitor Information 100 Travelers Way Tybee Island, GA 31328 Center at Savannah Port Wentworth, GA 31407 912-786-5444, 800-868-2322 I-95 S., mile marker 111 912-965-1999 Website: www.tybeevisit.com Port Wentworth, Ga 31407 Website: www.portwentworthga.com 912-963-2546 Sites Website: Savannah Area Convention and www.georgiaonmymind.org Visitors Bureau Andrew Low House 101 East Bay St. This house was built in 1849. It was Pooler Area Savannah, GA 31401 once the home Andrew Low. Chamber of Commerce 912-644-6401, 877-SAVANNAH William Low and his wife, Juliette P.O. Box 1167 Website: www.savannahvisit.com Gordon Low, founder of Girl 175 Bourne Ave. Scouts, also lived here. The house Pooler, GA 31322 Savannah Visitors Center opened as a museum in 1952. 912-748-9121 301 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 329 Abercorn St. Website: www.pooler-ga.com Savannah, GA 31042 Savannah, GA 31401 912-944-0455 912-233-6854 Website: www.savannahvisit.com Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 25 © 2003 The Notgrass Company First African Baptist Church Bamboo Farm and Christ Church This church was founded in 1773. Coastal Gardens This was the first church established The building today was built in The bamboo collections here began in the colony of Georgia. John 1861. It became the birthplace of over 100 years ago from materials Wesley preached here and the area's civil rights movement in gathered around the world by established the first Sunday school the 1950s and 1960s. botanists and explorers. Free in 1736. The building contains a 23 Mongomery St. Admission rare Revere Bell. Free Admission. Savannah, GA 31401 2 Canebrake Rd. 28 Bull St. 912-233-6597 Savannah, GA 31419 Savannah, GA 31401 Website: www.oldestblackchurch.org 912-921-5460 912-232-4131 Website: www.ces.uga.edu/ Flying Frogs agriculture/horticulture/coastalgarden/ City Hall This center features a virtual rain coastalgarden.htm This structure was built in 1905. forest for children that can be used The dome was coated with gold leaf to enhance studies in art, geography, Beach Institute African American in the 1980s. Near the building are math, and more. Museums and Cultural Center cannons presented to the Chatham 1100 Eisenhower Dr. This school, still in operation, was Artillery by George Washington in Savannah, GA 31406 founded for blacks in 1865. Its first 1791. 912-356-0075 scholars were newly freed slaves. 2 E. Bay St. Website: www.theflyingfrogs.com 502 E. Harris St. Savannah, GA Savannah, GA 31401 912-651-6410 Forsyth Park 912-234-8000 This twenty-acre park was named Website: www.kingtisdell.org Colonial Park Cemetery for Governor John Forsyth who This cemetery dates back to the served as governor from 1827 to Bethesda Home for Boys colonial period. 1829. The park's fountain was This home for boys was founded in Oglethorpe and Abercorn Sts. erected in 1858. Free Admission. 1740 and is still in operation. Tours Savannah, GA 31401 Gaston St. and Park Ave. are available. 912-651-6843 Savannah, GA 31401 9520 Ferguson Ave. 912-644-6435 Savannah, GA 31406 Cotton Exchange 912-351-2040 This structure dates back to 1886. Fort Pulaski National Monument Website: 100 E. Bay St. This fort was built to guard the sea www.bethesdahomeforboys.org Savannah, GA approach to Savannah. It was occupied by Confederate and Union Bonaventure Cemetery Davenport House Museum troops during the Civil War. Among those buried in this This house was constructed between Cockspur Island Lighthouse is cemetery are Pulitzer-Prize winning 1815 and 1820 by Isaiah Davenport, located here. poet Conrad Aiken and lyricist a master builder. U.S. Hwy. 80 E. Johnny Mercer. 324 E. State St. Savannah, GA 31401 330 Bonaventure Rd. Savannah, GA 31401 912-786-5787 Savannah, GA 31404 912-236-8097 Website: www.nos.gov/fopu 912-651-6843 Website: www.davenportsavga.com Georgia Historical Society Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Housed here is a collection of This cathedral was dedicated in historical documents and relics. 1876 and is the oldest Roman 501 Whitaker St. Catholic church in Georgia. Free Savannah, GA 31499 Admission. 912-615-2125 222 E. Harris St. Website: www.georgiahistory.com Savannah, GA 31401 912-233-4709 Girl Scouts First Headquarters Housed here is a museum of early Chatham County Garden Center Girl Scouting. Free Admission. and Botanical Gardens Also here is are equipment shop and Enjoy 10 acres of beautiful gardens program activities for Girl Scout and an 1840s farmhouse. Free troops. Admission. 330 Drayton St. 1388 Eisenhower Dr. Savannah, GA 31401 Savannah, GA 31406 912-232-8200, 888-223-3883 912-355-3883 Website: www.girlscouting.org Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 26 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Gray's Reef National Lucas Theatre for the Arts used during the War of 1812 and the Marine Sanctuary This historic theater was newly Civil War. This live-bottom reef encompasses renovated and is located in the heart Fort Jackson Rd. 17 square nautical miles. It is of the downtown historic Savannah Savannah, GA 31404 located 17.5 nautical miles off district. 912-232-3945 Sapelo Island. 32 Abercorn St. Website: www.chsgeorgia.org 10 Ocean Science Cir. Savannah, GA 31401 Savannah, GA 31411 912-234-3200 Old Harbor Light and 912-598-2345 Website: www.lucastheatre.com Oglethorpe Bench Website: See a fountain commemorating www.grayreef.nos.noaa.gov Lutheran Church three ships named for Savannah. of the Ascension Oglethorpe Bench, also here, marks Green-Meldrim House This church was organized in 1741. the site of General Oglethorpe's see St. Johns Church and Parish 120 Bull St. landing in 1733 and the founding of House Savannah, GA 31401 the colony that would become 912-232-4151 Georgia. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Website: www.ascension1741.org Bay St. This Regency home is birthplace of Savannah, GA 31401 Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Massie Heritage 912-644-6401, 877-728-2662 Girl Scouts. The home features Interpretation Center Website: www.savannahvisit.com many original family furnishings. Collections housed here include 10 E. Oglethorpe Ave. period costumes and state and local Olympic Cauldron Savannah, GA 31401 history. Also here is "The This monument commemorates the 912-233-4501 Nineteenth-Century Classroom," 1996 Olympic games yachting Website: where students experience a venue. www.girlscouts.org/birthplace nineteenth-century school day. Riverfront Plaza 207 E. Gordon St. Savannah, GA 31401 Kiah Museum Savannah, GA 31401 912-644-6401, 877-728-2662 See a variety of exhibits ranging 912-201-5070 Website: www.savannahvisit.com from zoology and African art to antique furnishings and artifacts. Mighty Eighth Air Force Owens-Thomas House 505 W. 36th St. Heritage Museum Discover the history of slaves who Savannah, GA 31401 Explore history from World War II lived and worked in Savannah. 912-236-8544 through Desert Storm with the 124 Abercorn St. sights and sounds of this museum. Savannah, GA 31401 King-Tisdell Cottage 175 Bourne Ave. 912-233-9743 This restored Victorian cottage P.O. Box 1992 Website: www.telfair.org houses a museum highlighting Pooler, GA 31402 contributions of African Americans 912-748-8888, 800-421-9428 Port of Savannah to United States history. The Website: www.mightyeighth.org Tour Georgia's largest seaport. museum contains art objects, 800-842-8012 documents, and furniture. Oatland Island Education Center 514 E. Huntingdon St. Explore 175 acres of coastal Ralph Mark Gilbert Savannah, GA 31401 Georgia's natural habitat. Civil Rights Museum 912-234-8000 711 Sandtown Rd. Learn about the African American Website: www.kingtisdell.org Savannah, GA 31410 heritage. 912-898-3980 406 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Laurel Grove South Cemetery Website: www.oatlandisland.org Savannah, GA 31401 This cemetery was dedicated in 912-231-8900 1852 to the burial of slaves and free Oglethorpe Speedway Park Website: persons of color. One of the oldest members of the www.savannahcivilrightsmuseum.com 2101 Kollock St. NASCAR Weekly Racing Series. Savannah, GA 31401 200 Jessup Rd. Ray Ellis Gallery/ 912-651-6843 Pooler, GA 31322 Compass Prints, Inc. Website: www.ci.savannah.ga.us 912-964-8200, 912-964-7223 See original watercolors, oils, and Website: www.ospracing.net bronzes of Ray Ellis. Free Admission. Old Fort Jackson 205 W. Congress St. The history of this fort goes back to Savannah, GA 31401 the Revolutionary War. It was also 912-234-3537, 800-752-4865 Website: www.rayellis.com Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 27 © 2003 The Notgrass Company River Street Riverboat Company Savannah Theatre Temple Mickve Take a cruise down the Savannah This theater, still in operation, Israel Archives Museum River. originally opened in 1818. See Jewish artifacts from the 18th 9 E. River St. 222 Bull St. and 19th centuries housed in the P.O. Box 10086 Savannah, GA 31401 oldest Jewish temple in the South Savannah, GA 31412 912-233-7764 and the third oldest in the nation. 912-232-6404, 800-786-6404 Website: www.savannahtheatre.com 20 E. Gordon St. Website: www.savannahriverboat.com Savannah, GA 31401 Savannah Waterfront District 912-233-1547 Roundhouse Railroad Museum This historic area is filled with This museum highlights the early shops, restaurants, galleries, and Tybee Island Beach years of the Central of Georgia hotels. Enjoy the forts and outdoor recreation Railway and features antique Savnnah Waterfront Association that Tybee Island has to offer. machinery from 1833 on, including P.O. Box 572 Hwy. 80 E. America's oldest portable wheeled Savannah, GA 31402 Tybee Island, GA 31328 steam engine, displays of 912-234-0295 912-786-5444, 800-868-2322 locomotives, and streetcars. Website: www.savriverstreet.com Website: www.tybeeisland.com 601 W. Harris St. Savannah, GA 31401 Ships of the Sea Maritime Tybee Island Lightstation and 912-651-6823 Museum Tybee Museum Website: www.chsgeorgia.org This museum offers exhibits on Visit the tallest and oldest working maritime culture, ships, and lighthouse in the state of Georgia. Savannah History Museum commerce. Explore the history of Tybee Island See artifacts of Savannah's history. 41 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. from Native Americans to World Also here, see a video telling the Savannah, GA 31401 War II in the museum. story of the founding of Georgia to 912-232-1511 30 Meddin Dr. (north end of Tybee the present. Website: www.shipsofthesea.org Island Beach) 303 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Tybee Island, GA 31328 Savannah, GA 31401 Skidaway Island State Park 912-786-5801 912-238-1779 Enjoy camping, bird watching, Website: www.tybeelighthouse.org Website: www.chsgeorgia.org wildlife observation, and more. 52 Diamond Causeway Tybee Island Savannah National Wildlife Savannah, GA 31411 Marine Science Center Refuge 912-598-2300, 800-864-7275 This center houses an aquarium Enjoy hiking, picnicking, and Website: www.gastateparks.org with species native to the area. wildlife viewing. Free Admission. 1510 Strand 1000 Business Center Dr., Ste. 10 St. Johns Church and Parish Tybee Island, GA 31328 Savannah, GA 31405 House 912-786-5917 912-652-4415 This parish house was the Website: www.tybeemsc.org Website: www.savannah.fwf.gov headquarters of General Sherman after his 1864 march. Free UGA Marine Education Center Savannah Ogeechee Canal admission to church building, fee and Aquarium Museum and Nature Center for parish house tour. This saltwater aquarium features This historic canal, finished in 1830, Bull St. at Madison Square approximately 50 species of marine is 16.5 miles long. Take part in Savannah, GA 31401 life from coastal Georgia. Visitors programs and see presentations on 912-232-1251 can also enjoy a picnic area and subjects such as botany, Website: www.stjohnssav.org nature trail adjoining the aquarium. entomology, and endangered 30 Ocean Science Cir. species. Telfair Museum of Art Savannah, GA 31411-1011 681 Fort Argyle Rd. This, the South's oldest public art 912-528-2496 Savannah, GA 31419 museum, is housed in two National Website: www.uga.edu/aquarium

912-748-8068 Historic Landmark buildings. U.S. Custom House Website: www.socanalmuseum.com 121 Barnard St. This structure was built in 1852. Savannah, GA 31401 James Oglethorpe lived in this area Savannah Science Museum 912-232-1177 and it was here that John Wesley This museum offers planetarium Website: www.telfair.org delivered his first sermon in shows, a discovery room, fossils, Savannah. and more. 1 E. Bay St. 4405 Paulsen St. Savannah, GA Savannah, GA 31405 912-652-4264 912-355-6705 Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 28 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Waving Girl Statue Wilderness Southeast, Inc. Wormsloe State Historic Site This statue is a tribute to Florence Enjoy natural history, bird This site includes the ruins of a Martus who from 1887 to 1931 watching, and beach-combing. Take 1733 colonial estate, reconstructed greeted ships entering Savannah by a tour of the nighttime sky. buildings, a museum, a nature trail, waving a cloth at them from the 128 Catalina Dr. and the ruins of the fortified home lighthouse on Cockspur Island, Tybee Island, GA 31328 of Noble Jones between 1739 and searching for her long-lost lover. 912-897-5108 1745. Riverfront Plaza Website: www.wilderness- 7601 Skidaway Rd. Savannah, GA 31401 southeast.org Savannah, GA 31406 912-644-6401, 877-728-2662 912-353-3023, 800-864-7275 Website: www.savannahvisit.com William Scarbrough House Website: www.gastateparks.org This restored 1819 mansion is Wesley Monumental United furnished with period antiques. Methodist Church 41 Martin Luther King Blvd. This building was constructed Savannah, GA 31401 in1890. It commemorates the 912-232-1177 founder of Methodism, John Wesley. Free Admission. 429 Abercorn St. Savannah, GA 31401 912-232-0191

Chattahoochee County - Cussetta

Chattahoochee County was created in 1854. It was named for the Chattahoochee River, which is the county's western border.

Visitor Information Sites

Chattahoochee County Board of Chattahoochee County Commissioners Courthouse P.O. Box 299 Cussetta, GA Cussetta, GA 31805 706-989-3602 Old Chattahoochee County Courthouse This 1854 courthouse served Chattahoochee County for over a century. It was replaced with a modern structure and moved to its present location in Westville Village in 1975. See Stewart County

Chattooga County - Summerville

Created in 1838, Chattooga County was named for the Chattooga River which flows through it.

Visitor Information Sites James H. Floyd State Park Enjoy camping and cottages, Chattooga County Chamber of Chattooga County Courthouse fishing, and hiking. Commerce Built in 1909. 2800 Floyd State Park Rd. 44 GA Hwy. 48 Summerville, GA Summerville, GA 30747 P.O. Box 217 706-857-0826 Summerville, GA 30747 Website: www.gastateparks.org 706-857-4033

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 29 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Paradise Gardens Park and Sardis Baptist Church Museum This is the oldest church in the Folk artist Howard Finster began county. Paradise Gardens in 1951. Today, 10419 Hwy. 114 visitors from around the world come Lyerly, GA 30730 to see its sculptures and items from different eras. Summerville Fish Hatchery Off U.S. 27 N. 231 Fish Hatchery Rd. Summerville, GA 30747 Summerville, GA 30747 706-857-2926, 800-Finster 706-857-3394 Website: www.finster.com

Cherokee County - Canton

The original Cherokee County was created in 1831 and included Georgia's land west of the Chattahoochee River and north of Carroll County. The next year, this area was divided into ten different counties. Cherokee County was named for the Cherokee Indians.

Visitor Information Canton Theatre Funk Heritage Center An historical theater offering local Learn the history of the Southern Cherokee County Chamber of performances. Indians and the Appalachian settlers Commerce Main St. through interactive exhibits, P.O. Box 4998 Canton, GA 30114 artwork, and antiques. Also on the 3605 Marietta Hwy. 770-704-0755 grounds is the Appalachian Settlers Canton, GA 30114 Village with farm animals and 19th 770-345-0400, 770-704-1509 Cherokee County Arts Center century farm buildings. Website: www.cherokee- Offering exhibits, events, Reinhardt College chamber.com workshops, and performances. 7300 Reinhardt College Cir. Canton, GA 30114 Waleska, GA 30183-2981 City of Waleska 770-704-6244 770-720-5970, 770-720-5971 770-479-2912 Website: Cherokee County Historical www.reinhardt.edu/funk.htm City of Woodstock Society 770-926-8852 This society is housed in a restored Gibb's Botanical Gardens rock barn. A branch of the Atlanta Botanical Sites P.O. Box 1287 Gardens. Canton, GA 30114 Canton, GA 30114 Cagle's Dairy MAiZE 770-432-7761 Explore this MAiZE, an intricate network of twists and turns in seven Tanglewood Farm acres of corn. Miniature animals to see, pet, and 362 Stringer Rd. feed. Canton, GA 30115 171 Tanglewood Dr. 770-345-5591 Canton, GA 30115 Website: 770-667-MINI www.caglesdairy.com/MAiZE2.html

Clarke County - Athens

Clarke County was established in 1801. It was named for General Elijah Clarke, who is best remembered for his victory over the British at the Battle of Kettle Creek which took place in Wilkes County, Georgia.

Visitor Information Bear Hollow Wildlife Trail Double-Barreled Cannon See 120 species of native wildlife in This one-of-a-kind Civil War relic Athens Convention and Visitors Memorial Park's hardwood forest on was built in 1863 when Athens was Bureau exhibit to teach people about fearful of an attack from northern Cook's Trail; Leader's Trail Guide wildlife and the environment. Free armies. Free. (Civil War); Athens of Old Driving Admission. City Hall, College and Hancock Sts. Tour of Historic Districts; Walking 293 Gran Ellen Dr. Athens, GA 30601 Tour of Old North Campus of the Athens, GA 30606 706-357-4430, 800-653-0603 University of Georgia; Athens 706-613-3616 www.visitathensga.com Downtown Walking Tour; Garden and Nursery Trail; Classic Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall and Emmanuel Episcopal Church City Tours (706-208-TOUR) Sports Museum This Victorian Gothic structure was 300 N. Thomas St. Visit this athletic complex and built in 1899 from Georgia granite. Athens, GA 30601 museum and see exhibits on UGA 498 Prince Ave. 706-357-4430, 706-546-1805, 800- sports and Athens Olympics. Athens, GA 30601 653-0603 Lumpkin St. and Pinecrest Dr. 706-543-1294, ext. 201 Website: www.visitathensga.com Athens, GA 30602 Website: 706-542-9094 www.emmanuel-athens.org Athens Welcome Center Website: www.georgiadogs.com 280 E. Daugherty St. ENSAT Center Athens, GA 30601 Chestnut Grove School The ENSAT (Environment, Natural 706-353-1820 African Americans from Athens Science, and Appropriate Website: www.visitathensga.com/ built this one-room schoolhouse in Technology) Center offers hands-on athenswelcomecenter 1896. It was recently restored. exhibits and environmental 610 Epps Bridge Rd. educational programs. ADA- Sites Athens, GA 30603 accessible trails are available. Free 706-548-1741 Admission. Arncroft House 205 Old Commerce Rd. Take a tour of this beautiful 1903 Church-Waddel-Brumby Athens, GA 30607 home. House Museum 706-613-3615 925 S. Milledge Ave. This house was built in 1820 and is Athens, GA 30605 the oldest surviving residence in Fire Station Number Two 706-549-8688 Athens. This two-story Victorian firehouse 280 E. Daugherty St. was built in 1901. Today the Athens Creative Theatre Athens, GA 30601 triangular shaped building serves as Presenting well-known shows and 706-353-1820 an art gallery and the headquarters original works by local artists. www.visitathensga.com/ for the Athens-Clarke Heritage 293 Gran Ellen Dr. athenswelcomecenter Foundation. Athens, GA 489 Prince Ave. 706-613-3628 Classic Center Athens, GA 30601 Website: Enjoy Broadway productions, 706-353-1801 www.athencreativetheatre.com concerts, and special events. Website: www.achfonline.org 300 N. Thomas St. Athens First Presbyterian Church Athens, GA 30601 First African Methodist This 1855 church building, 706-357-4444, 800-864-4160 Episcopal Church remodeled in 1902, still retains www.classiccentertheater.com This structure was built in 1916 for many of its original features such as a congregation which was originally an Italianate marble pulpit and pine established in 1866. The building and walnut pews. also once served as a public school. 185 E. Hancock St. 521 N. Hull St. Athens, GA 30601 Athens, GA 30603 706-543-4338 706-548-1454

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 31 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Founders Memorial Garden ITA Collegiate Myers Dormitory This memorial to the founders of Tennis Hall of Fame Here, in 1961, UGA's first two African the first garden club in America Tours of this hall of fame are American students were admitted to the includes a fountain, walkways, available by appointment. university by court order. ornamental shrubbery, and an 1857 UGA South Campus Lumpkin St., UGA Campus antebellum home. Free Admission. Athens, GA 30602 Athens, GA 30603 325 S. Lumpkin St. 706-542-8064 706-542-0842 Athens, GA 30602 Website: www.sports.uga.edu/ 706-542-8972 facilities/tennis.html North Oconee River Greenway and Heritage Trail The Gallery at 166 Lamar Dodd School of Art Enjoy the beauty of this thirteen The works of local artists are Gallery mile park as you walk, bike, or jog featured here. See pottery, hand- This gallery displays the work of though the area. Free Admission. blown glass, paintings, prints, and students, faculty, and professionals. 205 Old Commerce Rd. other works. Free Admission. Athens, GA 30601 166 W. Clayton St. Jackson St., Visual Arts Bldg. 706-613-3615 Athens, GA 30601 UGA Campus 706-546-7580 Athens, GA 30602 Oconee Forest Park 706-542-1511 Hike, bike, or canoe your way Garden Club of Georgia Website: through this natural area. See the The headquarters of the Garden www.visart.uga.edu/index.html largest scarlet oak tree in the state of Club of Georgia. Georgia. Free Admission. 2450 S. Milledge Ave. Lyndon House Arts Center UGA Rec. Sports Complex Athens, GA 30602-5817 The Ware-Lyndon house was built College Station and E. Campus Rds. 706-227-5369 in 1850. During World War II it Athens, GA 30602 Website: www.uga.edu/gardenclub became a USO. Today, you can 706-542-1571 visit the art center's galleries, the Georgia Museum of Art children's wing, and take part in Old Athens Cemetery Housed here are the state's artists' workshops. Free Admission. Among those buried here are two permanent collection of more than 293 Hoyt St. Revolutionary War soldiers and Dr. 8,000 works as well as traveling Athens, GA 30601 Moses Waddel, an early UGA exhibits. The museum offers special 706-613-3623 president. events such as family days, film Website: www.itown.com/ Jackson St., UGA Campus series, lectures, and workshops. athens/lyndonhouse/ Athens, GA 30602 Free Admission. 706-353-1820 90 Carlton St. Memorial Park Athens, GA 30602-6719 On these 72 acres, visitors can enjoy Old Athens Jail 706-542-4662 rolling hills, a lake, picnic shelters, Built in 1876 as part of the original Website: www.uga.edu/gamuseum walking trails, a playground, and a courthouse square of Athens. small zoo. Meigs and Pope Sts. Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery 293 Gran Ellen Dr. Athens, GA This cemetery was established in Athens, GA 30606 1882 for those of African descent. 706-613-3580 Sandy Creek Nature Center Fourth St. See woodlands, fields, and Athens, GA 30603 Morton Theatre marshlands and a variety of 706-353-1801 Morton Theatre, which opened in wildlife. Enjoy the trails and 1910, was one of the first African exhibits. Free Admission. Horticulture Trial Garden American vaudeville theaters in the 205 Old Commerce Rd. See new ornamentals being United States. Today Morton Athens, GA 30607 experimented. Theatre offers dramatic and musical 706-613-3615 UGA South Campus performances. Free tours of the Athens, GA 30602 theater are available. Seney-Stovall Chapel 706-542-2471 195 W. Washington St. This c. 1882 octagonal-shaped Website: www.uga.edu/ugatrials Athens, GA 30601 chapel was built as a part of the 706-613-3770 Lucy Cobb Institute girls' school. Website: www.mortontheatre.com Today it is home to the UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government. Free Admission. 201 N. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30602 706-542-2736 Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 32 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Spirit of Athens The Tree That Owns Itself U.S. Navy Supply Corps Museum This sculpture is in honor of the Because of his fondness for an oak Ship models, uniforms, 1996 Olympic games. tree on his property, William H. photographs, navigational City Hall Jackson willed the tree to itself as equipment, and other artifacts are Athens, GA well as eight feet of land on display in this museum. The surrounding it on all sides. The archives are available for research. State Botanical Garden of original tree, which was blown Free Admission. Georgia down in a 1942 windstorm, has 1425 Prince Ave. See native and international plants, been replaced by a tree grown from Athens, GA 30606-2205 a three-story conservatory, and one of its acorns. 706-354-7349 enjoy the trails. Free Admission. Dearing and Finley Sts. Website: www.nscs.com 2450 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30601 Athens, GA 30605 706-357-4430, 800-653-0603 Ware-Lyndon House 706-542-1244 Website: www.visitathensga.com see Lyndon House Arts Center Website: www.uga.edu/botgarden/ UGA Performing Arts Center Wray-Nicholson House Tate Student Center Gallery The two concert halls of this center This c. 1825 house has become the See the work of students and offer award-winning performances. headquarters of the UGA National faculty, as well as exhibits of 212 River Rd. Alumni Association. Free international artists. Athens, GA 30602 Admission. Sanford Dr., UGA Campus 706-542-4400 298 Hull St. Athens, GA 30602 Website: www.uga.edu/pac Athens, GA 30601 706-542-7774 706-542-2251 University of Georgia Taylor-Grady House Visit the nation's first state- This 1844 home was the collegiate chartered university. Guided and home of Henry W. Grady who self-guided tours are available. promoted the idea of the New South UGA Campus after the Civil War. The home is Athens, GA 30602 now a house museum. 706-542-0842 634 Prince Ave. Website: www.uga.edu Athens, GA 30601 706-549-8688 Upson House This restored 1847 Greek Revival mansion is now a branch of Sun Trust Bank. 1022 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30605 706-354-5380

Clay County - Fort Gaines

Clay County was created in 1854. It was named for U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky.

Visitor Information U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Visitors Center City of Fort Gaines Hwy. 39 on Lake Walter F. George P.O. Box 251 Fort Gaines, GA 31751 Fort Gaines, GA 31751 229-768-2516 229-768-2443 Website: www.samintra.sam.usace.army.mil/ Clay County Visitors Bureau and default.htm Information Center 208 Hancock St. Fort Gaines, GA 31751 229-768-2248 Website: www.fortgaines.com

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 33 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Sites Frontier Village New Park Cemetery and Gazebo On this site stood a frontier fort in This pavilion was built in 1880 over Clay County Courthouse 1814, an Indian fort in 1836, and a an Indian mound believed to date This courthouse was completed in Confederate fort in 1863. back to the year 200. 1873. Bluff St. Off GA Hwy. 37 Washington St. Fort Gaines, GA 31751 Fort Gaines, GA Fort Gaines, GA 229-768-2248 Outpost Replica Coleman Opera House and George T. Bagby State Park and The outpost was constructed to Museum Lodge protect settlers from Creek and See artifacts and memorabilia from Enjoy boating, swimming, hiking, Seminole Indian attacks. the Fort Gaines area housed in an and other outdoor activities in this Commerce St. 1880 entertainment hall. Free resort-style park. Fort Gaines, GA 31751 Admission. Fort Gaines, GA 31751 229-768-2248 Commerce St. 229-768-2571, 800-864-7275 Fort Gaines, GA 31751 Website: www.gastateparks.org Sutton's Corner Frontier Store 229-768-2248 Museum Lake Walter F. George A living museum with wooden cash Dill House Enjoy a variety of outdoor activities registers, antique post office, This house was built in 1827. on 48,000 acres of fresh water. gristmill, thousands of artifacts, and Washington St. Off Hwy. 39 more. Shown by appointment. Fort Gaines, GA Fort Gaines, GA 31751 115 Washington St. 229-768-2516 Fort Gaines, GA 31751 Website: 229-768-2312 www.samintra.sam.usace.army.mil/ default.htm

Clayton County - Jonesboro

Clayton County, established 1858, was named for Augustin Clayton, judge and Congressman from Georgia.

Visitor Information Sites Arts Clayton Gallery Featuring new exhibits monthly. Clayton County Chamber of 1898 Courthouse 106 McDonough St. Commerce Jonesboro, GA 30236 Jonesboro, GA 30236 4220 International Pkwy., Ste. 100 706-473-9986 Hapeville, GA 30354 Antique Funeral Website: 404-608-2770 Museum/Margaret Mitchell www.artsclayton.org/gallery Website: www.claytoncham.org Playhouse See a horse-drawn hearse, a pre- Ashley Oaks Mansion Clayton County Convention and Civil War casket, and antique This elegant 1879 home is available Visitors Bureau/Jonesboro Depot embalming equipment from the for group tours. Welcome Center Civil War. Also see a fully 144 College St. Housed in an 1867 depot. Historic decorated, one-room playhouse Jonesboro, GA 30236 Jonesboro Driving Tour map which once belonged to Margaret 770-478-8986 available. Mitchell's grandmother and in 104 N. Main St. which Margaret played as a child. Clayton County Jail and History Jonesboro, GA 30236 Free Admission. Center 770-478-4800, 800-662-7829 168 N. McDonough St. Visit the Clayton County Historical Website: www.visitscarlett.com Jonesboro, GA 30236 Museum, housed in the county's 770-478-7211 former jail. Free Admission. Morrow Tourist Center 125 King St. 6475 Jonesboro Rd. Jonesboro, GA 30236 Morrow, GA 30260 770-473-0197 770-961-4002 Website: www.cityofmorrow.com Genealogical Society of Henry and Clayton Counties see Henry County Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 34 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Historic Village Patrick Cleburne Confederate Road to Tara Museum An historical village featuring an Memorial Cemetery See Civil War and Gone With the intact 19th century commercial Buried are the 1,000 unidentified Wind memorabilia. district. Confederate soldiers killed in the 104 N. Main St. 3758 Rex Rd. 30237 Battle of Jonesboro of the Civil Jonesboro, GA 30236 Rex, GA War. Headstones are arranged to 770-478-4800, 800-662-7829 770-507-3283 form the shape of the Confederate Website: www.visitscarlett.com battle flag. Free Admission. Johnson St. and McDonough St. Spivey Hall, Clayton College and Jonesboro, GA 30236 State University 770-478-4800 Hear performances of jazz, vocal, piano, choral, organ, string, Philadelphia Presbyterian chamber, and early music. Church 5900 N. Lee St. This 1825 structure is the oldest Morrow, GA 30260 church building in Clayton County. 770-961-3683 It contains the minutes of session Website: www.spiveyhall.org meetings from 1831. 351 Morrow Rd. Stately Oaks Forest Park, GA 30297 Visit an 1839 plantation house 404-366-1851 furnished with period antiques with Jonesboro Greenhouse costumed guides providing tours. Luxurious 1870s home and Rex Mill 100 Carriage Ln. beautiful gardens. Described in This grist mill was built in 1837. Jonesboro, GA 30263 1879 as "the grandest house from Next to the mill stands a dam built Atlanta to Macon." by the Creek Indians over 275 years Warren House 139 College St. ago. This 1840 house served as a Civil Jonesboro, GA 30236 3758 Rex Rd. War field hospital and troop 770-477-1084 Rex, GA 30237 headquarters in 1864. Website: 770-474-8007 102 W. Mimosa Dr. www.jonesborogreenhouse.com Jonesboro, GA 30236 Reynolds Memorial 770-473-0404 Nature Preserve This preserve offers 4 miles of trails among 146-acres of woodland. See an historic barn and a demonstration vegetable and herb garden. Also offers educational programs. 5665 Reynolds Rd. Morrow, GA 30260 770-603-4188 Website: www.science.clayton.edu/ hampikian/Reynolds/index.htm

Clinch County - Homerville

Clinch County was established in1850. It was named for U.S. Army general and Georgia Congressman Duncan L. Clinch, who died three months before the county was established.

Visitor Information Sites

Clinch County Clinch County Courthouse Chamber of Commerce This courthouse was built in 1896. 101 S. College St. 100 Court Square Homerville, GA 31634 Homerville, 31634 912-487-2360 912-487-2667 Website: www.clinchcounty-ga.com Stephen C. Foster State Park This park is the western entrance to Okefenokee Swamp. View the birds and wildlife as you camp, fish, boat, and walk through the park. Cottages also available. Rt. 1, Box 131 Jones Island

Fargo, GA 31631 912-637-5274 Website: www.gastateparks.org

Cobb County - Marietta

Cobb County was formed in 1832. It was named for Thomas W. Cobb, a U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, and Georgia superior court judge.

Visitor Information Sites Concord Covered Bridge This bridge was built in the 1840s. Cobb County Convention and Brumby Hall and Gardens On Concord Rd. between Hicks Rd. Visitors Bureau This antebellum home was built by and S. Cobb Dr. One Galleria Pkwy. Colonel Anoldus VanderHorst Smyrna, GA 30080 Atlanta, GA 30339 Brumby, superintendent of the old 770-431-2858 678-303-2622, 800-451-3480 Georgia Military Institute. Website: www.cobbcvb.com 500 Powder Springs St. Gone With the Wind Movie Marietta, GA 30064 Museum Marietta Welcome Center and 770-427-2500 See over 250,000 items of Gone Visitors Bureau Website: www.mariettaresort.com With the Wind movie memorabilia Historic Marietta Walking/Driving including Vivien Leigh's Oscar, Tour; Heritage Passport Tour Cobb County Youth Museum Clark Gable's contract, and over 35 No. 4 Depot St. Guides in period costumes lead original costumes. Marietta, GA 30060 children in tours through numerous 18 Whitlock Ave. 770-429-1115, 800-835-0445 settings and exhibits throughout the Marietta, GA 30060 Website: www.mariettasquare.com museum. 770-794-5576 649 Cheatham Hill Rd. S.W. Website: www.gwtwmarietta.com Smyrna Welcome Center/Aunt Marietta, GA 30064 Fanny's Cabin 770-427-2563 Historic Village at Life University 2875 Atlanta Rd. Website: Visit the 1800s at an authentic log Smyrna, GA 30080 www.cobbcountyyouthmuseum.org cabin, water-powered grist mill, and 770-805-4277 more. 1269 Barclay Cir. Marietta, GA 30060 770-426-2600

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 36 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Kennesaw Mountain Marietta Museum of History Sun Valley Beach National Battlefield Park Explore the history of Marietta and Enjoy white sandy beaches that Civil War battlefield from the 1864 Cobb County. surround one and a half acres of Atlanta Campaign. Free Admission. No. 1 Depot St., Ste. 200 crystal clear water. 900 Kennesaw Mountain Dr. Marietta, GA 30060 5350 Holloman Rd. Kennesaw, GA 30152 770-528-0431 Powder Springs, GA 30127 770-427-4686 Website: www.mariettahistory.org, 770-943-5900 Website: www.nps.gov/kemo www.mariettasquare.com Website: [email protected] Kennesaw Train Depot Marietta National Cemetery Built in the 1880s Buried here are more than 10,000 Theatre in the Square Kennesaw, GA Civil War soldiers. Year-round entertainment, including 500 Washington Ave. special productions for children. Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Marietta, GA 30060 11 Whitlock Ave. This museum primarily displays 770-428-5631, 423-855-6590 Marietta, GA 30064 American art from the 19th and 770-422-8369 20th centuries. Root House Museum Website: theatreinthesquare.com 30 Atlanta St. This museum, located in what was Marietta, GA 30060 once the home of pharmacist Tranquilla 770-528-1444 William Root, displays middle-class View the outside of this house Website: www.mariettasquare.com life in the 1850s. which was built in 1849. Margaret 145 Denmead St. Mitchell had designers from Gone Marietta Confederate Cemetery/ Marietta, GA 30060 With the Wind study this house and Marietta City Cemetery 770-426-4982 use it in their research for the design This cemetery dates back to 1830. of Tara. Over 3,000 of the graves are of Smyrna Museum Marietta, GA those who died in the Civil War era. Housed here is a large collection of 381 Powder Springs St. photographs, memorabilia, White Water and American Marietta, GA 30060 publications, and materials for Adventures 770-794-5606 historical and genealogical research. Wave pool, water rides, mini-golf, 2861 Atlanta St. go-carts, and more! Marietta Fire Museum Smyrna, GA 30082 250 Cobb Pkwy. N. See antique fire engines and 770-431-2858 Marietta, GA 30062 firefighting equipment. Website: 770-424-WAVE 112 Haynes St. www.rootsweb.com/~gashgs Website: www.sixflags.com Marietta, GA 30060 770-794-5467 Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History A Smithsonian-affiliated museum showing how the locomotive has shaped history. 2829 Cherokee St. Kennesaw, GA 30144 770-427-2117 Website: www.kennesaw.ga.us

Coffee County - Douglas

Coffee County, established in 1854, was named for General John E. Coffee, a soldier, state legislator, and Congressman.

Visitor Information Sites Heritage Art Walk See drawings of turn-of-the-century Douglas-Coffee County Ashley-Slater House Museum Coffee County by Pong Holton, a Chamber of Commerce and This historic home, available for local artist. Free Admission. Welcome Center self-guided tours, now houses the Coffee County Courthouse 211 S. Gaskin Ave. local welcome center. Douglas, GA 31533 Douglas, GA 31533 211 S. Gaskin Ave. 912-384-4799 912-384-1873, 888-426-3334 Douglas, GA 31533 Website: www.douglasga.org 912-384-1873, 888-426-3334 Heritage Station Museum Website: www.douglasga.org This museum, housed in the former Douglas Local Welcome Center G&F Railroad depot, displays 216 S. Madison St. Broxton Rocks railroad documents and furnishings, Douglas, GA 31533 See sandstone outcroppings, historic clothing, farming and 912-383-0277 wildlife, and rare plants. business artifacts, and Civil War Hwy. 441 memorabilia. Douglas, GA 219 W. Ward St. 912-873-6964 Douglas, GA 31533 912-389-3461 Coffee Alliance for the Arts This organization brings a variety of Martin Centre art into the area and offers tours by Enjoy the performances offered in appointment. this 1940s building. P.O. Box 2823 109 E. Ashley St. Douglas, GA 31534 Douglas, GA 31533 912-384-1389 912-384-5978 Website: www.coffeearts.org Website: www.douglasga.org

General Coffee State Park Veterans Memorial and Museum See farm buildings and animals, a World War II pilots were trained at 19th-century house, and enjoy the this aviation school which operated natural beauty through boating, from 1941-1944. It is now the fishing, hiking, and other outdoor Douglas Municipal Airport. Free activites. Admission. Six miles east of Douglas on Hwy. Douglas Airport-Greer Terminal 32 Douglas, GA 31533 912-384-7082 912-384-1409 Website: www.gastateparks.org Website: www.douglasga.org

Colquitt County - Moultrie

Colquitt County was established in 1856. It was named for Walter T. Colquitt, a U.S. Senator who had died in 1855.

Visitor Information Sites Colquitt County Arts Center Bert Harsh Park This center offers visual and Moultrie-Colquitt County Each of the trees planted here is in performing arts programs including Chamber of Commerce honor or memory of a person of the exhibits of world-famous artists. 116 First Ave. S.E. area. 401 Seventh Ave. S.W. Moultrie, GA 31768 Fifth St. S.E. Moultrie, GA 31768 229-985-2131, 888-40-VISIT Moultrie, GA 31768 229-985-1922, 229-985-2131 Website: www.moultriechamber.com 229-985-2131, 888-40-VISIT Website: www.moultriechamber.com Website: www.moultriechamber.com

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 38 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Colquitt County Courthouse Ellen Payne Odom Genealogical Old Colquitt County Jail Constructed in 1901-1902. Free Library The original gallows remain in this Admission. 204 Fifth St. S.E. 1915 jail. Free Admission. 9 S. Main St. Moultrie, GA 31768 116 First Ave. S.E. Moultrie, GA 31768 229-985-6540, 229-985-2131 Moultrie, GA 31768 229-616-7420, 229-985-2131 Website: 229-985-2131, 888-40-VISIT Website: www.moultriechamber.com www.scottishtales.com/familytree Website: www.moultriechamber.com

Colquitt County War Memorial Greenfield Church Site Southwest Georgia Bank Art This memorial is dedicated to This 1848 building became a Gallery Colquitt County veterans World recruiting station and hospital See paintings and drawings of local Wars I and II, and the Korean and during the Civil War. Confederate scenes. Vietnam wars. soldiers and church founders are 201 First St. S.E. Northwest corner of Courthouse buried in the cemetery on the site. Moultrie, GA 31768 Square Greenfield Church Rd. 229-985-1120 Moultrie, GA 31768 Moultrie, GA 31768 Website: www.sgfc.com 229-217-4156, 229-985-2131 229-985-3413 Website: www.moultriechamber.com Steam Locomotive Museum of Colquitt County See a turn-of-the-century steam History locomotive. This museum offers changing 400 First Ave. S.E. exhibits of the area's history. Moultrie, GA 31768 500 Fourth Ave. S.E. 229-985-2131, 888-40-VISIT Moultrie, GA 31768 229-890-1626, 229-985-8409 Website: www.colquittmuseum.org

Columbia County - Appling

Columbia County, established in 1790, was named for Christopher Columbus.

Visitor Information Heggie's Rock Laurel and Hardy Museum of See amazing granite outcroppings at Harlem, Georgia Columbia County Chamber of this private nature preserve. Oliver Hardy was a Georgia native. Commerce Old Louisville Rd. This museum is dedicated to the 706-651-0018 Appling, GA 30802 Laurel and Hardy comedy team. 404-873-6946 Free Admission. Sites P.O. Box 99 J. Strom Thurmond Lake Harlem, GA 30814 Columbia County Courthouse Located on the Georgia/South 706-556-0401, 706-556-3448, 888- This 1856 courthouse is the oldest Carolina state line. View the 288-9108 courthouse still in use in Georgia. displays located in the lobby of the Website: www.n-georgia.com/ 1958 Appling Harlem Rd. J. Strom Thurmond Dam. LaurelHardyMuseum.htm Appling, GA 30802 Rt. 1, Box 12, Hwy. 221 706-541-1254 Clarks Hill, SC 29821 800-533-3478, 864-333-1100 Grovetown Museum Website: www.sas.usace.army.mil See exhibits about Grovetown, a collection of military artifacts, and Lake Springs Recreation Area other memorabilia. Free Admission. Enjoy a variety of outdoor activities 106 W. Robinson Ave. including fishing, hiking, Grovetown, GA 30813 picnicking, and more. 706-863-4576 3900 Lake Springs Rd. Appling, GA 30802 706-541-0150, 800-533-3478 Website: www.sas.usace.army.mil Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 39 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Mistletoe State Park West Dam Recreation Area Enjoy boating, fishing, hiking, Enjoy water sports, beach activities, swimming, and camping at Clarks and wildlife viewing. Hill Lake. Scons Ferry Rd. 3723 Mistletoe Rd. Appling, GA 30802 Appling, GA 30802 706-541-0031, 800-533-3478 706-541-0321 Website: www.gastateparks.org Wildwood Park Take a mountain bike trail, test your Old Kiokee Baptist Church archery skill, and enjoy this 975- This church building dates back to acre park on Clarks Hill Lake. 1808. 6212 Holloway Park 6145 Tubman Rd. Appling, GA 30802 Appling, GA 30802 706-541-0586 706-541-1086 Website: www.co.columbia.ga.us

Cook County - Adel

Cook County was formed in 1918. It was named for Philip Cook, who served as a Confederate general, U.S. Representative, and Georgia Secretary of State.

Visitor Information Sites Sumners Pecan Groves Visit this orchard which began in Adel-Cook County Chamber of Cook County Courthouse 1916 and is still family-owned and Commerce After County was created in 1918, -operated. 100 S. Hutchinson St. officials used the second floor of 607 N. Broad St. Adel, GA 31620 city hall for a courthouse. They then Lenox, GA 31637 229-896-2281 used a two-story garage until this 229-546-4322, 800-647-0811 permanent courthouse was built in Website: www.sumnerpecans.com 1939. 212 N. Hutchinson Ave. Reed Bingham State Park Adel, GA 31620 This park offers fishing and other 229-896-2176 water recreation, trails, a cypress swamp, a hummingbird garden, and more. Hwy. 37, six miles west of I-75, Exit 39 Adel, GA 31620 229-896-3551 Website: www.gastateparks.org

Coweta County - Newnan

The Coweta Indians, a group of Creek Indians, once lived in the area of present-day Coweta County. The town of Coweta was one of the capital towns of the Lower Creek Indians and served as a place to discuss war and conflicts. Coweta County was among five counties established by Georgia's General Assembly in 1825 after the land was ceded to them by the Creek.

For Palmetto sites, see Fulton County

Visitor Information Buggy Shop Museum Oak Grove Plantation Garden This building served as one of the and B & B Coweta Convention and Visitors first eight bottling plants for Coca- Surrounding this 1830s house are Bureau and Welcome Center Cola. View a collection of items gardens featuring old-fashioned Antebellum and Victorian Driving dating from the 1890s to the 1930s. flowers and shrubs. Tour of Newnan; Senoia Driving Main St. 4537 N. Hwy. 29 Tour of Homes; Walking Tour of Senoia, GA 30276 Newnan, GA 30265 Historic Downtown Newnan. 770-254-2627, 800-776-7935 770-463-3010 100 Walt Sanders Memorial Dr. Website: www.coweta.ga.us Website: www.coweta.ga.us Newnan, GA 30265 770-254-2627, 800-826-9382 Coweta County Courthouse Old Mill Museum Website: www.coweta.ga.us This impressive 1904 structure See antique farming equipment, E-mail: towers over 100 feet high. collectibles from World War II-era [email protected] Jackson St. rural Georgia, the Smithsonian Newnan, GA Textile Exhibit, and more! Sites Downtown Moreland Square on Historic Grantville Driving Tour Main St. Bonnie Castle Bed and Breakfast 100 Walt Sanders Memorial Dr. Moreland, GA 30259 Stay in this Victorian home or Newnan, GA 770-254-2627, 800-826-9382 schedule a free tour to see the 770-254-2627, 800-826-9382 Website: www.coweta.ga.us museum room of belongings of the home's original family. Also see a Male Academy Museum Senoia Coffee Company display of the Loveleigh Novelties Male Academy, which once Watch coffee roasting, grinding, Dolls which were once made in the prepared young men for college, is and brewing. home and sold around the country now a museum that includes an One Main St. and the world. extensive Civil War exhibit with Senoia, GA 30276 2 Post St. weapons and artifacts. 770-599-8000 Grantville, GA 30220 30 Temple Ave. 770-583-3090, 800-261-3090 Newnan, GA 30263 Website: www.bonnie-castle.com 770-251-0207 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nchistoricalsociety.org

Newnan Community Theatre Company Performances include comedies, dramas, musicals, Shakespeare, and children's productions. 24 First Ave. Newnan, GA 30263 770-683-NCTC Website: www.newnantheatre.com

Crawford County - Knoxville

Crawford County was established in 1822. It was named for William H. Crawford, who served as U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Crawford also ran for president in 1824, the first presidential candidate from Georgia.

Visitor Information Sites John Pemberton Birthplace- Crawford County Roberta-Crawford County Benjamin Hawkins Gravesite Contact the Crawford County Chamber of Commerce Colonel Benjamin Hawkins served as Historical Society House for more Along the Peach Blossom Trail a member of George Washington's information on John Pemberton, the brochure staff during the American Revolution. man who developed the formula for 38 Wright Ave. After the war, he was sent to Georgia Coca-Cola. Roberta, GA 31078 where he was to assume jurisdiction Courthouse Square 478-836-3825 over all Indian tribes south of the Knoxville, GA 31050 Website: Ohio River. 478-836-3825 www.robertacrawfordchamber.org GA Hwy. 128 W. Website: Roberta, GA 31078 www.robertacrawfordchamber.org 478-836-3825 Website: Museum of Southeastern Indians www.robertacrawfordchamber.org See artifacts of Indians who lived in the Southeastern United States. Benjamin Hawkins Monument 777 Julia Jordan Rd. This monument was erected in 1931 Roberta, GA 31078 to honor Colonel Benjamin 478-836-9402 Hawkins, who served in the Revolutionary War. Texas Lone Star State Flag Wright Ave. and E. Agency St. Historical Marker Roberta, GA 31078 This marker is on the grounds of the 478-836-3825 courthouse which is across the street Website: from the former home of Joanna www.robertacrawfordchamber.org Troutman, a 17-year-old girl who designed a battle flag for a group of Dickey Farms Georgia volunteers going to fight Watch peaches come in from one of for the independence of Texas from the oldest peach-growing farms in Mexico. Texas later adopted the Georgia and watch them go out to design as their state flag. the grocery store. Free Admission. Courthouse Square 3440 Old Hwy. 341 Knoxville, GA 31050 Musella, GA 31066 478-836-3825 478-836-4362, 800-732-2442 Website: Website: www.gapeaches.com www.robertacrawfordchamber.org

Crisp County - Cordele

Crisp County was created in 1905. It was named for Charles F. Crisp, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1883 until his death in 1896.

Visitor Information Sites

Cordele-Crisp Chamber of Crisp County Courthouse Commerce This structure was built in 1950 302 E. 16th Ave. after original 1907 courthouse Cordele, GA 31015 burned earlier that year. 229-273-1668 210 Seventh St. S. Website: www.cordele-crisp- Cordele, GA 31015 chamber.com 229-276-2672

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 42 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Georgia Veterans Memorial State Lake Blackshear Park Enjoy the beauty of God's creation. Visit a museum exhibiting aircraft, Visit two museums which display armored vehicles, uniforms, and American war artifacts. weapons from military history 800-864-PARK dating back to the American Revolution. Nature trails, camping, SAM Shortline and other outdoor activities are also Take a 70-mile ride on 1949 vintage available. From the park, access to railroad cars through pecan groves, Lake Blackshear is available. and scenic farms. The train makes a 2459-A U.S. Hwy. 280 W. stop in Cordele, Leslie, Americus, Cordele, GA 31015 and Plains. 229-276-2371, 800-864-7275 Georgia Veterans State Park Website: www.gastateparks.org Hwy. 280 229-276-2371, 800-864-7275 Website: www.samshortline.com

Dade County - Trenton

Dade County was established in 1837. It was named for Francis Dade, a U.S. army major killed in the Seminole War.

Visitor Information Dade County Courthouse Built in 1926. Dade County Chamber of P.O. Box 613 Commerce Trenton, GA 30752 111 Railway Ln. 706-657-4625 P.O. Box 1014 Trenton, GA 30752 Lookout Lake 706-657-4488, 877-871-1386 Enjoy fishing, camping, and Website: picnicking. www.dadecogachamber.com Hwy. 136 706-657-4355, 706-398-1970 Sites

Rising Fawn Fiber Studio Cloudland Canyon State Park Take a trip to the farm or the studio Enjoy the beauty of this gorge with and see demonstrations with sheep trails and overlooks, camping and and wool. cottages, and more. 104 S. Moore Rd. 122 Cloudland Canyon State Park Rd. Rising Fawn, GA 30738 Rising Fawn, GA 30738 706-657-4050 Website: www.gastateparks.org

Dawson County - Dawsonville

Dawson County was created in 1857. It was named for William C. Dawson, a lawyer, soldier, legislator, U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senator who had died the previous year.

Visitor Information Sites Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area Dawson County Chamber Amicalola Falls State Park Enjoy hunting, camping, bird Convention and Visitors Bureau See 729-foot Amicalola Falls, the watching, canoeing, fishing, hiking, and Welcome Center; tallest waterfall in the Southeast. and an interpretive trail. Dawsonville Old Jail Built in 1881. 240 Amicalola Falls Lodge Rd. GA Hwy. 53 W. P.O. Box 299 Dawsonville, GA 30534-4703 Dawsonville, GA 30534 54 GA Hwy. 53 706-265-4703 770-535-5700 Dawsonville, GA 30534 Website: www.gastateparks.org Website: 706-265-6278, 877-302-9271 www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/wild Bernadette's Garden Growing flowers, produce, Kangaroo Conservation Center mushrooms, herbs. See the largest collection of Dawsonville, GA 30534 kangaroos outside of Australia. The 706-265-3304 center is also a conservation and breeding facility for other exotic Bowen Center for the Arts animals. This center hosts year-round 222 Bailey-Waters Rd. exhibits featuring Georgia artists. Dawsonville, GA 30534 334 Hwy. 9 N. 706-265-6100 Dawsonville, GA 30534 Website: www.kangaroocenter.com 706-344-3801 Rainbow Nation and Aunt Burt's Farm Susan's Animal Rescue Zoo at Offering a fall pumpkin festival, Oak Valley Farms hay rides, and popcorn processing. 11 E. Buffalo Rd. 4801 GA Hwy. 52 E. Dawsonville, GA 30534 Dawsonville, GA 30534 706-864-4899 706-265-3701, 800-600-BURT Website: www.rainbownation.org Website: www.burtsfarm.com Thunder Road U.S.A. Dawson County Courthouse See the Georgia Racing Hall of This courthouse was built around Fame, a museum with racing 1858. Free Admission. memorabilia, historic racing On the square vehicles, and more. Dawsonville, GA 30534 GA Hwy. 53 E. 706-265-6278 Dawsonville, GA 30534 706-216-7223 Website: www.thunderroadusa.com

Decatur County - Bainbridge

Decatur County was formed in 1823 and named for Stephen Decatur, a U.S. Navy Commodore.

Visitor Information Decatur County Courthouse Wingate's Lunker Lodge and Built in 1903. Recreation Area Bainbridge-Decatur County Corner of West and Water Sts. Enjoy fishing, boating, and Chamber of Commerce and Bainbridge, GA camping. Welcome Center Hwy. 97 S. Bainbridge Heritage Tour Earl May Boat Basin Park 229-246-0658 P.O. Box 755 Enjoy nature trails, a petting zoo, 100 Boat Basin Cir. and more along the Flint River. Willis Park Bainbridge, GA 31717 Boat Basin Cir. A statue of a Confederate soldier 229-246-4774, 800-243-4774 Bainbridge, GA 31717 stands in this memorial park. Website: www.bainbridgega.com 229-248-2000 Downtown Bainbridge, GA Sites Firehouse Center and Gallery This center contains a jail, museum, Bainbridge Little Theatre and rotating art exhibits. Offering live productions 119 Water St. throughout the year. Bainbridge, GA 31717 Bainbridge, GA 31717 229-243-1010 229-246-8345

DeKalb County - Decatur

DeKalb County was established in 1822 and named for Baron Johann DeKalb. DeKalb served as a major general in the Continental Army.

Visitor Information Sites Old Courthouse on the Square This one hundred-year-old City of Chamblee Chinatown Square structure, formerly a courthouse, 5468 Peachtree Rd. Experince a taste of Chinese culture now houses the Jim Cherry Museum Chamblee, GA 30341 with shops, restaurants, and a which includes a Civil War room. 770-986-5010 Chinese garden. 101 E. Court Square Website: www.chambleega.com 5383-C New Peachtree Rd. Decatur, GA 30030 Chamblee, GA 30341 404-373-1088 DeKalb Convention and Visitors 770-458-6660 Website: www.dekalbhistory.org Bureau Website: 750 Commerce Cr. www.atlantachinatown.com Decatur, GA 30030 404-378-2525, 800-999-6055 Historic Complex of DeKalb Website: www.dcvb.org Historical Society This complex includes the Stone Mountain Village Visitors Benjamin Swanton House and two Center cabins. Explore these antebellum 891 Main St. structures and learn their history. Stone Mountain, GA 30083 720 W. Trinity Pl. 770-879-4971 Decatur, GA 30030 Website: 404-373-1088 www.stonemountainvillage.com Website: www.dekalbhistory.org Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 45 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Stone Mountain Park surrounded by over 3,000 acres of P.O. Box 778 Here is a mountain carving of three natural beauty. The park also Stone Mountain, GA 30086 Confederate Civil War heroes: features Crossroads, an 1870s town 770-498-5690, 800-317-2006 Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and with craft demonstrations, the Great Website: Stonewall Jackson. The carving is Barn children's attraction, and a 4-D www.Stonemountainpark.com larger than Mt. Rushmore and is special effects theater.

Dodge County - Eastman

Dodge County was formed in 1870. It was named for William Dodge, who, after the Civil War, purchased large amounts of land in the area later to become Dodge County. Dodge established lumber mills and is considered one of the pioneers of the lumber industry in Georgia. for sites in Abbeville, see Wilcox County

Visitor Information Sites Eastman House This home, built by William Pitt Eastman/Dodge Chamber of Confederate Monument Eastman in 1872, is now a museum. Commerce and Local Welcome See the monument erected in 1910 5315 Eastman St. Center by the Daughters of the Eastman, GA 31023 Driving Tour of Eastman and Confederacy. 478-374-1921 Dodge County Courthouse Circle 116 Ninth Ave. Eastman, GA 31023 Georgia DNR Dodge County Eastman, GA 31023 478-374-4723 Public Fishing Area 478-374-4723 Enjoy fishing, hiking, and more at Website: Cypress Lake Plantation this 104-acre lake. Free Admission. www.eastman-georgia.com See the rookery of thousands of 325 Dodge Lake Rd. birds including herons, cranes, Eastman, GA 31023 egrets, and more. Also enjoy 478-374-6765 boating tours, hiking, and wagon rides. Standard Candy Company U.S. Hwy. 280 Stuckey's Candy, now owned by the Rhine, GA 31023 Standard Candy Company, began in 229-385-3051 Eastman with a roadside stand in 1937. Dodge County Courthouse 100 Candy Ct This courthouse was built in 1908. Eastman, GA 31023 The original clock tower and main 478-374-4381 entrance portico were destroyed by fire in 1939. Williamson Mausoleum Eastman, GA This work of art was carved by an 478-374-4723 Italian sculptor in 1887. Orphan Cemetery Eastman, GA 31023 478-374-4723 Website: www.eastman-georgia.com

Dooly County - Vienna

Dooly County, created in 1821, was named for Colonel John Dooly. Cooly was commander of a regiment at the Battle of Kettle Creek in 1779. He was killed by Tories at his home the following year.

For Montezuma sites, see Macon County

Visitor Information Tour this pecan plant and watch Oakbin Pond Reserve pecans go from raw and in the shell Enjoy hiking trails, a cypress pond, Dooly County to packaged products including an upland forest, and wetlands. Chamber of Commerce jams, jellies, relishes, candies, and Watch out for snakes and alligators! Driving Tour of Historic Homes and more. Free Admission. Oakbin Rd. Structures 1315 Tippettville Rd. Unadilla, GA 31091 P.O. Box 308 Vienna, GA 31092 404-873-6946 117 E. Union St. 229-268-9041, 800-635-0616 Website: www.nature.org/georgia Vienna, GA 31092 Website: www.werenuts.com 229-268-8275 Vienna Cultural Center Website: www.doolychamber.com Flint River Nursery Originally built in 1903 as an This 832 acre nursery is operated by Episcopal church building, this Sites the Georgia Forestry Commission. structure was rescued and restored River Rd. after it was abandoned by the 1970s. Dooly Campground Tabernacle West of Vienna, GA Free Admission. This open-air structure was built 229-268-7239 300 Cotton St. over100 years ago from hand-hewn Vienna, GA 31092 logs. Flint River 229-268-3663 Hwy. 90 Wildlife Management Area Website: www.historicvienna.org Vienna, GA Explore 2,300 acres along the Flint River. Walter F. George Law Museum Dooly County Arts Council River Rd. See artifacts and memorabilia from Housed in the restored Lilly School. West of Vienna, GA the life of this U.S. senator. Vienna, GA 229-268-2944 106 N. Fourth St. 229-268-4374 Vienna, GA 31092 Georgia State Cotton Museum 229-268-3663 Dooly County Courthouse Explore the history of cotton. Free Website: www.historicvienna.org Visit this restored 1891 courthouse. Admission. Vienna Town Square 1321 E. Union St. Vienna, GA Vienna, GA 31092 229-268-2045

Dougherty County - Albany

Dougherty County was created in 1853. It was named for Charles Dougherty, an Athens lawyer who supported states' rights.

Visitor Information Astronauts Monument The Parks at Chehaw This memorial is in honor of those See exotic animals in a native Albany Convention and Visitors lost in the Challenger accident. habitat. Among the park features are Bureau and Welcome Center 1822 Palmyra Rd. trails and a snake and reptile house. 225 W. Broad Ave. Albany, GA 31701 105 Chehaw Rd. Albany, GA 31701 229-432-1011 Albany, GA 31701 229-434-8715, 800-475-8700 229-430-5275 Website: www.albanyga.com Freedom Flame Website: www.parksatchehaw.org This flame monument located Sites outside the courthouse is in honor of Radium Springs veterans. Visit the largest natural spring in Albany Area Arts Council Pine Ave. Georgia from which flows 70,000 See eight local exhibits per year. Albany, GA 31701 gallons of water per minute. Free Admission. 229-434-8700, 800-475-8700 2501 Radium Springs Rd. 215 N. Jackson St. Website: www.albanyga.com Albany, GA 31705 Albany, GA 31701 229-889-0244 229-439-ARTS Lake Chehaw Website: Enjoy boating, fishing, canoeing, Royal Air Force Memorial www.albanyartscouncil.org and more at this lake created by a This memorial is in honor of seven 1921 Georgia Power Dam. British Royal Air Force pilots who Albany Civil Rights Movement 105 Chehaw Park Rd. were killed in an accident during Museum Albany, GA 31701 World War II. Their burial ground This museum is housed in the 229-430-5222 was given to the British and is now former Mt. Zion Baptist Church designated British Sacred Ground. building. See educational exhibits of Marine Corps Logistics Base Crown Hill Cemetery the civil rights struggle. Hear Military Installation. Call for more Dawson Rd. freedom songs on the second information as visitor hours are Albany, GA 31707 Saturday of each month. limited. 229-434-8700, 800-475-8700 326 Whitney Ave. Fleming Rd. Website: www.albanyga.com Albany, GA 31701 Albany, GA 31704 229-432-1698 229-639-5000 Santa Museum Website: See over 2,000 replicas and members.surfsouth.com/~mtzion/ Monument to Flood Rescue figurines of traditional and modern Workers Santas. Albany Museum of Art This monument is dedicated to the 900 S. Westover Blvd. See a collection of 19th and 20th rescue workers of the flood of 1994. Albany, GA 31701 century art from America, Europe, Corner of Roosevelt and Jackson 229-430-8375 and Africa. Free admission certain Sts. times. Albany, GA 31701 St. Teresa's Catholic Church 311 Meadowlark Dr. 229-431-3266 This is the oldest Catholic church Albany, GA 31707 building in the state still in use. It 229-439-8400 dates back to the mid-1800s. Website: www.albanymuseum.com 315 Residence Ave. Albany, GA 31701 Albany Symphony Orchestra 229-439-2302 2400 Gillionville Rd. Albany, GA 31707 Theatre Albany 229-430-6799 Offering fine major productions. 514 Pine Ave. Albany, GA 31701 229-439-7193

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 48 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Thronateeske Heritage Center Tift Park Veterans Riverfront Park Explore a history museum, This park from 1912 features an On the grounds of this riverside planetarium, and Discovery Center oak-lined carriage trail. park stand memorials honoring with hands-on science activities for 1300 N. Monroe victims and veterans of WWII, children. Albany, GA 31701 Vietnam, and the Korean War. Also Heritage Plaza here is a monument in memory of 100 W. Roosevelt Ave. the Flood of 1994. Albany, GA 31701 Oglethorpe Blvd. 229-432-6955 Albany, GA 31701 Website: www.heritagecenter.org 229-434-8700, 800-475-8700 Website: www.albanyga.com

Douglas County - Douglasville

Douglas County was created in 1870. It was named for Stephen Douglas, a U.S. Senator from Illinois. Douglas ran unsuccessfully for president in 1860 with Herschel Johnson from Georgia as his running mate.

Visitor Information Sites Douglas County Courthouse This courthouse was completed in Douglasville Convention and Clinton Nature Preserve 1998. Visitors Bureau Explore nature trails and more. 8700 Hospital Dr. P.O. Box 219 Ephesus Church Rd. Douglasville, GA 30134 6694 E. Broad St. Douglasville, GA 770-920-7266 Douglasville, GA 30134 770-947-5920, 800-661-0013 Cultural Arts Center Lithia Springs Water and Website: www.douglasvillecvb.org This center, housed in a nineteenth Bottling Company century house, features special Site of historic springs. programs and art exhibits. 770-944-3880 8652 Campbellton St. Douglasville, GA 30134 Sweetwater Creek State 770-949-2787 Conservation Park Mount Vernon Rd. Dog River Excavation Exhibit Lithia Springs, GA 30057 See a display of historic artifacts. 770-732-5871 Douglas County Water and Sewer Website: www.gastateparks.org Authority Building 770-920-3850

Early County - Blakely

Early County was created in 1818. It was named for governor, Congressman, and judge Peter Early.

Visitor Information Sites

Blakely-Early County Chamber Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge of Commerce Built in 1891. P.O. Box 189 GA Hwy. 62 and Old River Rd. 52 Court Square Blakely, GA 31723 Blakely, GA 31723 229-723-3741 229-723-3741 Website: Website: www.blakelyearlychamber.com www.blakelyearlychamber.org

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 49 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Early County Courthouse Peanut Monument Built in 1903. On the grounds This monument is in honor of the stands the last remaining peanut and its contribution to the Confederate wooden flagpole as growth and prosperity of Early well as a monument to the peanut. County. Blakely, GA 31723 N. Main St., on the courthouse square Kolomoki Mounds State Historic Blakely, GA 31723 Park 229-723-3741 See seven earthen mounds believed to have been built during the 12th and 13th centuries by Native Americans. Tour the museum and see artifacts and an educational film. See what it's like inside a burial mound. The park also offers boating, fishing, hiking, and other outdoor activities. Indian Mounds Rd. Blakely, GA 31723 229-724-2150, 800-864-7275 Website: www.gastateparks.org

Echols County - Statenville

Echols County, created in 1858, was named for Brig. Gen. Robert Echols who died in the Mexican War. Echols had previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives and the Georgia Senate.

Sites

Echols County Courthouse This courthouse was built in 1956. P.O. Box 190 Statenville, GA 31648 229-559-6544

Effingham County - Springfield

Effingham County was created through the first constitution of the state of Georgia in 1777. It was named in honor of Lord Effingham, an English nobleman who advocated the rights of the American colonies.

Visitor Information Sites Historic Effingham Society's Old Jail Museum Effingham County Chamber of Georgia Salzburger Society This museum houses Revolutionary Commerce Museum War, Civil War, and Native 203 S. Laurel St., Ste. 203 See historical artifacts from American artifacts. Springfield, GA 31329 immigrants who came here in the 1002 Pine St. 912-754-3301, 866-754-3301 1700s. Springfield, GA 31329 Website: Rt. 1 Box 478 912-826-4705 www.effinghamcounty.com Rincon, GA 31326 Website: 912-754-6333 www.effinghamcounty.com

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 50 © 2003 The Notgrass Company New Ebenezer Retreat Center Ogeechee Park Canoe and Kayak This center offers fishing, canoeing, Rentals hiking, and more. The center offers Take a trip down the Ogeechee hands-on learning experiences in River. Camping, fishing, and history, culture, character, nature, swimming also offered. and environmental sciences. 136 Alan Dr. Experience life in colonial Georgia. Eden, GA 31307 The historic Jerusalem Lutheran 912-748-5996 Church building, completed in Website: www.ogeecheecanoe.com 1769, is within walking distance. The original townsite of Ebenezer was established in 1734 by Lutheran immigrants from Austria seeking religious freedom. 2887 Ebenezer Rd. Rincon, GA 31326 912-754-9242 Website: www.newebenezer.org

Elbert County - Elberton

Elbert County was created in 1790. It was named for General Samuel Elbert, who served in the Revolutionary War and as governor of Georgia.

Visitor Information Broad River Wildlife Elberton Granite Museum and Management Area Exhibit Elbert County Chamber and Enjoy hunting, fishing, hiking, and See historical exhibits, artifacts, and Welcome Center bird watching. educational displays including P.O. Box 537 Off GA Hwy. 79 W. granite products and antique granite 148 College Ave. Elberton, GA 30632 working tools. Elberton, GA 30635 706-595-4222 1 Granite Plaza 706-283-5651, 800-992-1039 Website: Elberton, GA 30635 Website: www.elbertga.com www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/wild 706-283-2551 Website: www.egaonline.com Sites Elbert County Couthouse Bobby Brown State Park This courthouse was constructed in Georgia Guidestones Enjoy a quiet park offering fishing, 1893. It is appropriate that the The origin of this 19-foot-high boating, camping, swimming, and exterior is partially made of granite granite monument remains a hiking. since Elberton calls itself the mystery. 2509 Bobby Brown State Park Rd. Granite Capitol of the World. GA Hwy. 77 N. Elberton, GA 30635 On the square Elberton, GA 30635 706-213-2046 Elberton, GA 30635 706-283-5651 Website: www.gastateparks.org 706-283-5651 Website: www.elbertga.com

Elbert County Wildlife Lake Richard B. Russell Management Area Visitors Center is located at the dam Enjoy hunting, fishing, hiking, and on this 26,000-acre lake. bird watching on Lake Richard B. 4144 Russell Dam Rd. Russell. Elberton, GA 30635 Off GA Hwy. 72 706-213-3400, 800-944-7207 Elberton, GA 30635 Website: www.sas.usace.army.mil 706-595-4222 Website: www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/wild

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 51 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Nancy Hart Cabin Old Dan Tucker's Gravesite Richard B. Russell State Park This replica of Revolutionary War Here lies Daniel Tucker, a Enjoy fishing, hiking, camping hero Nancy Hart's cabin was erected Methodist minister who cared cottages, boating, swimming, and in 1932 by the Daughters of the deeply for slaves. bird watching. American Revolution. Free River Rd. 2650 Russell State Park Rd. Admission. Elberton, GA 30635 Elberton, GA 30635 River Rd. 706-283-5651 706-213-2045 Elberton, GA 30635 Website: www.elbertga.com Website: www.gastateparks.org 706-283-5651 Website: www.elbertga.com

Emanuel County - Swainsboro

Emanuel County was created in 1812. It was named for a former Georgia governor, David Emanuel.

Visitor Information Sites

Swainsboro-Emanuel County Emanuel County Courthouse Chamber of Commerce This courthouse was completed in 124 N. Main St. 2002. Swainsboro, GA 30401 P.O. Box 787 478-237-6426 County Office Building Website: www.emanuelchamber.org Swainsboro, GA 30401 478-237-3881

George L. Smith State Park Enjoy the quiet beauty of this park which offers camping and cottages, a lake, boating, fishing, hiking, and more. See moss-draped cypress trees, white ibis, and rare gopher tortoises. Also here are a covered bridge and a mill built in 1880. 371 George L. Smith Rd. Twin City, GA 30471 912-763-2759 Website: www.gastateparks.org

Evans County - Claxton

Evans County was established in 1914. It was named for Clement A. Evans, a Confederate general who died in 1911.

Visitor Information Sites Claxton Bakery This bakery bakes and distributes Claxton-Evans County Chamber Canoochee River thousands of pounds of fruitcake of Commerce and Welcome This river offers swimming, fishing, each year. Free Admission. Center camping, and boating. Free P.O. Box 367 4 N. Duval St., U.S. Hwy 301 N. Admission. 203 W. Main St. Claxton, GA 30417 At Hwy. 301 N., Hwy 280 E., and Claxton, GA 30417 912-739-2281 Hwy. 169 N. 912-739-3441, 800-841-4211 Website: www.claxton-evans- Claxton, GA 30417 Website: georgia-chamber.com 912-739-1391 www.claxtonfruitcake.com Website: www.claxton-evans- georgia-chamber.com

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 52 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Evans County Courthouse Georgia Fruit Cake Company This courthouse was designed by This is a four-generation family- Georgia architect J.J. Baldwin and owned business, famous for its built in 1923. delicious fruitcakes. Hwy. 280 W. Main St. 5 S. Duval St. Claxton, GA 30417 Claxton, GA 30417 912-739-2203, 912-739-1391 912-739-2683

Evans County Wilbanks Apiaries Public Fishing Area Come visit this worldwide Come fish, walk, picnic, or camp at honeybee distributor. Free this three-lake fishing area. Admission. Hwy 280 E. Hwy. 280 W. Claxton, GA 30417 Bellville, GA 30414 912-685-6424 912-739-4820 Website: www.gofishgeorgia.com

Fannin County - Blue Ridge

Fannin County was established in 1854. It was named for Colonel James Fannin who fought in the War for Texas Independence.

Visitor Information Blue Ridge Scenic Railway Toccoa River, Mountain Biking, This track winds through the hills and Canoe Trails Fannin County Chamber of beside the Toccoa River. Special Experience 17 miles of hiking- Commerce and Local Welcome events and programs are offered mountain biking trails that ascend to Center throughout the year. almost 3,200 feet. P.O. Box 875 241 Depot St. 3990 Appalachian Hwy. 3990 Appalachian Hwy. Blue Ridge, GA 30513 Blue Ridge, GA 30513 Blue Ridge, GA 30513 706-632-9833, 800-934-1898 706-632-5680, 800-899-6867 706-632-5680, 800-899-6867 Website: www.brscenic.com Website: Website: www.blueridgemountains.com www.blueridgemountains.com Horseshoe Bend River Park Enjoy fishing, hiking, and more Sites along the banks of the Toccoa River. Free Admission. Aska Trails Area River Rd. USDA, Forest Service McCaysville, GA 30555 6050 Appalachian Hwy. 706-632-7696 Blue Ridge, GA 30513 706-632-3031 John D. Beatie, Blacksmith Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf 2076 Douthit Rd. Blue Ridge, GA 30513 Blue Ridge Mountain Art Associates Mercier Orchards Offering exhibits, classes, Mercier grows 30 varieties of performances, concerts, and apples, plus blueberries, festivals. blackberries, and peaches. 2045 E. First St. P.O. Box 425 Blue Ridge, GA 30513 8660 Blue Ridge Dr. 706-632-2144 Blue Ridge, GA 30513 706-632-3411 Website: www.mercier-orchards.com

Fayette County was created in 1821. It was named for Marquis de Lafayette, a Frenchman who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Visitor Information Holliday Dorsey-Fife House See Gone With the Wind and Civil Fayette County Chamber of War memorabilia in this museum Commerce housed in the former home of Doc 200 Courthouse Square Holliday. Also see Doc Holliday's Fayetteville, GA 30214 dentist equipment and learn the 770-461-9983 history of Fayette County. Website: www.fayettechamber.org 140 W. Lanier Ave. Fayetteville, GA 30214 Sites 770-461-6029 Website: www.fayetteville-ga- Fayette County Historical Society us.org Research center for geological and historical research. Starr's Mill Scenic Stop 195 Lee St. Stop and enjoy a picnic while Fayetteville, GA 30214 viewing a waterfall and the mill in 770-716-6020 Starr's Mill Lake. Free Admission Hwy. 85 S. and 85 Connector Fayetteville, GA 30214 770-461-6029

Floyd County - Rome

Floyd County was created in 1832. It was named for General John Floyd who fought against the Creek Indians. Floyd later served in the Georgia General Assembly and the U.S. Congress.

Visitor Information Historic High Country Travel Eubanks Museum and Gallery Association See J. Robert Eubanks' collection of Downtown Visitor Center 527 Broad St. artifacts from around the world. P.O. Box 5823 Rome, GA 30161 315 Shorter Ave. 607 Broad St. Website: Rome, GA 30165 Rome, GA 30162 www.georgiahighcountry.org 706-291-2121, 706-233-7319, 800- 706-236-4550, 800-444-1834 868-6980 Sites Website: www.shorter.edu Greater Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau, Welcome Center Chieftans Museum The welcome center is housed in a This 1794 house was once home to 1901 railroad depot. Around the Major Ridge, a Cherokee leader. center, see a cotton gin, Boswell See artifacts discovered on the cabin, Corliss Steam Engine, Fort grounds. Norton/Jackson of the Civil War, 501 Riverside Pkwy. and equipment from the Noble Rome, GA 30161 Brothers Foundry. 706-291-9494 P.O. Box 5823 Website: 402 Civic Center Dr. www.chieftansmuseum.org Rome, GA 30161 706-295-5576, 800-444-1834 Cotton Gin Website: www.romegeorgia.org Located at the Greater Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 54 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Historic Cave Spring and Old Floyd County Courthouse Rome Little Theatre Rolater Park This structure was built in 1892. The theater group called The Rome Enjoy swimming in the spring-fed Since the new county courthouse Little Theatre was begun in 1933. creek which flows into a pond and a was constructed in the 1970s, this Today, performances are held in the 1.5 acre pool shaped like the state of building has been used for various historic De Soto Theatre Georgia. county offices. 530 Broad St. Cave Spring Square Rome, GA Rome, GA 30162-1063 Cave Spring, GA 30124 706-295-7171 706-777-3962, 706-777-0523 Ridge Ferry Park Website: Enjoy natural and paved trails, a www.romelittletheatre.com Lock and Dam Regional Park wetlands demonstration area, and Enjoy camping and trails, the Coosa more. Rome Symphony Orchestra River Nature Center, and the Riverside Parkway P.O. Box 533 Fernbank Science Center. Rome, GA Rome, GA 30162-0533 181 Lock and Dam Rd. 706-291-0766 706-291-7967 Rome, GA 30161 Website: www.romesymphony.org 706-234-5001 Rocky Mountain Recreation and Website: www.rfpra.com Fishing Area Rome's Clocktower Museum Enjoy fishing, hunting, hiking, See murals and artifacts from the Marshall Forest camping, and other outdoor city's history. See the restored This virgin forest features Braille activites. original clockworks and climb the and wildflower trails. Free 4054 Big Texas Valley Rd. N.W. 107-step spiral staircase for a birds- Admission. Rome, GA 30165 eye view of the city. Free Horseleg Creek Rd. 706-802-5087 Admission. Rome, GA 30165 Second St. and E. Fifth Ave. 404-873-6946 Rome Area History Museum Rome, GA 30161 Website: www.nature.org/georgia Explore the history of the area and 706-236-4430 learn how different cultures came Website: www.romegacitygov.org Myrtle Hill Cemetery together to make it what it is today. Myrtle St. 305 Broad St. Zion Farms Rome, GA 30161 Rome, GA 30161 Offering mountain trails, ponds, 706-295-5576-800-444-1834 706-235-8051 gardens, and much more. Website: www.romegeorgia.org Website: www.rahm.com 2949 Big Texas Valley Rd. N.W. Rome, GA 30165 Noble Brothers Foundry Rome Army Store Museum P.O. Box 860 Equipment from this cannon War and veteran memorabilia. Free Armuchee, GA 30105 manufacturing company can be seen Admission. 706-235-8002, 706-232-4323 on Civic Center Hill. 1501 N. Broad Website: www.zionfarms.com Rome, GA Rome, GA 30161 800-444-1834 706-291-6128

Oak Hill and the Rome City Hall and Martha Berry Museum Capitoline Wolf Experience the beauty of this City Hall was built in 1914. The Southern plantation with formal Capitoline Wolf statue, an exact gardens, nature trails, and fountains. replica of one that stands in Rome, In the museum, see a remarkable art Italy, was a gift from Benito collection and memorabilia from the Mussolini in 1929. life of Martha Berry, founder of the 601 Broad St. Berry Schools. Rome, GA 30161 24 Veterans Memorial Hwy. 706-295-5576, 800-444-1834 Rome, GA 30165 Website: www.romegeorgia.org 706-291-1883, 800-220-5504 Website: www.berry.edu/oakhill

Forsyth County - Cumming

Forsyth County, created in 1832, was named for John Forsyth. Forsyth served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, U.S. Ambassador to Spain, U.S. Secretary of State, and governor of Georgia.

Visitor Information Sites Poole's Mill Covered Bridge This 1906 bridge spans 90 feet Cumming-Forsyth County Forsyth County Courthouse across Settledown Creek. Chamber of Commerce This building was completed in Poole's Mill Rd. 110 Old Buford Rd., Ste. 120 1977. Cumming, GA 30130 Cumming, GA 30040 110 E. Main St. 770-887-6461 770-887-6461 Cumming, GA 30040 Website: www.forsythchamber.org 770-781-2101

Lanierland Music Park A concert theater. 6115 Jot-Em Down Rd. Cumming, GA 30041 770-887-7464 Website: www.lanierland.com

Franklin County - Carnesville

Franklin County was established in 1784. It was named for Benjamin Franklin.

Visitor Information Lavonia Historic Preservation Sites Commission Franklin County Brochures are available for a Clem's Shoal Creek Music Park Chamber of Commerce walking tour of historic homes. Hear live bluegrass, country, and 165 Athens St. P.O. Box 564 gospel in a drug and alcohol-free P.O. Box 151 12221 Augusta Rd. environment. Carnesville, GA 30521 Lavonia, GA 30553 3191 Providence Church Rd. 706-384-4659 706-356-8781 Lavonia, GA 30553 Website: www.franklin-county.com 706-356-1092

Georgia Visitor Information Cromer's Mill Covered Bridge Center-Lavonia This bridge over Nail's Creek was 938 County Rd. 84 built in 1907. Lavonia, GA 30553 GA Hwy. 106 E. 706-356-4019 Carnesville, GA 30521 Website: www.georgiaonmymind.org 706-384-4659

Lavonia Chamber of Commerce Franklin County Courthouse 1269 E. Main St. Take a self-guided tour of this Lavonia, GA 30553 courthouse built in 1906. Free 706-356-8208 Admission. On the square Carnesville, GA 30521 706-384-4659 Website: www.franklin-county.com

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 56 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Franklin County Historical Ty Cobb Museum Victoria Bryant State Park Society Museum Learn about the life and career of Enjoy camping, trails, and other See exhibits on local history and a baseball legend Ty Cobb. The activities. log house. museum offers videos, exhibits, and 1105 Bryant State Park Rd. Gainesville St. artifacts. Royston, GA 30662 Carnesville, GA 30521 461 Cook St. 706-245-6270 706-384-4805, Royston, GA 30662 Website: www.gastateparks.org 706-384-4361 (Tue. and Thurs.) 706-245-1825 Website: tycobbmuseum.org Tugaloo State Park Enjoy a variety of outdoor recreation. 1763 Tugaloo State Park Rd. Lavonia, GA 30553 706-356-4362 Website: www.gastateparks.org

Fulton County - Atlanta

Fulton County was established in 1853. Robert Fulton, for whom the county was named, was an inventor who demonstrated the practical use of steam power in water transportation.

Visitor Information Fairburn City Hall Sites 56 Malone St. Acworth Area Convention and Fairburn, GA 30213 Academy Theatre Visitor's Bureau 770-964-2244 Georgia's oldest professional theater 4367 Senator Russell Square Website: www.fairburn.com company. Acworth, GA 30101 501 Means St. 770-974-8813 Historic Roswell Convention and Atlanta, GA 30307 Website: www.acworth.org Visitors Bureau 404-525-4111 Historic Roswell Tours Alpharetta Convention and 617 Atlanta St. Acworth Beach/Cauble Park Visitor's Bureau Roswell, GA 30075 Enjoy boating, fishing, swimming, 3060 Royal Blvd. S., Ste. 145 770-640-3253, 800-776-7935 picnicking, and occasional outdoor Alpharetta, GA 30022 Website: www.cvb.roswell.ga.us concerts. 678-297-2811, 800-294-0923 Beach St. Website: www.alpharettacvb.com Acworth, GA 30101 770-917-1234 Alpharetta Welcome Center Website: www.acworth.org 20 N. Main St. Alpharetta, GA 30022 American Museum of 678-297-0102, 800-294-0923 Papermaking Website: www.alpharettacvb.com Explore the history of paper over the past 6,000 years. Reservations Atlanta Convention and required for tours. Free admission. Visitors Bureau IPST Building 233 Peachtree St. NE, Ste. 100 500 Tenth St. N.W. Atlanta, GA 30303 Atlanta, GA 30318 404-521-6600 404-894-7840 Website: www.ipst.edu/a.m.p Atlanta Preservation Center Guided Walking Tours APEX Museum 537 Peachtree St. N.E. African American Panoramic Atlanta, GA 30308 Experience offers exhibits such as 404-876-2041, 404-876-2040 art, dance, and African history. Website: www.preserveatlanta.com 135 Auburn Ave. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30303 404-521-2739 Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 57 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Atlanta Botanical Garden Atlanta Opera The Castle These thirty acres of gardens and Headquarters of the Atlanta Opera This stone castle is surrounded by a woodlands include a conservatory administrative offices and rehearsal stone wall with wrought iron fencing of rare and endangered tropical and hall. and a moat that also serves as a pool. desert plants as well as a hands-on 728 W. Peachtree St. N.W. The site is not open for tours but can children's garden. Atlanta, GA 30308 be viewed from the outside. 1345 Auburn Ave. N.E. 404-881-8801 Arnold Mill Rd. Atlanta, GA 30309 Website: www.atlantaopera.org Crabapple, GA 404-876-5859 Website: Atlanta Preservation Center Centennial Olympic Park www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org Offering a wide array of walking This 21-acre park features an tours through historic impressive Olympic Rings Atlanta Braves Museum and neighborhoods and areas in Atlanta. Fountain. Free admission. Hall of Fame/Turner Field Tours Historic Grant Mansion 240 International Blvd. This museum houses memorabilia 327 St. Paul Ave. Atlanta, GA 30313 of baseball legends and highlights Atlanta, GA 30312 404-223-4412 key moments in Braves history. 404-688-3353 Website: www.centennialpark.com Visitors may take a tour including Website: www.preserveatlanta.com the museum, a luxury stadium suite, Center for Puppetry Arts the press box, broadcast booth, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra This interactive museum has the more. Enjoy annual celebrations and largest permanent puppet collection 755 Hank Aaron Dr. community programs. in the United States. Explore the Atlanta, GA 30315 1280 Peachtree St. N. E. ancient, international, and popular 404-614-2311 Atlanta, GA 30309 forms of puppetry. Website: www.atlantabraves.com 404-733-5000 1404 Spring St. at Eighteenth Website: www.atlantasymphony.org Atlanta, GA 30309 Atlanta Cyclorama 404-873-3391 This cyclorama was built in 1893. Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Website: www.puppet.org The music, lighting, sound effects, Heritage Center and narration accompany the large View the scenic creeks and cliffs, Centers for Disease Control and painting which depicts the Civil the animal life, and old cotton- Prevention War Battle of Atlanta. It is the plantation buildings of the 1800s. A museum and visitors center to longest-running cyclorama in the 9770 Autry Mill Rd. learn about this organization, and country. Alpharetta, GA 30022 public health. Free Admission. 800-C Cherokee Ave. S.E. 770-360-8844 Global Health Odyssey Atlanta, GA 30315 1600 Clifton Rd. N.E. #A-14 404-658-7625 Bulloch Hall Atlanta, GA 30333 In 1853, Mittie Bulloch married 404-639-0830 Atlanta History Center Theodore Roosevelt Sr. in the Website: www.cdc.gov/global This center tells the history of the dining room of this house which Atlanta area from Native Americans was built in 1840. Chattahoochee Nature Center to the present. It features artifacts, 180 Bulloch Ave. Explore miles of freshwater ponds, photos, video presentations, and the Roswell, GA 30075 wooded uplands, and river marshes Coca-Cola Cafe. 770-992-1731, 800-776-7935 along the Chattahoochee River. 130 W. Paces Ferry Rd. Website: www.cvb.roswell.ga.us Also offers educational programs Atlanta, GA 30305 and special events. 9135 Willeo Rd. 404-814-4000 Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Website: This 1920 mansion has become a Roswell, GA 30075 www.atlantahistorycenter.com unique arts center. 770-992-2055 980 Briarcliff Rd. N.E. Website: www.chattnaturecenter.com

Atlanta International Museum of Atlanta, GA 30306 Chattahoochee River National Art and Design 404-872-5338 Recreation Area Exhibits focus on international Website: Enjoy hiking and picnicking along themes, culture, and technology. www.mindspring.com/~callanwolde these 48 miles of the Chattahoochie Free on Wednesday. River. Free Admission. 285 Peachtree Center Ave., Marquis 1978 Island Ford Pkwy. II Tower Atlanta, GA 30350 Atlanta, GA 30303 770-399-8070 404-688-2467 Website: www.nps.gov/chat

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 58 © 2003 The Notgrass Company CNN Studio Tour Faces of War Memorial Take a look at the history of the A memorial dedicated to those who CNN News Group networks and served in the Vietnam War and their coverage of world-wide honoring those who served in wars events. See their state-of-the-art throughout history. Free Admission. studios. 38 Hill St. One CNN Center Roswell, GA 30075 Atlanta, GA 30348 770-640-3253, 800-776-7935 404-827-2300, 877-4CNN-TOUR Website: www.cvb.roswell.ga.us Website: www.cnn.com/studiotour Visit this website for educational Fay Gold Gallery Georgia Department of materials to go along with the This gallery displays the Archives and History studio tour. contemporary art work of dozens of Preserved here are valuable artists. Free Admission. historical documents, property CNN "Talk Back Live" 764 Miami Cir. records, and other legal documents. Be in the audience of this live Atlanta, GA 30324 Free Admission. national television program. Tickets 404-233-3843 330 Capitol Ave. are free. Visit the website to make Website: www.arnet.com/fgold.com Atlanta, GA 30334 reservations. 404-656-2393 One CNN Center Federal Reserve Monetary Website: www.GeorgiaArchives.org Atlanta, GA 30348 Museum 404-827-2506, 800-410-4CNN Learn about the role the Federal Georgia Dome Website: www.cnn.com/talkback Reserve has played in the economy This is the world's largest cable- and the history of monetary supported dome. It is site of the Cochran Mill Nature Preserve systems. Visit the cash and check 1994 Super Bowl, 1996 Summer Enjoy hiking through a wildlife overlooks. Free admission. Olympic basketball and gymnastics, habitat. 1000 Peachtree St. N.E. and Atlanta Falcons football. 6875 Cochran Mill Rd. Atlanta, GA 30309 One Georgia Dome Dr. Palmetto, GA 30268 404-498-8764 Atlanta, GA 30313 770-306-0914 Website: www.frbatlanta.org 404-223-8800 Website: www.gwcc.com Cochran Mill Park Fernbank Museum of Natural Enjoy trails, camping, and more. History Georgia Ensemble Theatre 6875 Cochran Mill Rd. Explore a variety of exhibits from Offers professional theatrical Palmetto, GA 30268 reptiles and shells to artifacts from productions. 404-730-6200 Egypt and Afghanistan. You can Roswell Cultural Arts Center also visit the IMAX theater. 950 Forrest St. Eclectic Electric Gallery 767 Clifton Rd. N.E. Roswell, GA 30075 This gallery features the work of Atlanta, GA 30307 770-641-1260 artists who use light as their 404-929-6300 medium. Features neon lamps, Website: Georgia State Capitol, Georgia industrial design lighting, www.fernbank.edu/museum Capitol Museum, and Capitol illuminated sculptures, and Education Center chandeliers. Free admission. Fernbank Science Center Tour the building to learn about its 1393 N. Highland Ave. Explore the exhibit hall, history and the people who have Atlanta, GA 30306 planetarium, observatory, NASA worked here. Exhibits in the 404-875-2840 Aeronautics Education Lab, and museum highlight the history of the and more. Free Admission. Capitol Building include artifacts, 27 Oak St. 156 Heaton Park Dr. N.E. artwork, historic flags, and more. Roswell, GA 30075 Atlanta, GA 30307 The Capitol Education Center 770-642-8900 404-378-4311 displays exhibits on subjects such as Website: www.eclectic-electric.com the legislative process, voting, and E-mail: [email protected] Fox Theater the three branches of government. This elaborate theater was originally Free Admission. built as a Yaarab Temple Shrine 206 Washington St. Mosque in the 1920s. Atlanta, GA 30334 660 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-656-2844, 404-656-2844 Atlanta, GA 30365 Website: www.sos.state.ga.us 404-881-2100

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 59 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Governor's Mansion Historic Mansell House and Klassix Auto Atraction Tour this beautiful mansion and Gardens View famous automobiles including learn its history. Free Admission. This home, built in 1910, is filled the Back to the Future car. 319 W. Paces Ferry Rd. N.W. with Victorian antiques and One Galleria Pkwy Atlanta, GA 30305 surrounded by award-winning Atlanta, GA30339 404-261-1776 gardens. 770-952-4894 1835 Old Milton Pkwy. Hammond House Galleries and Alpharetta, GA 30004 Lost Mill Workers of Roswell Resource Center 770-475-HOME Monument This gallery is dedicated to African- Website: www.ahsga.org A monument dedicated to 400 mill American art. workers who were shipped north 503 Peoples St., S.W. Historic Oakland Cemetery during the Civil War. The fate of Atlanta, GA 30310 Sculptures and historic landscapes many of the workers is still 404-752-8730 decorate this cemetery. Among the unknown. Website: www.hammondhouse.org 70,000 buried here are author Old Mill Park on Sloan St. Margaret Mitchell and 3,900 Roswell, GA 30075 Herndon Home Confederate soldiers. 770-640-3253, 800-776-7935 Tour this 1910 mansion, once the 248 Oakland Ave. Website: www.cvb.roswell.ga.us home of slave-born Alonzo Atlanta, GA 30312 Herndon, founder of the Atlanta 404-688-2107 Marcus Jewish Life Insurance Company. Community Center of Atlanta 587 University Pl. N.W. Imagine It! The Children's The Fine Family Arts Gallery Atlanta, GA 30314 Museum of Atlanta displays Jewish-related fine art. 404-581-9813 A hands-on experience geared 5342 Tilly Mill Rd. Website: www.herndonhome.org toward children to spark Atlanta, GA 30338 imagination and a delight in 770-396-3250 High Museum of Art learning. Website: www.atlantajcc.org This museum features European and 275 Centennial Olympic Park Dr. American paintings, African, N.W. Margaret Mitchell House decorative, folk, and twentieth Atlanta, GA 30313 Visit the home where Margaret century art, photography, and 404-659-5437 Mitchell lived and where she wrote special exhibits. Website: www.imagineit-cma.org Gone With the Wind. Learn about 1280 Peachtree St. the making of the classic movie. Atlanta, GA 30309 Jimmy Carter 990 Peachtree St. 404-733-4450 Library and Museum Atlanta, GA 30309 Website: www.high.org Exhibits here include Carter's early 404-249-7015, 800-233-6401 years, his life in the White House, Website: www.gwtw.com High Museum of Art, Folk Art, and important issues during his and Photography presidency. Martin Luther King Jr. A satellite facility of the High 441 Freedom Pkwy. National Historic Site Museum of Art. Free Admission. Atlanta, GA 30307 This cite commemorates the area in See High Museum of Art. 404-331-3942 which Dr. King was born, lived, 30 John Wesley Dobbs Ave. N.E. Website: www.carterlibrary.org worked, worshiped, and where he is Atlanta, GA 30312 buried. Free Admission. 404-577-6940 King Center 450 Auburn Ave. N.E. Website: www.high.org A living memorial to the life, work, Atlanta, GA 30312 and philosophy of Dr. Martin 404-331-5190 Historic Freight Depot/ Luther King Jr. Free Admission. Website: www.nps.gov/malu Georgia Building Authority 449 Auburn Ave. N.E. Built in 1869, this building served Atlanta, GA 30312 Michael C. Carlos Museum at as the main freight depot for the 404-526-8900 Emory University Georgia Railroad. Website: www.thekingcenter.org Explore history from ancient 65 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Greece, Egypt, and Rome to the Atlanta, GA 30334 King Plow Arts Center/Actor's present. Also features traveling 404-656-3850 Express Theater Company exhibits. Website: www.ganet.org/gba This center offers a variety of 571 S. Kilgo St. dramatic productions. Atlanta, GA 30322 887 W. Marietta St. N.W. Suite J-107 404-727-0519 Atlanta, GA 30318 Website: www.carlos.emory.edu 404-607-7469 Website: www.actorsexpress.com Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 60 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Milton Log Cabin Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center Shrine of the Black Madonna Pan This cabin was built by Future Included in this center are the African Orthodox Christian Farmers of America students in the Alliance Theater, the Atlanta Church 1930s. Housed in the building are College of Art, the Atlanta This site includes an exhibit on the tools and furnishings from the late Symphony Orchestra, the 14th African Holocaust. 1800s and early 1900s. Street Playhouse, and the High 944 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd. S.W. 1 School Dr. Museum of Art. Atlanta, GA 30310 Alpharetta, GA 30004 1280 Peachtree St. 404-752-5490, 800-955-5490 770-475-HOME Atlanta, GA 30309 Website: www.shrinebookstore.com Website: www.ahsga.org 404-733-5000 Website: www.woodruffcenter.org Six Flags Over Georgia National Archives and Records Family theme park. Administration Roswell Cultural Arts Center 275 Riverside Pkwy. Houses information for genealogical See a variety of entertainment. Austell, GA 30168 research. 950 Forrest St. 770-948-9290 1557 St. Joseph Ave. Roswell, GA 30075 Website: www.sixflags.com East Point, GA 30344 770-549-6232 404-763-7477 Website: www.roswellgov.com Smith Plantation House Website: www.nara.gov This home, complete with 12 Roswell Fire Museum outbuildings, was built in 1845. It is Old Campbell County Museum This small museum focuses on the filled with artifacts belonging to the Visit an historic courthouse and history of the Roswell Volunteer original family. learn the history of Campbell Fire Department. 935 Alpharetta St. County, which merged with Fulton 1002 Alpharetta St. Roswell, GA 30075 County in 1932. Roswell, GA 30075 770-641-3978, 800-776-7935 Old Campbell County Courthouse 770-641-3730 Website: www.cvb.roswell.ga.us and E. Broad St. Fairburn, GA 30213 Roswell Historical Society Southside Theater Guild 770-964-6007 The Society hosts special exhibits The longest-running nonprofit and programs and offers tours from community theater in Georgia. Philips Arena the visitors center. 20 W. Cambellton St. Get a behind-the-scenes look at this 617 Atlanta St. Fairburn, GA 30213 sports and entertainment complex. Roswell, GA 30075 770-969-0956 1 Philips Dr. 770-992-1665 Website: www.stgplays.com Atlanta, GA 30303 Website: www.accessatlanta.com/ 404-878-3000, 877-4CNNTOUR community/groups/roswellhistory/ Teaching Museum North Website: index.html Explore the history of the United www.newatlantaarena.com States, Georgia, and Roswell. Sandy Springs Historic 791 Mimosa Blvd. Rhodes Hall Community Foundation Roswell, GA 30075 This building was built in 1905 P.O. Box 720213 770-552-6339 from Stone Mountain granite. Sandy Springs, GA 30358 Website: Featured here is the "Rise and Fall 404-851-9111 www.teachingmuseum.com of the Confederacy" portrayed in nine stained-glass windows. SciTrek Turner Field 1516 Peachtree St. N.W. Explore the 150 hands-on exhibits see Atlanta Braves Museum and Atlanta, GA 30309 at this interactive science and Hall of Fame/Turner Field Tours 404-885-7800 technology museum. Also features Website: www.rhodeshall.org daily demonstrations. Village Playhouse of Roswell 395 Piedmont Ave. This community theater specializes Rialto Center for the Performing Atlanta, GA 30308 in family theater, musicals, Arts 404-522-5500 comedies, and uplifting dramas. See performances by national and Website: www.scitrek.org 617 Holcomb Bridge Rd. international artists. Roswell, GA 30076 80 Forsyth St. 770-998-3526 Atlanta, GA 30303 404-651-4727 Website: www.rialtocenter.org

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 61 © 2003 The Notgrass Company William Bremen Williams-Payne House Wren's Nest House Museum Jewish Heritage Museum Tour the house and gardens and Once the home of Joel Chandler Learn about the Jewish heritage in learn from costumed guides about Harris, author of the Uncle Remus Atlanta from 1845 to the present. the history of the Native Americans, stories. See the Holocaust through the eyes the farm, and the people who lived 1050 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd. of survivors who later moved to there. S.W. Atlanta. The museum offers two 6075 Sandy Springs Cir. Atlanta, GA 30310 core galleries along with changing Sandy Springs, GA 30358 404-753-7735 exhibits and programs. The archives 404-851-9111 Website: www.accessatlanta.com and library are available for research. World of Coca-Cola Museum Zoo Atlanta 1440 Spring St. N.W. Learn the history of Coca-Cola and See 250 species of animals from Atlanta, GA 30309 watch how Coca-Cola was once around the world. 404-870-7684 prepared as demonstrated by an old- 800 Cherokee Ave. S.E. fashioned soda jerk. Taste Coca- Atlanta, GA 30315 Cola products that are distributed 404-624-5822, 888-945-5432 internationally but are unavailable Website: www.zooatlanta.org anywhere else in the United States. 55 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Atlanta, GA 30303 404-676-5151 Website: www.woccatlanta.com

Gilmer County - Ellijay

Gilmer County was created in 1832. It was named for George R. Gilmer, a U.S. Congressman, state legislator, and Georgia governor. Gilmer was serving as governor when the Cherokee people were forced out of the state.

Visitor Information Sites Hillcrest Orchards This orchard, which has been in Gilmer County Chamber of Apple Orchard Alley operation since 1946, produces over Commerce and Gilmer County See eleven apple orchards spread 20 varieties of fruit. Enjoy wagon Welcome Center across a beautiful valley. rides, a nature trail, petting farm, P.O. Box 505 368 Craig St., Ste. 4 cornfield maze, and an old country 368 Craig St., Ste. 4 E. Ellijay, GA 30540 farmhouse. E. Ellijay, GA 30540 706-635-4700 9696 GA Hwy. 52 E. 706-635-7400 Ellijay, GA 30540 Website: www.gilmerchamber.com Carter's Dam 706-273-3838 Tours of this dam are available. Website: www.hillcrestorchards.net 706-276-4891 Rich Mountain Wildlife Area Cohutta Wildlife Management Enjoy hiking, fishing, and camping. Area Rich Mountain Enjoy hiking, fishing, and camping. Ellijay, GA 30540 North Georgia Mountains 706-635-7400 Ellijay, GA 30540 Website: www.gilmerchamber.com

Glascock County was created in 1857. General Thomas Glascock, for whom the county is named, fought in the War of 1812 and the Seminole War. He also served in the Georgia General Assembly and Congress.

Visitor Information Sites Glascock County Courthouse This courthouse was built in 1919. Glascock County Chamber of Hamburg State Park It was remodeled and enlarged in Commerce See agricultural tools in the museum 1942 and renovated in 1973. 62 E. Main St. and the restored 1921 water- Gibson, GA Gibson, GA 30810 powered gristmill still in operation. 706-598-3260 706-598-3260 The park also offers hiking, boating, and fishing. 6071 Hamburg State Park Rd. Mitchell, GA 30820 478-552-2393 Website: www.gastateparks.org

Glynn County - Brunswick

Glynn County was established through the state's first constitution in 1777. John Glynn, for whom the county is named, was a member of the British House of Commons who supported the rights of the American colonies.

Visitor Information Jekyll Island Museum Visitors Sites Center Brunswick and the Golden Isles 100 Stable Dr. Arthur J. Moore Methodist Visitors Bureau Jekyll Island, GA 31527 Museum, Library, and Archive Driving Tour available. 912-635-4036, 912-635-2762, 877- This museum is located at Epworth 4 Glynn Ave. 4-JEKYLL by the Sea. Free Admission. Brunswick, GA 31520 Website: www.jekyllisland.com 100 Arthur J. Moore Dr. 912-265-0620, 800-933-COAST St. Simons Island, GA 31522 Website: www.bgivb.com Jekyll Island Welcome Center 912-638-4050 Bird Watching Rambles Website: www.epworthbythesea.org Brunswick I-95 Visitors Bureau 901 Jekyll Causeway 200 I-95 Jekyll Island, GA 31527 Bloody Marsh Battle Site Brunswick, GA 31525 912-635-3636, 877-4-JEKYLL This is the site of a battle between 800-933-2627 Website: www.jekyllisland.com British and Spanish troops that took Website: www.bgivb.com place in 1742 during the Spanish St. Simons Island Visitors Center invasion of Georgia. Free Brunswick U.S. Hwy 17 Visitors 530 B-Beachview Dr. Admission. Center St. Simons Island, GA 31522 Demere Rd. 2000 Glynn Ave. 800-933-2627 St. Simons Island, GA 31522 Brunswick, GA 31520 912-638-3639 800-933-2627 Website: www.nps.gov/fofr Website: www.bgivb.com Brunswick History Museum Jekyll Island Convention and Contained in this 1907 house are Visitors Bureau artifacts, photographs, and other 100 James Rd. displays about Brunswick. Jekyll Island, GA 31527 1327 Union St. 912-635-4080, 877-4-JEKYLL Brunswick, GA 31520 Website: www.jekyllisland.com 912-265-4032 Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 63 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Christ Church, Frederica Fort Frederica Jekyll Island In 1736, John and Charles Wesley National Monument Arts Association Exhibit held services under oak trees at the This fort was built in 1736 by Monthly art exhibits are displayed site of the present-day building, General Oglethorpe. at Goodyear Cottage. Free constructed in 1883. Free Frederica Rd. Admission. Admission. St. Simons Island, GA 31522 321 Riverview Dr. 6329 Frederica Rd. 912-638-3939 Jekyll Island, GA 31527 St. Simons Island, GA 31522 Website: www.nps.gov/fofr 912-635-3920, 877-4-JEKYLL 912-638-8683 Website: www.jekyllisland.com Website: Gascoigne Bluff www.christchurchfrederica.org Timber cut from this site was used Jekyll Island National Historic in the construction of "Old Landmark District Ironsides" and the Brooklyn Bridge. Take a tour of this historic district St. Simons Island, GA 31522 which includes restored Victorian- 912-265-0620 era homes, the Original Millionaires Club House, which is now a hotel, Glynn Art Association and Faith Chapel. See exhibits by local and regional 100 Stable Rd. artists. Jekyll Island, GA 31527 519 Mallery St. 912-635-4036, 877-453-5955 St. Simons Island, GA 31522 Website: www.jekyllisland.com 912-638-8770 Jekyll Island Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation Summer Musical Theatre Festival State Historic Site During the summer, enjoy musical Driftwood's Coastal Encounters 1807 furnished antebellum performances under the stars. A hands-on environmental plantation. Visitors can also see Jekyll Island Amphitheater, Stable education center. The center offers exhibits of fine silver and a working Rd. beach and salt marsh ecology walks. rice plantation. Jekyll Island, GA 31527 4201 First St., East Beach 5556 U.S. Hwy. 17 912-635-3636, 877-453-5955 St. Simons Island, GA 31522 Brunswick, GA 31525 Website: www.jekyllisland.com 912-638-0221 912-264-7333, 800-864-7275 Website: Website: www.gastateparks.org Jim Fowler's Life in the Wild www.driftwoodnaturecenter.org Offering an aquarium, nature trails, Horton House Ruins wildlife art gallery, camping, and Earth Day Nature Trail This structure was built in 1742 by more! Scheduled to open late 2003. A self-guided trail featuring wooden Major William Horton, a trusted I-95, Exit 42 boardwalks, wading-bird habitat, officer of James Oglethorpe. It osprey/eagle nesting platform, once served as an outpost for the Lanier Oak Tree observation tower and decks, and a British Empire. It is one of the It was under this tree that, in the picnic area. Free Admission. oldest standing structures in the 1870s, Georgia poet Sidney Lanier One Conservation Way state. viewed the landscape and was Brunswick, GA 31520 375 N. Riverview Dr. inspired to write "The Marshes of 912-264-7218 Jekell Island, GA 31527 Glynn," considered to be his finest Website: 912-635-2119, 912-635-4036, 912- poetry. www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/coastal/ 645-3636 U.S. Hwy. 17 Website: Brunswick, GA 31520 Faith Chapel www.cr.nps.gov/goldcres/sites/ 912-265-0620, 800-933-2627 This chapel, built by the Jekell horton.htm Website: www.bgivb.com Island Club for interdenominational worship, contains stained glass by Island History Center Lawrence Road Louis C. Tiffany. Free Admission. Learn about Jekyll Island's history Historical markers along this road 181 Old Plantation Rd. and natural environment. tell of plantations that once thrived Jekell Island, GA 31527 Stable Rd. in the area. 912-635-4036 Jekyll Island, GA St. Simons Island, GA Website: www.jekyllisland.com 912-635-2762, 877-4-JEKYLL Website: www.jekyllisland.com

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 64 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Left Bank Gallery Mary Miller Doll Museum St. Simons Beach Enjoy the permanent collection of View dolls, toys, and artifacts from (Massengale Park) paintings of sea islands and coastal ninety countries around the world, Enjoy the beaches off of Ocean landscapes. Also features changing dating from 1850 to the present. Boulevard. Free Admission. exhibits. 209-211 Gloucester St. Ocean Blvd. 3600 Frederica Rd., Ste. 12 Brunswick, GA 31520 St. Simons Island, GA 31522 St. Simons Island, GA 31522 912-267-7569 912-265-0620 912-638-3017 Website: www.marymillerdollmuseum.com St. Simons Island Little St. Simons Island Lighthouse Museum Enjoy a trip to this privately owned Mary Ross Waterfront Park This lighthouse, one of only five barrier island. Call for access See working shrimp boats and a remaining in Georgia, is still in information. farmer's market. See a scale model operation. Climb to the top and visit P.O. Box 21078 of a Liberty Ship, similar to those the museum to learn about Little St. Simons Island, GA 31522- built in Brunswick's shipyards lighthouse history and the history of 0578 during World War II. the Golden Isles. 912-638-7472, 888-733-5774 Bay St. 101 12th St. Website: Brunswick, GA 31520 St. Simons Island, GA 31522 www.littlestsimonsisland.com 912-265-0620, 800-933-2627 912-638-4666 Website: www.bgivb.com Website: Lover's Oak www.saintsimonslighthouse.org Legend has it that Native American Olde Town Arts Center/Hendrix braves would meet their maidens School for the Arts Tidelands Nature Center under this oak tree, which is Exhibits and classes are offered here Experience hands-on marine science estimated to be 900 years old. in a variety of media. and environmental programs. Also Prince St. and Albany St. 1315 Union St. offers paddleboat and canoe rentals Brunswick, GA 31520 Brunswick, GA 31520 on Rixen Pond. 912-265-0620, 800-933-2627 912-996-2369, 912-996-2371 100 S. Riverview Dr. Website: www.bgivb.com E-mail: Jekyll Island, GA 31527 [email protected] 912-635-5032, 912-635-4117 Low Country Alligator Farm Website: www.tidelands4h.org See alligators, fish, turtles, snakes, Ritz Theatre and unusual reptiles in their natural Live performances year-round in habitats. The farm also offers a this restored, late 1800s theater. petting zoo. Also houses traveling collections by 6543 New Jesup Hwy. regional and national artists. Brunswick, GA 31523 1530 Newcastle St. 912-280-0300 Brunswick, GA 31520 912-262-6934 Marshes of Glynn Overlook Park View marshland and river around Sea Turtle Walks Brunswick. Free Admission. Take a tour with a local wildlife U.S. Hwy. 17 guide day or night and search for Brunswick, GA 31520 turtle tracks and nesting mothers. 912-265-0620, 800-933-2627 196 Stable Rd. Website: www.bgivb.com Jekyll Island, GA 31527 912-635-2284, 877-4-JEKYLL Website: www.jekyllisland.com

Gordon County - Calhoun

Gordon County was established in 1850. William Washington Gordon, for whom the county was named, was the first Georgian to graduate from West Point.

Visitor Information Echota Cotton Mills Oakleigh and the Mill Village This home, now the Gordon Calhoun Local Welcome Center; Only the smokestack remains of this Historical Society, was used as Calhoun-Gordon County mill. Behind the smokestack, see the Union headquarters by General Convention and Visitors Bureau; mill village. The supervisors and Sherman during the Civil War. See Gordon County managers lived in the larger brick over 1500 antique dolls in the Chamber of Commerce homes. museum and artifacts from the 300 S. Wall St. Calhoun, GA Victorian era. Calhoun, GA 30701 335 S. Wall St. 706-625-3200, 800-887-3811 Harris Art Center P.O. Box 342 Website: www.gordonchamber.org Housed here are the Ronald Hayes Calhoun, GA 30701 Museum, an art gallery, and music 706-629-1515 Sites rooms. 212 S. Wall St. Resaca Pavilion Calhoun Memorial Arch Calhoun, GA 30703 An Atlanta Campaign interpretive This arch, built in 1927, depicts a 706-629-2599 pavilion put up by the WPA in Confederate soldier, a World War I Website: www.cgarts.org 1938. Learn about the event of the doughboy, and Sequoyah. Atlanta Campaign that occurred GA Hwy. 225 and U.S. Hwy. 41 Hidden Creek Recreation Area here. Calhoun, GA Enjoy hiking, camping, and Resaca, GA picnicking. Free Admission. Carters Lake Forest Service Rd. 955 Salacoa Creek Park Enjoy fishing, hunting, camping, GA Hwy. 156 Enjoy camping, fishing, beaches, and boating on one of the deepest Calhoun, GA 30701 and over 300 acres of forest area lakes in Georgia. 706-695-6736 within this park. GA Hwy. 382 706-629-3490 Oakman, GA 30732 New Echota Cherokee Capital 706-334-2248 State Historic Site Website: At the 1825 Cherokee capital, see www.sam.usace.army.mil/op/rec/ca the Cherokee people's supreme rters/ court house, council house, missionary home, Vann's Tavern, Confederate Cemetery-Battle of printshop, and a museum. Resaca 1211 Chatsworth Hwy. The site of the first major Calhoun, GA 30701 engagement in the campaign for 706-624-1321 Atlanta. Free Admission. Battle Website: www.gastateparks.org reenactment held the third weekend in May. U.S. Hwy. 41 N. and Confederate Rd. Resaca, GA 30735 706-625-3200

Grady County - Cairo

Henry Grady, former editor of the Atlanta Constitution, urged farmers to diversify their crops to end the state's dependence on cotton. A county was named after Grady in 1905.

Visitor Information Sites

Cairo-Grady County Chamber of Cairo Antique Automobile Commerce Museum 961 N. Broad St. See vintage antique cars, bicycles, Cairo, GA 31728 and memorabilia. Open first 229-377-3663 Saturday of each month or by Website: www.cairoga.com appointment for groups. 1125 U.S. Hwy. 84 E. Cairo, GA 31728 229-377-3911

Grady County Courthouse This structure was built in the 1980s. 250 N. Broad St. Cairo, GA 39828 229-377-1512

Greene County - Greensboro

Green County, formed in 1786, was named for Major General Nathanael Greene, a hero of the Revolutionary War.

Visitor Information Sites Greensboro's Old Gaol Jail This jail was used from 1807 until Greene County Chamber of The Big Store 1895. Visitors can see a trapdoor in Commerce When this store was built in the the upper floor were prisoners were Historical Walking Tour of mid-1800s, it was the largest store hanged. Greensboro; Driving Tour; between Augusta and Atlanta. E. Greene St. Historical Driving Tour of Union 103 S. Main St. Greensboro, GA 30642 Point; Penfield Driving Tour Greensboro, GA 30642 706-453-7592, 800-886-5253 P.O. Box 741 112 S. Main St. Greene County Courthouse Historical Society Museum Greensboro, GA 30642 This courthouse was built in 1849. Offering a collection of papers, 706-453-7592, 800-886-5253 Wings were added to the structure documents, and artifacts from the Website: www.greeneccoc.org in 1939. late 1700s to the present. 113 N. Main St. 201 E. Greene St. Greensboro, GA 30642 Greensboro, GA 30642 706-453-7716 Iron Horse Greensboro City Cemetery This modernist statue was Among those buried here are constructed in 1954 and placed on Governor Peter Early, two U.S. the University of Georgia campus. Senators, and veterans of the Due to its unpopularity among the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. university students, today it stands East St. in a cornfield. Greensboro, GA 30642 Visible from Hwy. 15 706-453-7592 Greensboro, GA 30642 706-453-7592, 800-886-5253

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 67 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Lake Oconee Mercer Chapel Scull Shoals Enjoy picnicking, boating, fishing, This chapel dates back to circa See the remains of a historic village and camping. 1846. It was the original site of in the Oconee National Forest. Hwy. 44 S./Lake Oconee Pkwy. Mercer University. A cemetery lies Macedonia Church Rd. Greensboro, GA 30642 behind the chapel. Greensboro, GA 30642 706-485-8704, 888-472-5253 Penfield Rd. 706-453-7592 Greensboro, GA 30642 Website: www.greeneccoc.org 706-453-7592

Gwinnett County - Lawrenceville

Gwinnett County was formed in 1818 from land ceded to Georgia by the Creek and Cherokee nations. It was named for Button Gwinnett, provisional governor of Georgia and signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Visitor Information Buford Artist Colony Gwinnett Historic Courthouse Watch full-time artists paint, sculpt, This courthouse is the site of the Gwinnett Convention and blow glass, carve, and more. Free infamous Larry Flint trail and Visitors Bureau Admission. shooting. Housed here is a 6500 Sugarloaf Pkwy., Ste. 200 Main St. from S. Lee St. to Hill St. genealogy and history library. Duluth, GA 30097 Buford, GA 30518 185 Crogan St. 770-623-3600, 888-GWINNETT 770-271-0008 Lawrenceville, GA 30045 Website: www.gcvb.org Website: www.bufordbiz.com 770-822-5450 Website: www.lawrenceville.ga.com Websites: www.gogwinnett.com/ Carousel Quarters Animal Farm gwinnetthistoriccourthouse Pet the animals, take pony rides and hay rides, have a picnic, and visit Gwinnett Historical Society/ the country store. Gwinnett History Center 3540 Sharon Church Loop The Society maintains a genealogy Loganville, GA 30052 and history library in the 770-466-4670 courthouse. 185 Crogan St. Elisha Winn House Lawrenceville, GA 30046 This home was the site of the first 770-822-5174 elections and court sessions in 1819. Website: www.gwinnetths.org Also located on the grounds are a restored 1870s one-room school Gwinnett History Museum house and the 1820s Lawrenceville This building dates back to the Sites log jail. 1850s. It features artifacts and 908 Dacula Rd. exhibits about nineteenth-century Atlanta Ice Forum Dacula, GA 30019 Gwinnett. Ice skating rink and home of the 770-822-5174 455 Perry St. NHL's Atlanta Thrashers. Thrashers Website: www.gwinnetths.org Lawrenceville, GA 30045 practices are open to the public. 770-822-5178 2300 Satellite Blvd. Gwinnett Ballet Theatre Website: www.gogwinnett.com Duluth, GA 30097 2204 Fountain Square 770-813-1010 Snellville, GA 30078 Jacquelin Casey Hudgens Center Website: www.iceforum.com 770-978-0188 for the Arts This center houses art galleries and Aurora Theater the Children's Art Museum. This theater offers classic and 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Bldg. 300 contemporary musicals, comedies, Duluth, GA 30097 and dramas. 770-623-6002 3087-B Main St. Website: www.hudgenscenter.org Duluth, GA 30096 770-476-7926 Website: www.auroratheater.com

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 68 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Lake Lanier Islands Mall of Georgia Southeastern Railway Museum Beach and Waterpark This mall features a seven-story See 80 pieces of retired railway Wave pool, water slides, beach IMAX theater. Also here, enjoy equipment, President Harding's volleyball, and other fun activities. "The Georgia Walk," five theme private car, and take a short train 6950 Holiday Rd. courtyards representing the state's ride. Buford, GA 30518 geographic regions. Displays and 3595 Peachtree Rd. 770-945-8787 murals bring Georgia's history and Duluth, GA 30096 Website: culture to life. 770-476-2013 www.lakelanierislands.com 3333 Buford Dr. Buford, GA 30519 Vines Botanical Gardens and Lander-Cain House and 678-482-8788 Manor House Sweetwater Cemetery Website: www.mallofgeorgia.com Twenty-three beautifully Visit the birthplace of Confederate landscaped acres which include a soldier and author Eli Pinson Mechanicsville School House garden railroad. Landers. This one-room school house dates 3500 Oak Grove Rd. 1000 Pleasant Hill Rd. back to circa 1911. At the time of Loganville, GA 30052 Duluth, GA 30096 this writing it is being restored by a 770-466-7532 770-441-1645 historical society. Website: Website: www.gwinnetths.org 770-822-5174 www.vinesbotabicalgardens.com

Lanier Museum of Natural Plantation Houses of Gwinnett – Yellow River Game Ranch History A Self-Guided Tour See white-tailed deer, Georgia black See wildlife exhibits, a reptile Visit the website or call for more bears, buffalo and other animals as collection, and a butterfly garden, information. you walk along the trail through this all representing Georgia's natural 770-822-5174 24-acre game reserve. environment. The museum also Website: 4525 Hwy. 78 offers classes, programs, and field www.gwinnetths.org/Tour/tour.htm Lilburn, GA 30047 tours for children and adults. 770-972-6643, 877-972-6643 2601 Buford Dam Rd. Website: Buford, GA 30518 www.yellowrivergameranch.com 770-932-4460 Website: www.co.qwinnett.ga.us

Habersham County - Clarkesville

Habersham County, created in 1818, was named for Joseph Habersham of Savannah. Habersham served as U.S. Postmaster General from 1795 to 1801. Habersham built a summer home near present-day Clarkesville.

For Baldwin sites, see Banks County

Visitor Information Sites Fern Springs Recreation Area Enjoy picnicking and hiking. Habersham County Chamber of Apple Monument Dicks Hill Pkwy. Commerce This monument is dedicated to the Clarkesville, GA 30523 P.O. Box 366 apple growers of North Georgia. 706-754-6221 668 Clarkesville St. Free Admission. Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Cornelia, GA 30531 102 Grant Place 706-778-4654 Cornelia, GA 30531 Website: www.seehabersham.com 706-778-8585 Website: www.seehabersham.com Habersham County Welcome Center Burton Emporium and Gallery Walking Tour of Historic Homes See fine art, folk art, pottery, and and Places paintings by local and regional P.O. Box 173 artists. 458 Jefferson St. 295 Cherokee Ridge Dr. Clarkesville, GA 30523 Clarkesville, GA 30523 706-754-2296 709-947-3032 Website: www.seehabersham.com Website: www.helenga.org Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 69 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Grace Calvary Episcopal Church Lake Russell Recreation Area Mauldin House Free tours are available by Enjoy picnicking, hiking, camping, See exhibits pertaining to family appointment of this building which swimming, fishing, and boating. and local history. See antique was constructed between 1839 and Free Admission. clothing and hats in the old 1842. The original hand-blown Forest Service Rd. 59 (304 Lake millinery shop and an original one- glass windows are still here. Russell Rd.) room log cabin. Corner of Wilson and Green Sts. Clarkesville, GA 30523 458 Jefferson St. Clarkesville, GA 30523 706-754-6221 Clarkesville, GA 30523 706-754-2451 Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf 706-754-2296 Website: www.seehabersham.com Hartford House Lake Russell Wildlife Watch craftsmen at work on their Management Area Moccasin Creek State Park handcrafted furniture, gifts, and Enjoy trails, camping, fishing, bird Enjoy a variety of outdoor fun accessories. watching, and hunting. including camping, fishing, Hwy. 365 Cornelia, GA 30531 canoeing, and more! South of Cornelia, GA 770-535-5700 3655 GA Hwy. 197 N. 706-778-3449 Website: Clarkesville, GA 30523 www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/wild 706-947-3194 Jaemor Farms Website: www.gastateparks.org This farm offers fresh produce, Loudermilk fresh-baked goods, as well as Boarding House Museum Panther Creek Falls and Panther furniture, arts, and crafts. This museum, housed in a 1908 Creek Recreation Area 5340 Cornelia Hwy. building, includes the history of Hike the trail to three waterfalls. Alto, GA 30510 Cornelia. Also here is featured here Old U.S. Hwy. 441 N. 770-869-3999 is Joni Mabe's Traveling Panoramic Clarkesville, GA 30523 Encyclopedia of Everything Elvis 706-745-6221 Lake Burton Trout Hatchery which is listed in the Guinness Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf 3695 GA Hwy. 197 N. Book of World Records. Clarkesville, GA 30523 271 Foreacre St. Sunburst Stables 706-947-3112 Cornelia, GA 30531 Take a trail ride or private lessons 706-778-2001 through trails in the Chattahoochee Lake Burton Wildlife Website: www.jonimabe.com National Forest. Management Area 3181 GA Hwy. 255 Enjoy hunting, camping, fishing, Mark of the Potter Clarkesville, GA 30523 hiking, bird watching, and This shop of gifts and crafts made 706-947-7433 picnicking. The Appalachian Trail by local artists is located in the Website: forms the western boundary of the converted Granda Watts' Grist Mill www.webicity.com/sunburst area. on the Soque River. The mill GA Hwy. 197 N. building has been restored and a A World of Dreams Museum Clarkesville, GA 30523 porch added from which visitors can See a variety of personal treasures 770-535-5700 see and feed the mountain trout in such as some of Mel Fisher's gold, Website: their natural habitat. Olympic items, coins from around www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/wild GA Hwy. 197 the world, dolls, cars, and more. Rt. 3 Box 3164 4000 GA Hwy. 17 Clarkesville, GA 30523 Clarkesville, GA 30523 706-947-3440 706-754-0174

Hall County - Gainesville

Hall County was created in 1817. It was named for Lyman Hall of Georgia, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

For Lula sights, see Banks County

Visitor Information Buford Dam This dam holds back the waters of Gainesville-Hall County Lake Lanier. Convention and Visitors Bureau Gainesville, GA P.O. Box 2995 770-945-9531 117 Jesse Jewell Pkwy. Gainesville, GA 30501 Carousel 770-536-5209, 888-536-0005 at Colonial Lakeshore Mall Website: An 18-foot imported Venetian www.gainesvillehallcvb.org carousel. 150 Pearl Nix Pkwy. Greater Hall Chamber and Gainesville, GA 30501

Gainesville Welcome Center 770-535-8877 Bete Todd Wages and Self-Guided Driving Tour Maps Princess Lucie Shirazi Longstreet Self-Guided Tour Chattahoochee-Oconee Vintage Clothing Collections P.O. Box 374 National Forest See a collection of apparel from the 230 E. Butler Pkwy. The Appalachian Trail begins in this early 1880s to the 1960s. Gainesville, GA 30503 beautiful park. Brenau University 770-532-6206 1755 Cleveland Hwy. One Centennial Cir. Website: www.ghcc.com Gainesville, GA 30501 Gainesville, GA 30501 770-297-3000 770-534-6169 Northeast Georgia Tourist Center Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf 800-252-5119 I-985 N. Website: www.breanau.edu Flowery Branch, GA 30542 Chief Whitepath's Cabin

770-965-9272 Georgia Mountains Beulah Rucker Museum Website: History Museum This museum covers the period of www.greaterhallchamber.com See the restored cabin of a history from post-Civil War to the Cherokee chief who was a leader at present. It contains furnishings, Sites the time of the Trail of Tears. See artifacts, and pictures. artifacts of the Cherokee and other 2100 Athens Hwy. Alta Vista Cemetery and early Americans of the area. See Gainesville, GA 30507 more exhibits in the museum, which Longstreet Gravesite 770-532-2000 Buried here are two former Georgia is housed in Gainesville's oldest Website: building, governors and General James www.gainesvillehallcvb.org Longstreet. 331 Green St. S.E. Gainesville, GA 30501 Jesse Jewell Pkwy. Brenau University Gainesville, GA 30501 770-718-5316, 770-536-0889 Permanent Art Collection 770-536-5209 See over 800 works of art scattered Clarks Bridge Park and throughout the campus. The Olympic Venue Atlanta Falcons Headquarters Simmons Visual Arts Center at and Training Facility Take part in events, programs, and Brenau University offers exhibitions activities on this site which hosted See a display on the history of this by internationally known artists. football team and watch their the rowing, sprint canoe, and kayak Brenau University events of the 1996 Olympic games. practices. One Centennial Cir. 4400 Falcon Pkwy. 3105 Clarks Bridge Rd. Gainesville, GA 30501 Gainesville, GA 30506 Flowery Branch, GA 30542 770-534-6263 888-333-4406 770-287-7888, Website: Website: www.brenau.edu www.lckc.org (canoe/kayak) Website: www.atlantafalcons.com 770-287-0077, Website: www.llrc.ws (rowing)

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 71 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Confederate Statue Lake Lanier Lodges-Log Cabins Scale Model/Walking Tour of This statue made of bronze and and Boat Rentals Our Solar System white Georgia marble was erected 6598 Lights Ferry Rd. See for yourself how much bigger in 1909. Flowery Branch, GA 30542 the sun is than the earth. This scale Gainesville Square 770-967-1804, 888-972-6300 model/walking tour begins at the Gainesville, GA Website: www.lakelanierlodges.com sun on the Gainesville square. The tour is 1.8 miles and ends with Pluto Elachee Nature Science Center Montara Farm on Lake Lanier. Take part in environmental Enjoy horseback riding through 400 P.O. Box 5103 education programs. The center also acres of mountain-view trails, Gainesville, GA 30504 offers exhibits, a live animal woodlands, wildflower meadows, Website: northgeorgiaastronomers. display, native plant garden, and cornfields, and orchards. org/scalemodel hiking trails. 6749 Stringer Rd. 2125 Elachee Dr. Clermont, GA 30527 Gainesville, GA 30504 770-983-0503 770-535-1976 Website: www.montarafarm.com Website: www.elachee.org Poultry Park Flowery Branch Depot A statue which stands in this park This depot, over 100 years old, is pays tribute to the poultry industry now a community center and of Gainesville, which has given museum. Gainesville the title of Poultry Flowery Branch, GA 30542 Capital of the World. 770-967-6370 Jesse Jewell Pkwy. Website: Gainesville, GA 30501 Smithgall Arts Center www.cityofflowerybranch.org 770-536-5209 Visit the gallery in this restored train depot. Gainesville Ballet Company River Forks Park 331 Spring St. S.W. Gainesville, GA Enjoy fishing, hiking, a swimming Gainesville, GA 30503-1632 770-532-4241 beach, and more. 770-534-2787, 866-452-3979 3500 Keith Bridge Rd. Website: www.theartscouncil.net Historic Hall County Courthouse Gainesville, GA 30504 Built in 1917. Free Admission. 770-531-3952 Steam Locomotive Jesse Jewell Pkwy. Website: See the Gainesville and Midland Gainesville, GA 30501 www.hallcounty.org/parks.asp 209 on display here. 770-536-5209 311 Green St. S.E. Riverside Military Academy Gainesville, GA 30501 Lake Lanier Islands This academy began as a private 770-536-0889 Beach, waterpark, boat rentals, preparatory school for young men in Website: gamountainstripod.com lodging, and more. 1907. Today the academy features 7000 Holiday Rd. military parades every Sunday from Quinlan Visual Arts Lake Lanier Islands, GA 30518 October through May. Offering traveling exhibits. 770-932-7200, 800-840-LAKE 1941 Riverside Dr. 514 Green St. Website: www.lakelanierislands.com Gainesville, GA 30501 Gainesville, GA 30501 770-532-7466 770-536-2575

Hancock County - Sparta

Hancock County was established in 1793. It was named for John Hancock.

Visitor Information Sites Hancock County Courthouse This structure was built in the Hancock County Chamber of Glen Mary Plantation 1880s. Commerce This Greek Revival cottage from the 601 Broad St. 706-444-7462 mid-1800s features cranberry glass Sparta, GA 31087 and antebellum columns. 706-444-5746, 706-444-7462 Linton Rd. Sparta, GA 31087 706-444-8134

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 72 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Lake Sinclair Sparta-Hancock County Museum Enjoy the scenic beauty of this lake, This museum features handmade a popular boating area. quilts, woodcarvings, the works of 706-485-8704, 888-472-5253 local artists, and African American gifts. Shoulderbourne Plantation 325 E. Broad St. See original outbuildings in this Sparta, GA 31087 authentic antebellum setting. 706-444-7462 Hwy. 16, seven miles west of Sparta Website: Sparta, GA 31087 www.historicspartahancock.org 706-444-7462

Haralson County - Buchanan

Haralson County was created in 1856. It was named for former Congressman and General Hugh A. Haralson.

Visitor Information Sites Historic Haralson County Courthouse Georgia Visitor Information Bud Jones Taxidermy Museum Housed in this 1892 courthouse are Center-Tallapoosa See a display of North American, a museum and library. Free I-20 Eastbound at the Georgia- African, and other exotic animals. Admission. Alabama line See the taxidermy process. Courthouse Square P.O. Box 595 359 GA Hwy. 120 E. Buchanan, GA 30113 Tallapoosa, GA 30176 Tallapoosa, GA 30176 770-646-3369 770-574-2621 770-574-7480 Website: Website: Peacock and Possum Tales www.georgiaonmymind.org www.budjonestaxidermy.com Heritage Arts Center See the art work of local artists. Haralson County Chamber of Evelyn Wade Recreation Park Free Admission. Commerce Features a lake and picnic and 129 Heads Ave. 70 Hub Dr. pavilion areas. Tallapoosa, GA 30176 Waco, GA 30182 5760 E. GA Hwy. 120 770-574-2367 770-537-5594 Buchanan, GA 30113 Website: Website: www.haralson.org 770-646-3081 www.thepeacockgallery.com

Helton Howland Park Veterans Memorial and See military vehicles and equipment Medal of Honor Park on display at this park. Enjoy a This park honors Haralson County beach area, lake, and more. Free veterans of all wars. Free Admission. Admission. U.S. Hwy. 78 E. GA Hwy. 100 at Taliaferro St. Tallapoosa, GA 30176 Tallapoosa, GA 30176 770-574-2345 770-574-2482

West Georgia Museum of Tallapoosa Indian artifacts are among the items displayed here. 185 Mann St. Tallapoosa, GA 30176 770-574-3125

Harris County was established in 1827. It was named for lawyer and mayor Charles Harris of Savannah.

Visitor Information farm and horse or pony rides. Harris County Courthouse P.O. Box 1600 Completed in 1908. Georgia Visitor Information 2280 Butts Mill Rd. U.S. Hwy. 27 Center Pine Mountain, GA 31822 Hamilton, GA 31811 I-85 N./Georgia-Alabama Line 706-663-7400 Website: West Point, GA 31833 Website: www.buttsmillfarm.com www.hwy27.com/harris.htm 706-645-3353 Website: www.georgiaonmymind.org Callaway Gardens Roosevelt Riding Stables These gardens feature the Virginia Enjoy horseback rides, wagon rides, Harris County Chamber of Hand Callaway Discovery Center, and overnight excursions. Commerce the Day Butterfly Garden, the 1063 Group Camp Rd. P.O. Box 426 Sibley Horticultural Center, walking Pine Mountain, GA 31822 #3 State Farm Insurance Building trails, a pioneer log cabin, a Birds of 706-628-7463, 877-696-4613 GA Hwy. 27 Prey show, and more. Special Website: www.rooseveltstables.com Hamilton, GA 31811 events and workshops are held 706-628-4381, 800-381-4381 throughout the year. West Point Dam Visitors Center Website: U.S. Hwy. 18 and GA Hwy. 27 and Powerhouse Exhibits Lobby www.harriscountychamber.org Pine Mountain, GA 31822 Learn the story of the West Point 800-225-5292 project and the history of the valley. Pine Mountain Tourism Website: www.callawaygardens.com Learn about the Corps of Engineers, Association and Welcome Center electricity, and water power. 101 Broad St. Chipley Historical Center U.S. Hwy. 29 Pine Mountain, GA 31822 In this history museum and archives West Point Lake 706-663-4000, 800-441-3502 center see photographs, documents, Website: www.pinemountain.org and artifacts relating to the history West Point Lake of the area. Enjoy fishing, hunting, a beach, Sites 146 McDougald Ave. nature trails, and more. Pine Mountain, GA 31822 500 Resource Management Dr. Big Bear Farm 706-663-4044 West Point, GA 31833 This facility served as a training site 706-645-2937 for the 1996 Olympic games. Chuck-Bar Emu Ranch Website: www.sam.usace.army.mil/ Equestrian shows are held here that Take a tour of this working ranch op/rec/westpt/ are free and open to the public. with Australian emus. Picnic pavilions, two lakes, and 15535 GA Hwy. 219 Wild Animal Safari docks are also at this farm. West Point, GA 31883 Touch an American bison, a giraffe, 865 Butts Mill Rd. a llama! Hundreds of exotic animals Pine Mountain, GA 31822 Fort Tyler from around the world are at this 706-663-4684 Take a trail that leads to a small, 500-acre park. earthen fort built during the Civil 1300 Oak Grove Rd. Blanton Creek Park War and named for General Tyler Pine Mountain, GA 31822 A nature trail, camping, fishing, and of the Confederate army. 706-663-8744, 800-367-2751 more are offered at this park. 6th Ave. and 10th St. Website: www.animalsafari.com West Point, GA 31833 Lick Skillet Rd. at Lake Harding Hamilton, GA 31811 706-884-8671 706-643-7737, 888-GPC-LAKE Website: Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park www.georgiapower.com/gpclake Enjoy for yourself FDR's favorite picnic spot. Camping, cottages, Butts Mill Farm hiking, and boating are among the Butts Mill welcomes visitors to outdoor activities offered here. come and experience a fully 2970 GA Hwy. 190 operational farm. Enjoy a petting Pine Mountain, GA 31822 706-663-4858, 800-864-7275 Website: www.gastateparks.org

Hart County was established in 1853. It was named for Nancy Hart, a heroine of the Revolutionary War. It is the only county in the state named in honor of a woman.

For Royston sites, see Franklin County

Visitor Information Sites Hart County Wildlife Management Area Hart County Chamber of The Arts Center Enjoy hunting, camping, and bird Commerce See regional and national fine arts watching. Free Admission. Historic Hartwell's Self-Guided and crafts. GA Hwy. 77 Alt. E. Walking Tour 338 E. Howell St. Hartwell, GA 30643 P.O. Box 793 Hartwell, GA 30643 770-535-5700 31 E. Howell St. 706-377-2040 Website: Hartwell, GA 30643 www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/wild 706-376-8590 Bluegrass Express Website: www.hart-chamber.org Come to this cotton warehouse and Hart State Park enjoy bluegrass music and a live Enjoy fishing, boating, hiking and radio show. biking trails, camping and cottages, 57 Depot St. and swimming. Hartwell, GA 30643 330 Hart State Park Rd. 706-376-3551 Hartwell, GA 30643 706-376-8756 Center of the World Monument Website: www.gastateparks.org This monument marks the location of the assembly ground of the Hartwell Lake-Dam and Cherokee people. Power Plant U.S. Hwy. 29 S. Take a tour of the Hartwell Dam Hartwell, GA 30643 and Power Plant. A variety of 706-376-8590 outdoor activities is also available. Free Admission. Hart County Community Theatre U.S. Hwy. 129 N. 83 Depot St. Hartwell, GA 30643 Hartwell, GA 30643 706-376-4788, 888-893-0678 706-376-5599 Website: www.sas.usace.army.mil/ lakes/hartwell Hart County Historical Museum Learn about the history of Hart County. Free Admission. 31 E. Howell St. Hartwell, GA 30643 706-376-6330

Heard County was created in 1830. Stephen Heard, for whom the county was named, was a hero of the American Revolution. Heard also served as president of Georgia's Executive Council, an early form of state government.

Visitor Information Sites

Heard County Chamber of Heard County Courthouse Commerce Built in 1964. P.O. Box 368 Franklin, GA 121 S. Courthouse Square Franklin, GA 30217 Heard County Historical Center 706-675-0560, 888-331-0560 and Museum Website: www.heardgeorgia.org This museum is housed in the former jail. Free Admission. 161 Shady St. Franklin, GA 30217 706-675-6507, 888-331-0560 Website: www.heardgeorgia.org

Henry County - McDonough

Created in 1821, Henry County was named for American Revolutionary patriot Patrick Henry.

Visitor Information H & H Orchards Panola Mountain State Pick your own peaches and pay per Conservation Park Henry County Chamber of bucket. See rare plants on this 100-acre Commerce, Convention and 100 Colvin Dr. granite mountain. Visit the Visitors Bureau, and Welcome Locust Grove, GA 30248 interpretive center with live Center 770-957-4912, 770-957-4330 exhibits. Enjoy the self-guided and 1709 Hwy. 20 W. ranger-led hikes and trails. McDonough, GA 30253 Newman Wetlands Center Stockbridge, GA 770-957-5786, 888-436-7926 See the educational exhibits, learn 770-389-7801 Website: www.henrycounty.com about wetlands, take a scenic hike. Website: www.gastateparks.org Special programs offered. Free Sites Admission. Shamrock-Blalock 2755 Freeman Rd. Recreation Area Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, GA 30228 Have a picnic or go fishing at 1500 Tara Pl. 770-603-5606 Shamrock Lake and Blalock Hampton, GA 30228 Website: www.ccwa1.com Reservoir. 770-707-7904 Shamrock Rd. Website: www.gospeedway.com Noah's Ark Animal Hampton, GA 30228 Rehabilitation Center 770-473-4042 Genealogical Society of Henry See rehabilitated and exotic animals and Clayton Counties such as bears, tigers, lions, In this 1826 building, the monkeys, and more. Genealogical Society preserves 712 L. G. Griffin Rd. historical information about Henry Locust Grove, GA 30248 and Clayton Counties. 770-957-0888 71 Macon St. Website: www.noahs-ark.org McDonough, GA 30252 770-954-1456

Houston County was created in 1821. It was named for John Houston who served as governor of Georgia.

Visitor Information Sites Sam Nunn Exhibit See memorabilia from Nunn's early Perry Area Convention and Georgia National Fairgrounds childhood to his days as a U.S. Visitors Bureau and Agricenter Senator. Walking/Driving Tour of Perry This is the site for events such as 1100 Main St. 101 Gen. Courtney Hodges Blvd. the Georgia National Fair, concerts, Perry, GA 31069 Perry, GA 31069 rodeos, horse shows, sporting 478-988-6200 478-988-8000 events, etc. Website: www.perryga.com 401 Larry Walker Pkwy. Perry, GA 31069 Warner Robins Convention and 478-987-3247 Visitors Bureau 99 First St. Museum of Aviation Warner Robins, GA 31093 Explore exhibits including those 478-922-5100, 888-288-WRGA documenting military aircraft and Website: www.warner-robins.org campaigns. Inside the hanger, see restored aircraft and an interactive theater. The Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame is located in the museum. Free Admission. Hwy. 247 S. and Russell Pkwy. Warner Robins, GA 31099

478-926-6870, 478-926-4242, 888- 807-3359 Website: www.museumofaviation.org

Irwin County - Ocilla

Irwin County was created in 1818. It was named for former governor Jared Irwin.

For Fitzgerald sites, see Ben Hill County

Visitor Information Sites Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site Ocilla-Irwin County Crystal Lake see Ben Hill County Chamber of Commerce Enjoy camping, swimming, 110 E. Park Rd. picnicking, and fishing at this Ocilla, GA 31774 spring-fed lake. 229-468-9114 Ocilla, GA

Irwin County Courthouse This handsome structure was built in 1910. Ocilla, GA 31774 229-468-9441

Jackson County, created in 1796, was named for James Jackson, a Revolutionary War general. Jackson served in both houses of the U.S. Congress but resigned as Senator to return to Georgia and fight against the Yazoo Land Fraud. Jackson served as governor and then again as a U.S. Senator.

Visitor Information Sites Jackson County Courthouse This courthouse was constructed in Jackson County Area Chamber of Crawford W. Long Museum 1879. Free Admission. Commerce This medical museum features the Downtown on U.S. Hwy. 129 P.O. Box 1444 belongings of Dr. Crawford W. Jefferson, GA 30549 1655 S. Elm St. Long and chronicles the discovery 706-335-1896 Commerce, GA 30529 and use of anesthesia in the medical 706-335-1896 field. Mayfield Dairy Farms Website: 28 College St. Tour this milk production facility. www.jacksoncountyga.com Jefferson, GA 30549 1160 Broadway Ave. 706-367-5307 Braselton, GA 30517 Website: www.crawfordlong.org 706-654-9180, 800-MAYFIELD Website: www.mayfielddairy.com Hoschton Depot Visit this 1883 depot. Sheilds-Ethridge Heritage Farm Contact Hoschton City Hall This outdoor agricultural museum 706-654-3034 offers seminars and tours of its historic buildings which include a cotton gin, blacksmith shop, wheat house, gristmill, and schoolhouse. 2355 Ethridge Rd. Jefferson, GA 30549 706-367-2949 Website: www.shieldsethridgefarm.org

Jasper County - Monticello

Jasper County was created in 1807. It was originally named Randolph County in honor of Virginia congressman John Randolph. When Randolph opposed the War of 1812, however, the county was renamed Jasper after Sergeant William Jasper who fought in the Revolutionary War and was mortally wounded during the siege of Savannah. In 1828, John Randolph was forgiven and a new county was named in his honor.

Visitor Information Sites

Monticello-Jasper County Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center Chamber of Commerce Explore 6,000 acres of wildlife with Guide to Historic Monticello hiking, fishing, camping, bird Washington St. on the square, City watching, hunting, and an Government Center educational center. Free Admission. Monticello, GA 31064 543 Elliott Tr. 706-468-8994 Monticello, GA 31064 Website: www.monticelloga.org 706-468-8994, 706-468-8834

Monticello Crossroads Trailhead Historic Courthouse and Visitors Center This courthouse was built in 1908. 123 W. Washington Free Admission. Monticello, GA 31064 Downtown Square 706-468-8834 Monticello, GA 31064 706-468-8994

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 78 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Jasper Lake Scenic Byway stands Dow's Pulpit Piedmont National This lake offers swimming, boating, shaped from a rock. Wildlife Refuge fishing, and water recreation. Free At GA Hwys. 11 and 83 Special programs, tours, and other Admission. Monticello, GA 31064 educational opportunities are Hwys. 16 and 212 706-468-8834 offered at this refuge. Monticello, GA 30233 Website: www.monticelloga.org 718 Round Oak/Juliette Rd. 706-468-8994 Round Oak, GA 31038 Website: www.monticelloga.org Oconee National Forest 478-986-5441 Enjoy hiking, camping, bird Website: piedmont.fws.gov Monticello Crossroads Scenic watching, and wildlife viewing. Byway Monticello, GA 31064 Seven Islands Trail Lorenzo Dow, a well-known 706-485-7110 This Indian trail, which dates back traveling preacher of the 1800s, Website: www.monticelloga.org to 1670, later became a stagecoach preached here. At the beginning of route. the Monticello Crossroads Georgia Monticello, GA 31064 706-468-8834 Website: www.monticelloga.org

Jeff Davis County - Hazlehurst

Jeff Davis County was created in 1905. It was named for the former president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis.

Visitor Information Sites Old Red Barn Gift Shop and Blue Goose Antiques Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Board of Altamaha and Ocmulgee River This shopping and entertainment Tourism Excursions area is housed in a 50-year-old barn. 95 E. Jarman St. Take a boat trip and enjoy bird Enjoying seeing and petting the Hazlehurst, GA 31539 watching and wildlife viewing. animals in the barnyard. Free 912-375-4543 95 E. Jarman St. Admission. Website: www.hazlehurst- Hazlehurst, GA 31539 566 Bell Telephone Rd. jeffdavis.com 912-375-4543 Hazlehurst, GA 31539 Website: www.hazlehurst- 912-375-4641 jeffdavis.com Sweet Carrot Tours Bullard Creek Wildlife Watch as carrots are harvested. Management Area Available February-March by Enjoy the beauty of these 14,000 appointment. Cotton Pickin' Tours acres. The area offers hunting, are also available October- fishing, birding, and camping. November. Visit the website below. U.S. Hwy. 221 N. Website: www.hazlehurst- Hazlehurst, GA 31539 jeffdavis.com/ 912-375-4543 Three Rivers Expeditions Frogbottom Gristmill Take a trip down the Altamaha, the Watch two large stones, powered by largest river on the eastern seaboard a old John Deere engine, grind corn that remains undammed. into cornmeal and grits. 13 Victor St. 65 Luther Turner Rd. Hazlehurst, GA 31539 Hazlehurst, GA 31539 912-379-1371 912-375-4073 Website: www.3riverexp.com

Hazlehurst Historical Museum Experience the history of rural Georgia through the artifacts and antiques housed here. 61 E. Coffee St. Hazlehurst, GA 31539 912-379-1887

Jefferson County - Louisville

Jefferson County, created in 1796, was named for President Thomas Jefferson.

Visitor Information Sites Old Savannah Road This road served as a pioneer route Jefferson County Chamber of The Gourd Farm from Savannah to the western Commerce Take a tour of this farm which frontier. It is believed that General P.O. Box 630 produces syrups and a variety of Oglethorpe traveled this route in 302 E. Broad St. gourds. 1739. Louisville, GA 30434 1089 Hoyt Braswell Rd. Four miles south of Wadely on west 478-625-8134 Wrens, GA 30833 side of U.S. Hwy 1 Website: www.jeffersoncounty.org 706-547-6784 Old Town Plantation Jefferson County Courthouse This historical marker designates This courthouse stands on the site of the site of a plantation whose Georgia's first state capitol. history dates back to the early 202 E. Broad St. 1700s. Louisville, GA 30434 Seven miles south of Louisville, GA 478-625-7922, 478-625-8134 on GA Hwy. 17

Ogeechee Crossing Park Revolutionary Cemetery See the location of General Many Revolutionary War soldiers Sherman's troops on their March to are buried here. the Sea. Ogeechee River canoeing GA Hwy. 24 E. also available. Louisville, GA 30434 GA Hwy. 24 478-625-8134 Louisville, GA 30434 Website: www.jeffersoncounty.org 478-625-8134

Old Market House This 1758 structure now serves as Louisville's welcome center. The French bell dates back to 1772. Center of Broad St. Louisville, GA 30434 478-625-8134 Website: www.jeffersoncounty.org

Jenkins County was created in 1905. It was named for Charles Jenkins, governor of Georgia from 1865 to 1868.

Visitor Information Jenkins County Courthouse Atop this 1910 courthouse stands a Jenkins Chamber of Commerce statue of justice. 548 Cotton Ave. Millen, GA 30442 Millen, GA 30442 478-982-5595 478-982-5595 E-mail: Magnolia Springs State Park [email protected] Enjoy crystal-clear springs, a scenic boardwalk, camping, hiking, biking, Sites boating, and more including a freshwater aquarium. Among the

animals that dwell here are Bo Ginn Aquarium and Aquatic alligators, turtles, and herons. Educational Center 1053 Magnolia Springs Dr. 26 aquarium tanks display fish, Millen, GA 30442 turtles, and reptiles. 478-982-1660, 800-864-7275 1061 Hatchery Rd. Website: www.gastateparks.org Millen, GA 30442

478-982-4168

Johnson County - Wrightsville

Johnson County was created in 1858. It was named for Herschel Johnson, former governor of Georgia.

Visitor Information Sites Train Depot This 1900 depot now houses the Johnson County Chamber of Johnson County Courthouse Chamber of Commerce and Commerce This courthouse was built in 1895. Welcome Center. Historic Walking Tour maps It was the first Georgia courthouse P.O. Box 94 available. designed by James W. Golucke, Wrightsville, GA 31096 P.O. Box 94 who later designed twenty-five 478-864-7200 Wrightsville, GA 31096 more. The clock tower you see Website: 478-864-7200 today replaced the original in 1938. www.thejonhsonjournal.com/coc/ Website: www.wrightsville- Wrightsville, GA 31096 johnsoncounty.com or 478-864-7200 www.thejonhsonjournal.com/coc/ Kite Museum This museum displays the history of the area. The museum is housed in a 1900 buildding, formerly the Masonic Lodge. Kite, GA

Jones County - Gray

Jones County was established in 1807. It was named for U.S. Representative James Jones.

Visitor Information Sites Old Clinton Roadside Park Learn the history of this area as you Jones County/Gray Chamber of Hitchiti and Brender Forests read the historical markers in this Commerce Explore the area along the park. Have a picnic and enjoy the Visit Old Clinton brochures are Ocmulgee River that was once scenery. available which point out historic inhabited by the Hitchiti Indians. U.S. Hwy 129 buildings in the town. Jarrell Plantation Rd. Clinton, GA 31032 P.O. Box 686 912-986-1964, 912-986-3914 478-986-3384 161 W. Clinton St. Gray, GA 31032 Jones County Courthouse 478-986-1123 This courthouse was built in 1905 Website: www.jonescounty.org and restored in 1992. Relax in the park adjacent to the courthouse. Free Admission. 110 S. Jefferson St. Gray, GA 31032 478-986-1123 Website: www.jonescounty.org

Lamar County - Barnesville

Lamar County, established in 1920, was the 160th county established in Georgia. A total of 161 have been created, but after Milton and Campbell counties merged with Fulton, 159 remain. Lamar County was named for Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar. Lamar served as U.S. Senator from Mississippi. He also served under President Cleveland as the Secretary of Interior. He became a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Visitor Information Confederate Cemetery- Swint's Pecans and Candies Barnesville Taste candies made the way candies Barnesville-Lamar County 1.5 miles east on Old Alabama Rd. were made years ago. Free Chamber of Commerce Milner, GA 30257 Admission. 100 Commerce Place 770-358-2632 Old Hwy. 41 Barnesville, GA 30204 Milner, GA 30257 770-358-2732 Lamar County Courthouse 770-358-2608 Website: www.barnesville.org Built in 1931. 326 Thomas St. Sites Barnesville, GA 30204 770-358-5146

B. Lloyd's Pecans Old Jail Museum and Archives Come see world-famous pecan See memorabilia from the city's candy makers. The site was once the history as the Buggy Capital of the home of the Franklin Buggy South in this museum, housed in the Company. former jail. 100 Atlanta St. Hwy. 41 326 Thomaston St. Barnesville, GA 30204 Barnesville, GA 30204 770-358-0782, 800-322-NUTS 770-358-0150 Website: www.galaxymall.com/retail/ blloydpecans

Lanier County was created in 1920. It was named in honor of Sidney Lanier, a Georgia poet.

Sites Lanier County Courthouse Robert Simpson Nature Trail Alapaha River Built in 1973. Free Admission. This river is known as the cleanest 100 Main St. N. Temple St. river in Georgia. Lakeland, GA 31635 Lakeland, GA 31635 U.S. Hwy. 221 and GA Hwy. 37 229-482-2088 229-482-9755 Lakeland, GA 31635 229-482-9755 Milltown Murals These murals depict life in this town Banks Lake National Wildlife in 1925, the year the name was Refuge changed from Milltown to Enjoy fishing, hunting, boating, Lakeland. Free Admission. observing the wildlife. Main, Center, and Murell Sts. and U.S. Hwy. 221 Valdosta Hwy. Lakeland, GA 31635 Lakeland, GA 31635 229-482-9755 229-482-9755 Website: www.laniercoga.com Website: www.laniercoga.com

Laurens County - Dublin

Laurens County was created in 1807. It was named for Colonel John Laurens, an aide to George Washington during the American Revolution. Laurens was killed in battle in 1782.

Visitor Information Sites Laurens County Historical Society Dublin-Laurens County Chappell's Mill Dublin, GA Chamber of Commerce/ This mill has been producing 478-272-9242 Dublin Local Welcome Center cornmeal since 1811. Walking Tour of Historic 10 Miles north of Dublin on Hwy. 441 Theatre Dublin Downtown Dublin, Georgia guide This theater, originally built as a available Dublin Laurens Museum movie theater in 1934, is now a P.O. Box 818 This former library, built in 1904, center for performing arts. 1200 Bellevue Ave. has been converted into a museum. 314 Academy Ave. Dublin, GA 31021 Free admission. Dublin, GA 31040 478-272-5546 311 Academy Ave. 478-272-5546 Website: www.dublin-georgia.com Dublin, GA 31021 478-272-9242 Dublin-Laurens Welcome Center Exit 51 off I-16 at Hwy. 441 Laurens County Courthouse 102 Travel Blvd. Built in 1962. Dublin, GA 31021 P.O. Box 2011 478-272-5766 Dublin, GA 31040 Website: www.dublin-georgia.com 478-272-4755

Lee County was created in 1825. According to most sources the county was named for Richard Henry Lee, a leader in the movement for independence among the American colonies. It is possible, though, that the county was named for Colonel Henry Lee, a hero of the American Revolution.

Visitor Information Sites

Lee County Chamber of Chehaw Indian Monument Commerce This monument was dedicated in Leesburg, GA 1812 to the Indians killed at 229-759-2422 Chehaw Village in the early 1800s. New York Rd. Leesburg, GA 31763 229-759-2422

Lee County Courthouse This structure was completed in 1918. P.O. Box 889 Leesburg, GA 31763 229-759-6000

Liberty County - Hinesville

Georgia adopted its first state constitution in 1777. With the adoption of that document, Liberty County was established. It was named to recognize the American colonies' independence from British rule.

Visitor Information Dorchester Academy Fort Stewart Military Museum National Historic Place Fort Stewart is the largest military Hinesville/Liberty County Dorchester Academy was founded post east of the Mississippi River Chamber of Commerce for freed slaves after the Civil War. and is home to the U.S.Army's 912-368-4445 It now serves as a community center Third Infantry Division. The Website: www.libertytrail.com and museum. Free Admission. museum displays the history of the 8787 Oglethorpe Hwy. fort from its origin in 1940 to the Liberty County Chamber and Midway, GA 31320 present. Free Admission. Development Authority 912-884-2275 2022 Frank Cochran Dr. 500 E. Oglethorpe Hwy. Website: Hinesville, GA 31314 Hinesville, GA 31313 www.dorchesteracademy.com 912-767-7885 912-368-3356, 888-384-9814 Website: www.stewart.army.mil Website: www.libertycounty.org Fort Morris Historic Site Visit the remains of this LeConte Woodsman National Sites Revolutionary War fort which was Historic Place captured by the British in 1779. It Louis LeConte's eighteenth century

was used again during the War of botanical gardens are today being Cay Creek Wetland 1812. Enjoy the museum, visitors re-created with antique plants. Interpretive Center center, nature trail, birdwatching, U.S. Hwy. 17 See earthen dikes and irrigation and more. Midway, GA 31320 channels which are the remnants of 2559 Fort Morris Rd. 912-884-6500 the area's rice culture. Enjoy the Midway, GA 31320 Website: www.libertytrail.com excellent wildlife viewing. 912-884-5999, 800-864-7275 189 Charlie Butler Rd. Website: www.gastateparks.org Melon Bluff Nature and Heritage Midway, GA 31320 Center 912-368-3356, 912-884-3344 Enjoy hiking, biking, and kayaking. Website: www.libertytrail.com 2999 Islands Hwy.

Midway, GA 31320

912-884-5779, 888-246-8188 Website: www.melonbluff.com

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 84 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Midway Church Midway Museum Seabrook Village The original building was built in See exhibits displaying documents Learn about African-American life 1756 but burned during the and furnishings used in homes in from 1865 to 1930 as you take a American Revolution. It was rebuilt coastal Georgia from Colonial days. living history tour and see the in 1792. See giant live oaks draped U.S. Hwy. 17 Gibbons house, the Delegal with Spanish moss shading the P.O. Box 195 Williams house, and the Seabrook hundreds of graves around the Midway, GA 31320 school. Grind grits and corn meal building. Among the graves are two 912-884-5837 yourself at the Ripley corn crib. Revolutionary War generals and Website: www.libertyconnection. 660 Trade Hill Rd. Governor Nathan Brownson. Free com/midway/museum.html Midway, GA 31320 Admission. 912-884-7008 U.S. Hwy. 17 and Martin Rd. Website: www.seabrookvillage.org Midway, GA 31320 912-884-5837 Website: www.libertytrail.com

Lincoln County - Lincolnton

Lincoln County, established in 1796, was named for General Benjamin Lincoln. After being over the Continental Army's southern department, Lincoln became President George Washington's first Secretary of War.

Visitor Information Sites Elijah Clark State Park Enjoy a variety of outdoor activities Lincolnton-Lincoln County Amity Recreation Area and see a log cabin museum with Chamber of Commerce Enjoy the outdoor activities that this furnishings and tools built around Brochure available with historic park, managed by the U.S. Army 1780. landmarks of Lincoln County Corps of Engineers, has to offer. Seven miles northeast of Lincolnton P.O. Box 490 5870 Thomson Hwy. on U.S. Hwy. 378 112 N. Washington St. Lincolnton, GA 30817 706-359-3458 Lincolnton, GA 30817 800-533-3478 Website: www.gastateparks.org 706-359-7970 Website: www.usace.army.mil Website: www.lincolncountyga.org Graves Mountain Busey Point Recreation Area Tour this location of multiple- Enjoy trails, camping, and twinned rutile crystals. observing wildlife. U.S. Hwy. 378 J. Strom Thurmond Lake Lincolnton, GA 30817 located on the Georgia/ 706-359-3862, 706-359-1659 South Carolina state line Rt. 1, Box 12, Hwy. 221 Lincoln County Courthouse Clarks Hill, SC 29821 Built in 1915. 800-533-3478, 864-333-1100 210 Humphrey St. Website: www.sas.usace.army.mil Lincolnton, GA 30817 706-359-4444 Clarks Hill Lake Website: www.lincolncountyga.org This lake is the largest reservoir in the Southeast. Lincoln County Historical Park U.S. Hwy. 378 E. See a number of historic buildings Lincolnton, GA 30817 including a smokehouse, sawmill, 706-359-7970 home, doctor's office and cotton gin. Website: www.lincolncountyga.org 147 Lumber St. Lincolnton, GA 30817 706-359-1031, 706-359-7970 Website: www.lincolncountyga.org Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 85 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Long County - Ludowici

Long County was created in 1920. It was named for Dr. Crawford Long who, in 1842, pioneered the practice of using anesthesia in surgery.

Sites Long County Courthouse This structure was completed in Jones Creek Church Museum 1926. This small museum is housed in the P.O. Box 475 slave gallery of a church building Ludowici, GA 31316 built in 1856. 912-545-2143 Hwy. 301 N. Ludowici, GA 31316 Ludowici Well 912-545-2437 This was the source of the entire Website: www.jesup.net/jonescreek community's water up until the early 1900s. Main and Celedon Sts. Ludowici, GA 912-545-2143

Lowndes County - Valdosta

Lowndes County was created in 1825. It was named in honor of William Lowndes of South Carolina, a lawyer, planter, U.S. Representative, and vice presidential candidate.

Visitor Information Valdosta-Lowndes County Converse-Dalton-Ferrell House Conference Center and Tourism This 1902 home is available for Georgia Visitor Information Authority tours. Center-Valdosta Historic Driving Tour brochure 229-244-2318 5584 Mill Store Rd. 1 Meeting Place Lake Park, GA 31636 Valdosta, GA 31601 Crescent House 229-559-5828 229-245-0513, 800-569-TOUR This 1898 house features a circular Website: Website: www.valdostatourism.com veranda with 13 massive columns, www.georgiaonmymind.org each representing one of the 13 original colonies. On the grounds Hahira Chamber of Commerce are a test garden, chapel, and Visit the restored caboose on Main octagonal school house. St. 904 N. Patterson 301 W. Main St. Valdosta, GA 31604-2423 Hahira, GA 31632 229-244-6747 229-794-2567 Website: www.hahira.ga.us Dosta Playhouse This 1941 theater is currently now Lake Park Area the home of the Theatre Guild- Chamber of Commerce Valdosta. Call for performance schedule. P.O. Box 278 Lake Park, GA 31636 122 N. Ashley St. Sites 229-559-5302 Valdosta, GA 31601

Valdosta-Lowndes Barber-Pittman House Drexel Park Chamber of Commerce This stylish house was built in 1915. Home to the annual Azalea Festival. 416 N. Ashley St. Free Admission. Brookwood Dr. and Patterson St. Valdosta, GA 31603 416 N. Ashley St. Valdosta, GA 31601 229-247-8100 Valdosta, GA 31603 229-259-3507 Website: 229-247-8100 www.valdostachamber.com Website: www.valdostachamber.com

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 86 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Grand Bay Lowndes County Valdosta City Hall Wildlife Management Area Historical Society and Museum See turn-of-the-century photographs Visit this wetlands park and see a See artifacts from families of on display here. forested swamp second in size only Lowndes County. Free Admission. 229-259-3577 to Okefenokee. Follow the trail 305 W. Central Ave. through Blackgum Swamp or walk Valdosta, GA 31601 Valdosta State University the boardwalk to Kinderlou Tower. 229-247-4780 Planetarium Ten miles north of Valdosta on Website: www.valdostamuseum.org Free Admission. Hwy. 221 Located in Nevins Hall on the 912-423-2988, 229-245-8160 Lowndes/Valdosta university campus Cultural Arts Center Valdosta, GA Lake Park Area This center displays paintings, 229-333-5980 Historical Society Museum sculpture, and other forms of art. See artifacts dating back to the early Free Admission. Wild Adventures 1800s. 1204 N. Patterson St. A theme park with rides and other 300 Railroad Ave. Valdosta, GA 31603 attractions including an animal South Lowndes County 229-247-2787 safari. 912-559-5771 Website: www.lvac.org 3766 Old Clyattville Rd. Valdosta, GA 31601 Langdale Park Remerton Mill Village 229-559-1330, 229-219-7080, 800- Enjoy nature walks, bird watching, The shops, restaurants, and 808-0872 and picnicking along the boutiques along these streets once Website: www.wildadventures.net Withlacoochee River. housed the employees of Strickland U.S. 41 N., Exit 22 Cotton Mill. Valdosta, GA 31601 Baytree Place and Plum St. 229-259-3507 Remerton, GA

Lowndes County Courthouse Sunset Hill Cemetery A Confederate memorial stands on This burial ground dates back to the the grounds of this 1905 structure. 1860s. Central Ave. N. Oak St. Valdosta, GA 31601 Valdosta, GA

Lumpkin County - Dahlonega

Lumpkin County was created in 1832. It was named for Wilson Lumpkin, governor of Georigia at the time. Lumpkin also served as a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator. While serving each of his terms, Lumpkin was active in seeking the removal of the Cherokee people from Georgia.

Visitor Information Cane Creek Falls Chestatee Wildlife Preserve 865 Camp Glisson Rd. See 125 species from around the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Dahlonega, GA 30533 world. Chamber and Welcome Center 706-864-6181 469 Old Dahlonega Hwy. 13 S. Park St. Website: www.campglisson.org Dahlonega, GA 30533 Dahlonega, GA 30533 706-864-9411 706-864-3711, 706-864-3513, Chestatee Wildlife Management Website: chestateewildlife.org 800-231-5543 Area Website: www.dahlonega.org This area offers hunting, camping, hiking, and bird watching. Parts of Sites the Appalachian Trail are included in the area.

GA Hwy. 19 N. Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Dahlonega, GA 30533 Area 770-535-5700 Enjoy camping, fishing, hunting, Website: hiking, and bird watching. www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/wild GA Hwy. 52 W. or GA Hwy. 60 N.

Dahlonega, GA 30533 770-535-5700 Website: www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/wild

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 87 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Consolidated Gold Mine Dockery Lake Recreation Area Stories of the Mountains Descend 250 feet into the ground Hiking, camping and fishing are Learn about this area before the and tour a real gold mine. available here. white men came. 185 Consolidated Gold Mine Rd. Forest Service Rd. 654, off GA Hwy. 13 S. Park St. Dahlonega, GA 30533 60 Dahlonega, GA 30533 706-864-8473 Dahlonega, GA 30533 706-864-9175 Website: 706-745-6928 Website: www.dahlonega.org www.consolidatedgoldmine.com Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Sunny Farms North Cooper Creek Scenic Area Folkways Center Take a horseback ride through Enjoy hiking and fishing along of the Georgia Mountains pasture and mountain trails. beautiful Cooper Creek. Dedicated to the preservation of the 1332 Longbranch Rd. Forest Service Rd. 4, off GA Hwy. history and culture of the people of Dahlonega, GA 30533 60 the mountains of North Georgia, 706-867-9167 Twenty-five miles north of this center provides a look at their Dahlonega art, music, crafts, dance, cooking, Water's Creek Recreation Area Dahlonega, GA 30533 medicine, and folklore. Bluegrass Enjoy fishing, camping, and 706-745-6928 and mountain music concerts are picnicking. Free Admission. Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf frequently offered. U.S. Hwy. 19 N. at Forest Service 303 S. Chestatee St. Rd. 34 Crisson Gold Mine Dahlonega, GA 30533 Dahlonega, GA 30533 Pan for gold and grub for gems. 706-867-6710, 877-628-8674 706-745-6928 2736 Morrison Moore Pkwy. Website: www.folkwayscenter.com Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Dahlonega, GA 30533 706-864-6363 George E. Coleman Planetarium Woody Gap Recreation Area Website: www.dahlonega.org School and special shows are See beautiful vistas of the Yahoola available. Free Admission. Valley. Dahlonega Gold Museum Sunset Dr. GA Hwy. 60, 14 miles north of Historic Site Dahlonega, GA 30597 Dahlonega Learn the story of America's first 706-864-1471/1511 Dahlonega, GA 30533 gold rush. Website: 706-745-6928 1 Public Square www.galaxy.nge.peachnet.edu Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Dahlonega, GA 30533 706-864-2257, 706-864-3711 Holly Theatre Website: www.gastateparks.org Offering movies, theatrical productions, and special programs. Dahlonega Mountain Music and 69 W. Main St. Medicine Show Dahlonega, GA 30533 Held on the first Saturday of each 706-864-3759 month. These shows give an Website: www.hollytheater.com authentic look at life in the Appalachian Mountains. Shows are Medicine Bow, Ltd. aired live on 104.3 FM. Contact one Offering workshops on Native of the centers below for ticket American survival skills and nature prices. classes. Please look at the website Folkways Center of the Georgia and learn about the beliefs of the Mountains: 706-867-6710 director before taking part in an Dahlonega Welcome Center: 706- event. 864-3711 104 Medicine Bow Website: Dahlonega, GA 30533 www.folkwayscenter.org/medshow. 706-864-5928 html Website: www.medicinebow.net

McDuffie County was established in 1870. It is named for George McDuffie, a South Carolina governor, Congressman, and U.S. Senator.

Visitor Information Sites Pine Top Farm This equestrian center stabled Thomson-McDuffie Tourism Clarks Hill Lake Wildlife horses that were sent to the U.S. for Convention and Visitors Bureau Management Area the 1996 Olympic games. Located in front of the Thomson This area covers 12,700 acres. 1393 Augusta Rd. Depot, a granite structure built in 142 Bob Kirk Rd. N.W. Thomson, GA 30824 1860. Thomson, GA 30824 706-595-3792 111 Railroad St. 706-595-4222 Website: www.pinetopfarm.com Thomson, GA 30824 Website: www.georgiawildlife.com 706-597-1000 The Rock House Website: Historic Wrightsboro This stone house dates back to c. www.thomson-mcduffie.org Wrightsboro was a 1768 Quaker 1785. settlement, the only one in Georgia Rock House Rd. and the southern-most Quaker Thomson, GA 30824 settlement in the country. All that 706-597-1000 remains of the settlement is the old Website: Wrightsboro Church from c. 1810 www.thomson-mcduffie.org and the cemetery. Wrightsboro Rd., off U.S. Hwy. 78 Women of the Sixties Monument Thomson, GA 30824 This monument is dedicated to the 706-597-1000 women of the Confederacy. Website: 111 Railroad St. www.thomson-mcduffie.org Thomson, GA 30824 706-597-1000 McDuffie Museum, Inc. Website: Learn the history of the area. This www.thomson-mcduffie.org museum is planned to open in 2004. 121 Main St. Thomson, GA 30824 706-595-4967, 706-595-7315

McIntosh County - Darien

McIntosh County was created in 1793 and named for the McIntosh family, particularly Captain John McIntosh who led the settlement of Darien, and his son, General Lachlan McIntosh, a hero of the American Revolution.

Visitor Information Sites

McIntosh County Chamber of Ansley-Hodges M.A.R.S.H. Commerce/Welcome Center Project and Nature Trail Darien tour brochure See a variety of birds including P.O. Box 1497 songbirds, shore birds, and wading 104 First St. W. birds, as well as other wildlife. Darien, GA 31305 Altamaha Waterfowl Management 912-437-6684, 912-437-4192, 888- Area 849-5448 U.S. Hwy. 17 S. Website: www.mcintoshcounty.com Darien, GA 31305 912-262-3173 Sapelo Island Visitors Center Website: www.mcintoshcounty.com 1 Landing Rd. Meridian, GA 31319 912-437-3224

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 89 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Blackbeard Island Fort King George Historic Site Sapelo Island National Estuarine National Wildlife Refuge This fort was the southern outpost Research Reserve Half of this island, accessible only of the British Empire in North Take a guided tour of this barrier by boat, is a designated national America during the 1700s. Explore island and see a working lighthouse, wildlife refuge. Visitors can enjoy cypress blockhouse, barracks, Reynolds Mansion, African- trails, beaches, fishing, wildlife earthen fort, and the ruins of a American Hog Hammock viewing and birding. sawmill. Visit the museum which community, and UGA Marine Blackbeard Island, GA 31305 covers subjects ranging from the Institute. Mansion and campground 912-652-4415 Guale Indians to the Scottish are available for overnight group Website: www.savannah.fws.gov settlements and Darien's seaport stays (15-29 people) with prior days. arrangements. Butler's Island Fort King George Dr. Sapelo Island Visitors Center These old rice plantations are now Darien, GA 31305 1 Landing Rd. home to alligators, deer, herons, 912-437-4770, 800-864-7275 Meridian, GA 31319 egrets, and wading birds. Website: www.darientel.net/~ftkgeo 912-437-3224, 800-864-7275 Altamaha Waterfowl Website: Management Area Harris Neck Wildlife Refuge www.sapeloislandreserve.org U.S. Hwy. 17 S. Explore marshes and woods by trail Darien, GA 31305 or road. Creek fishing also Smallest Church in America 912-262-3173 available. Free Admission. This structure measures only 10 feet Website: www.mcintoshcounty.com Hwy. 17 and Harris Neck Rd. by 15 feet and seats twelve people. Eulonia, GA 31331 Free Admission. Darien United Methodist Church 912-832-4608, 912-652-4415 Hwy. 17 This church was established in Eulonia, GA 31338 1843. Reynolds Mansion 912-437-4192 Vernon Square This mansion, built in the early Darien, GA 31305 1800s, was modeled after Thomas St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church 912-437-4745 Jefferson's Monticello. After the This church was begun by former Civil War it became a cotton slaves who built the building in Darien Waterfront Park plantation. The mansion is available 1876. Descendants of the founders Offers public fishing docks, today for groups, organizations, meet here for worship. playground, biking paths, workshops, etc. Vernon Square boardwalks, picnic area, and Sapelo Island, GA 31327 Darien, GA 31305 seafood markets. 912-485-2299 912-437-5660, 912-437-6684 105 Fort King George Dr. Website: www.gastateparks.org Website: www.mcintoshcounty.com Darien, GA 31305 912-437-6684 Website: www.mcintoshcounty.com

Macon County - Oglethorpe

Macon County was created in 1837. It was named for Nathaniel Macon, a politician from North Carolina.

Visitor Information Sites

City of Oglethorpe City Hall Kauffman's Strawberry and 115 Chatham St. Farm Market Oglethorpe, GA 31068 A pick-your-own peach and 478-472-6485 strawberry farm run by a Mennonite family. Macon County Chamber of 1305 Mennonite Church Rd. Commerce and Welcome Center Montezuma, GA 31063 Macon County Historic Driving 478-472-8833 Tour; brochure of historic points of interests in Macon County. Macon County Courthouse 109 N. Dooly St. This courthouse was built in 1894. Montezuma, GA 31063 P.O. Box 297 478-472-2391 Oglethorpe, GA 31068 Website: www.maconcounty.org 478-472-7021

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 90 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Whitewater Creek Park Yoder's Deutsch Haus Enjoy fishing and camping along Offering Mennonite crafts, a this creek. restaurant, bakery, and gift shop. Hwy 128 N. 5252 State Route 26 E. Oglethorpe, GA 31068 Montezuma, GA 31063 478-472-8171 478-472-2024 Website: www.maconcountyga.org

Madison County - Danielsville

Madison County was created in 1811. It was named for President James Madison who was in office at the time of the county's creation.

For Royston sites, see Franklin County

Visitor Information JC Ostrich Ranch Watson Mill Covered Bridge and Help with the activities at this Watson Mill Bridge State Park Madison County Chamber of working ostrich ranch. See two covered bridges and enjoy Commerce 1050 GA Hwy. 174 camping, trails, boating, and P.O. Box 381 Danielsville, GA 30633 fishing. Danielsville, GA 30633 706-789-2915 650 Watson Mill Rd. 706-795-3473 Website: www.jcranch.com Comer, GA 30629 706-783-5349 Sites Madison County Courthouse Website: www.gastateparks.org This structure was built in 1901.

Danielsville, GA 30633 Broad River Outpost 706-795-3473 Beginners can enjoy easy, Class II Website: rapids. www.madisoncountyga.org GA Hwy. 281, 7911 Wildcat Bridge

Rd. Danielsville, GA 30633 706-795-3242 Website: www.gariver.com/bro.html

Marion County - Buena Vista

Marion County, established in 1827, was named for General Francis Marion, a Revolutionary War hero from South Carolina.

Visitor Information Old Marion County Courthouse This is the only wooden frame Marion County-Buena Vista courthouse in Georgia still at its Chamber of Commerce original location. It was constructed 113 Broad St. in 1848. Buena Vista, GA 31803 Tazewell, GA 229-649-2842, 800-647-2842 Shiloh-Marion Baptist Church Sites and Cemetery This church's history dates back to Marion County Courthouse the early 1800s. It is included on the This courthouse was built in 1850 National Register of Historic Places. of bricks made locally. GA Hwy. 41 Buena Vista, GA 31803 Buena Vista, GA

Meriwether County was created in 1827. It was named for former Georgia Congressman David Meriwether.

Visitor Information Grand Wisteria Plantation Red Oak Covered Bridge Bed and Breakfast Inn This bridge was built by Horace Warm Springs Area Tourism Tours are available of this King, a freed slave who became a Association and Welcome Center antebellum home. master bridge builder and Alabama 1 Broad St. 15380 Roosevelt Hwy./Hwy. Alt. state legislator. Warm Springs, GA 31830 27 GA Alt. Hwy. 85 and Covered 706-655-3322, 800-337-1927 Greenville, GA 30222 Bridge Rd. Website: www.warmspringsga.ws 706-672-0072 Woodbury, GA 30293 Website: www.grandwisteria.com 706-655-3322, 800-FDR-1927 Website: www.warmspringsga.ws Little White House State Historic Site Roosevelt Warm Springs President Franklin D. Roosevelt had Institute for Rehabilitation this house built in 1932. He died See historic structures which here in 1945 while posing for a Franklin D. Roosevelt had built for portrait which is now on display in his fight against polio. the house. A museum is also on site, 6135 Roosevelt Hwy. as well as a video with historical Warm Springs, GA 31830 footage and FDR's cars. 706-655-5669 401 Little White House Rd. Website: www.rooseveltrehab.org Warm Springs, GA 31830 706-655-5870, 800-864-7275 Warm Springs Regional Sites Website: www.gastateparks.org Fisheries Center and Aquarium This compound includes a fish Georgian Inn Bed and Breakfast Meriwether County Courthouse health center, fish technology Located in an early 1900s home. Atop the copper dome of this 1904 center, and aquarium. Tours available. courthouse stands a statue of justice 5308 Spring St. 566 S. Talbotton/Hwy. Alt. 27 S. holding her scales. Warm Springs, GA 31830 Greenville, GA 30222 Greenville, GA 706-655-3382, 800-344-WILD 706-672-1600 Website: www.fwf.gov Website: www.georgianplace.com

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Miller County, created in 1856, was named for Andrew Miller. Miller was a lawyer, politician, and president of the Medical College of Georgia.

Visitor Information Sites Miller County Courthouse This, the county's fourth courthouse, Colquitt-Miller County Chamber Cotton Hall was built in 1977. The previous of Commerce See a production of Swamp Gravy, a three burned. 166 S. First St. play about Georgia folk life, in this Colquitt, GA Colquitt, GA 31737 restored cotton warehouse. 229-758-2400 166 E. Main St. Museum of Southern Culture Colquitt, GA 31737 This museum, housed in a Cotton 229-758-5450 Hall, a restored cotton warehouse, displays memorabilia spotlighting Millennium Murals Southern culture, storytelling, and Town Square folk life. Free Admission. Colquitt, GA 31737 166 E. Main St. 229-758-2400 Colquitt, GA 31737 229-758-6686, 229-758-2400

Tribute to the American Indian This monument, hewn from a 23 foot red oak tree, is the head of an Indian Brave made by Hungarian- born sculptor, Peter Toth. Hwy. 27 Colquitt, GA 31737 229-758-2400

Mitchell County - Camilla

Mitchell County was established in 1857. General Henry Mitchell, for whom the county was named, was a hero of the American Revolution, a state militia officer, and president of the Georgia Senate from 1808 to 1809.

Visitor Information Main St. Sites Pelham, GA 31779 Camilla Chamber of Commerce 229-294-4924 Glass Gator Farm P.O. Box 226 Website: www.pelhamchamber.com This working farm houses more that 124 E. Broad St. 15,000 alligators from babies just Camilla, GA 31730 hatching to gators up to 13 feet. 229-336-5255 6500 Martin Luther King Rd. Website: www.camillageorgia.com, Camilla, GA 31730 www.members.aol.com/ 229-336-9325, 229-879-5430 bacontongeorgia Mitchell County Courthouse City Hall This courthouse was completed in 128 W. Railroad 1904. Pelham, GA 31779 P.O. Box 187 229-294-7900 Camilla, GA 31730 229-336-1920 Mitchell County Board of Commissioners 26 N. Court St. Camilla, GA 31730 229-336-2000 Website: www.mitchellcountyga.net Pelham Chamber of Commerce Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 93 © 2003 The Notgrass Company

Monroe County - Forsyth

Monroe County was formed in 1821. It was named for the United States President who was serving at the time, James Monroe.

Visitor Information Sites Jarrell Plantation Historic Site Experience 1800s farm life at this Forsyth-Monroe County Confederate Cemetery cotton plantation as you see a Chamber of Commerce Forsyth Cemetery sawmill, cotton gin, gristmill, Walking Tour guide available. Newton Memorial Rd. sugarcane press, barn, farm animals, 267 Tift College Dr. Forsyth, GA 31029 a museum, and an 1847 farmhouse. P.O. Box 811 478-994-9239, 478-994-5070 18 miles east of I-75, Exit 185 Forsyth, GA 31029 711 Jarrell Plantation Rd. 478-994-9239 Grave of William Culloden Juliette, GA 31046 Website: www.forsyth- See the grave of the man who 478-986-5172 monroechamber.com founded the city of Culloden. Website: www.gastateparks.org Located in cemetery behind the Methodist Church Lake Juliette Culloden, GA 31016 Enjoy the beauty of this 3,600-acre 478-994-5070 fishing lake. U.S. Hwy. 23 and GA Hwy. 87 Historic Methodist Church Juliette, GA 31046 Services are still held at this 478-994-9239 building once a month. GA Hwy. 83 Monroe County Museum and Culloden, GA 31016 Genealogy Room 478-994-5070 Museum and store. Free Admission. Tift College Dr. Jarrell 1920 House Forsyth, GA 31029 An historic 1850s-style farmhouse 478-994-5070 is now a bed and breakfast. 715 Jarrell Plantation Rd. Rum Creek Juliette, GA 31046 Wildlife Management Area 478-986-3972, 800-574-5434, ext. This wildlife area offers hunting and 1920 bird watching. Website: www.jarrellhouse.com GA Hwy. 18 Forsyth, GA 31029 478-994-1438

Montgomery County - Mount Vernon

Montgomery County was created in 1793. It was named for General Richard Montgomery who was mortally wounded in an early battle of the Revolutionary War. for Vidalia sites see Toombs County

Visitor Information Sites

Toombs-Montgomery Chamber Montgomery County Courthouse of Commerce and Development This courthouse was built in 1907. Authority Mount Vernon, GA 2805 E. 1st St. 912-583-4676 Vidalia, GA 30474 Website: www.toombschamber.com 912-537-4466 Website: www.toombschamber.com

Morgan County was created in 1807. General Daniel Morgan served in the Revolutionary War and as a Congressman from Virginia.

Visitor Information Heritage Hall, Morgan County Morgan County Historical Society African American Museum Madison Convention and Visitors An 1830s house museum. See antique furniture and artifacts Bureau and Local Welcome 277 S. Main St. housed in an 1890 structure. Center Madison, GA 30650 156 Academy St. 115 E. Jefferson St. 706-342-9627, 706-613-3623 Madison, GA 30650 Madison, GA 30650 706-342-9191 706-342-4454, 800-709-7406 Madison City Cemetery Website: www.madisonga.org This cemetery dates back to the Morgan County Courthouse early 1800s and is the burial ground 149 E. Jefferson St. Sites of many Confederate soldiers. Madison, GA 30650 Off Academy St. 706-342-4454 Bowl Springs Park Madison, GA 30650 Website: www.madisonga.org Enjoy the paths, wildlife, and 706-342-1251 horticulture that this park has to Richter Cottage offer. It was originally an Indian Madison-Morgan Cultural Center An early-1800s cottage on its settlement. Free Admission. See the exhibits and performances original site. 156 Academy St. at this 1895 history museum. 490 Wellington St. Madison, GA 30650 434 S. Main St. Madison, GA 30650 706-342-4454, 800-709-7406 Madison, GA 30650 706-342-0434 706-342-4743 Hard Labor Creek State Park Website: www.morgan.public.lib. Rogers House This park offers boating, hiking, ga.us/ madmorg/ Rogers House, built in 1809, now camping and cottages, picnicking, houses a museum. and golf. 179 E. Jefferson St. 2 miles north of Rutledge Madison, GA 30650 Rutledge, GA 30663 706-343-0190 706-557-3001 Website: www.gastateparks.org Rose Cottage This 1890 house museum was once owned by a former slave. 179 E. Jefferson St. Madison, GA 30650 706-343-0190

Murray County - Chatsworth

In 1832, Murray County was created. It was named for lawyer and politician Thomas W. Murray, who died the year the county was created.

Visitor Information Sites

Chatsworth Local Welcome Chatsworth Depot Center; Chatsworth-Murray Built in the early 1900s. At the time County Chamber of Commerce; of this writing, the Whitfield- Welcome Center Murray County Historical Society 126 N. Third Ave. plans for the depot to one day house Chatsworth, GA 30705 train memorabilia and a museum for 706-695-6060, 800-969-9490 the talc industry. Contact the Website: www.alltel.net/~murraychamber historical society or call the number below for more information. 706-695-9808

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 95 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Chatsworth-Murray County Cohutta Wilderness Old Spring Place Library Explore the wilderness on sixteen Methodist Church Available here are historic trails. The original structure on this site documents for genealogical Cohutta Ranger District, U.S. Forest was an Indian mission in the 1830s. research. Service That structure burned, but a new 706 Old Dalton Ellijay Rd. 401 Old Ellijay Rd. building was built on the same Chatsworth, GA 30705 Chatsworth, GA 30705 foundation around 1875. Today the 706-695-4200 706-695-6736 building is owned by the Whitfield- Murray County Historical Society Fort Mountain Stables and houses memorabiblia from Rental horses and instruction are Spring Place and Murray County. offered here. Camping is also Contact the historical society or call available. the number below for more 548 Cliffmine Rd. information. Chatsworth, GA 30705 Spring Place, GA 706-517-8555 706-695-2740

Fort Mountain State Park Whitfield-Murray County This park was named for a 855-foot Historical Society rock wall believed to have been 715 Chattanooga Ave. built by Native Americans. Enjoy Dalton, GA 30720 hiking, mountain biking, camping 706-278-0217 Chief Vann House Historic Site and cottages, boating on the lake, This mansion was built in 1804 by swimming, equestrian trails and Wright Hotel Cherokee Chief James Vann. A miniature golf. This hotel opened in 1909. The museum is also available. 181 Fort Mountain Park Rd. hotel became the property of the 82 GA Hwy. 225 N. Chatsworth, GA 30705 Whitfield-Murray County Historical Chatsworth, GA 30705 706-695-2621 Society in 1986. Today, visitors can 706-695-2598 Website: www.gastateparks.org see historic displays and Website: www.gastateparks.org memorabilia from the hotel's God's Acre history. Among them, see the seven- Cisco School This is believed to be the burial site foot bathtub in which Mr. Wright, This one-room school house was of people who were sent by Chief founder of the hotel, was baptized. built in 1904. Some original James Vann in 1801 to educate the Contact the historical society or call furnishings, books, maps, and Cherokees. the number below for more memorabilia are on display. Chattsworth, GA information. U.S. 411 and GA 2 706-695-2598 201 E. Market St. Cisco, GA Chatsworth, GA 30705 Lake Conasauga Recreation Area 706-695-9808 Cohutta Springs and Lake Conasauga Songbird Outdoor Ministries Management Area Take part in educational classes on Enjoy a variety of outdoor activity subjects such as Native American at Lake Conasauga, the highest lake lore, pioneer life, geology, gold in Georgia. The area attracts many panning, stargazing, and more. types of birds. Rope courses, rock climbing, 3941 U.S. Hwy. 76 canoeing, and tennis are among the Chatsworth, GA 30705 sports and outdoor activities 706-695-6736 offered. Website: www.fs.fed.us 1175 Cohutta Springs Rd. Crandall, GA 30711 Murray County Courthouse 706-695-9093, 800-940-6789 Erected in 1816. Website: www.cohuttasprings.com P.O. Box 1129 Chatsworth, GA 30705 706-695-2413

Muscogee County, created in 1825, was named for the Muskogee Indians also known as the Creek Indians.

Visitor Information Columbus RedStixx Baseball Lake Harding (Barlett's Ferry) Take a tour of this field, site of the and Lake Oliver Georgia Visitor Information 1996 Olympic softball games. Enjoy the great outdoors. Center Historic Golden Park Barlett's Ferry Land Management 1751 Williams Rd. 100 4th St. Office Columbus, GA 31904 Columbus, GA 31901 1516 Barlett's Ferry Rd. 706-649-7455 706-571-8866 Fortson, GA 31808 Website: www.georgiaonmymind.org 706-322-0228, 888-GPC-LAKE Columbus Riverwalk Blanton Creek Park: 706-643-7737 Columbus Convention and Take a stroll along the Visitors Bureau Chattahoochee River. Free Liberty Theater Cultural Center Black Heritage Visitors Guide Admission. This restored theater was built for P.O. Box 2768 1000 Bay Ave. black performers in 1924. 1000 Bay Ave. Columbus, GA 31901 Performances and concerts are held Columbus, GA 31902 706-322-1613 here throughout the year. 706-322-1613, 800-999-1613 Website: www.columbusga.org 823 8th Ave. Website: www.columbusga.com/ccvb Columbus, GA 31901 Columbus South Commons 706-653-7566 Sites This center hosts various sporting events, concerts, and other events. It National Infantry Museum Coca-Cola Space Science Center is also home to the Chattahoochee See weapons, uniforms, and medals Learn about space science and Valley Sports Hall of Fame. of infantrymen dating back over 300 astronomy at this hands-on center. 400 4th St. years. A gallery of military art is Explore the Challenger Learning Columbus, GA 31902 also housed here. Baltzell Ave. at Fort Benning, Bldg. 396 Center, the Mead Observatory, and 706-653-4482 Fort Benning, GA 31905 the Omnisphere Planetarium. Website: www.columbusga.org 706-545-2958 701 Front Ave.

Columbus, GA 31901 Columbus Symphony Orchestra Muscogee County Courthouse 706-649-1470 at RiverCenter This, the county's fourth courthouse, Website: www.ccssc.org The CSO began in 1855, the third was built in 1970. It stands 14- symphony formed in the nation. stories high. Columbus Museum 900 Broadway Government Center Visit this art museum with 15 P.O. Box 2425 Tenth St. permanent collections as well as Columbus, GA 31901 Columbus, GA traveling exhibits. Explore 706-323-5059, 888-332-5200

Transformations, a hands-on Website: www.csoga.org discovery gallery.

1251 Wynnton Rd. Heritage Park

Columbus, GA 31906 Learn about the industrial heritage

706-649-0713 of Columbus from 1850-1910. Website: Plaques here identify various www.columbusmuseum.com industries and businesses which contributed to the growth and Columbus Museum Uptown development of Columbus. This museum, an extension of the Seventh St. between Broadway and Columbus Museum, features Front Ave. exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations, Columbus, GA and art instruction. The gallery features rotating exhibits of American Joseph House Gallery contemporary art. Cooperative 1004 Broadway See the work of regional artists on display in this 1842 house. Columbus, GA 31901 706-221-7580 828 Broadway Website: Columbus, GA 31901 www.columbusmuseum.com 706-321-8948

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 97 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Oxbow Meadows Environmental RiverCenter Springer Opera House Learning Center for the Performing Arts Springer Opera House originally Take a trail through a wetland 900 Broadway opened in 1871. Take a tour of the habitat. Visit the hands-on nature Columbus, GA 31901 facility, still in operation, which center and learn about the natural 706-653-7993 includes a museum with antique and cultural history of the region. Website: www.riverarts.net items belonging to the opera house. Live and mounted animals are on 103 Tenth St. display. Snyder Farms Stables Columbus, GA 31901 3535 S. Lumpkin Rd. Enjoy a guided horseback ride 706-327-3688, 888-332-5200 Columbus, GA 31901 through wooded trails. Website: 706-687-4090 936 McCrary Rd. www.springeroperahouse.org Website: www.oxbow.colstate.edu Fortson, GA 31808 706-324-4806 The Studio of Jill Chancey Philips Port Columbus National Civil Historic Columbus scenes are War Naval Museum featured here. Learn about the events of the Civil 1100 Broadway War at sea. See the remains of two Columbus, GA 31901 Civil War ships. Enter a full-sized, 706-321-0393 ironclad ship and experience a naval scene of the Civil War through a combat simulator. 1002 Victory Dr. Columbus, GA 31901 706-327-9798 Website: www.portcolumbus.org

Newton County - Covington

Newton County was established in 1821. It was named in honor of Sergeant John Newton, a hero of the American Revolution.

Visitor Information Gaither Plantation Turner Lake Complex This home was built in the 1850s. It Among other things, this complex City of Oxford offers educational events, tours, offers nature trails and an outdoor Historic Driving/Walking Tour demonstrations, and Heritage Days. learning center. 110 W. Clark St. 270 Davis Ford Rd. 6185 Turner Lake Rd. Oxford, GA 30054 Covington, GA 30014 Covington, GA 30014 770-784-2000, 770-784-2148 770-786-4373 Covington-Newton County Website: www.co.newton.ga.us Website: www.newtonrecreation.com Convention and Visitors Bureau Historic Home Tours of Georgia Wildlife Federation Yarborough Oak Covington, Georgia Enjoy nature trails, bird watching, This white oak tree named "The 2101 Clark St. classes, exhibits, and more. Prince of the Forest" was deeded to Covington, GA 30014 11600 Hazelbrand Rd. itself in 1929. 770-787-3868, 800-616-8626 Covington, GA 30014 W. Clark St. Website: newtonchamber.com 770-787-7887 Oxford, GA 30054 770-787-3868 Sites Oxford College A Confederate cemetery is located Factory Shoals Park on this college campus. Enjoy the beauty of the Alcovy 100 Hamill St. River. Fishing and camping are Oxford, GA 30054 available. 800-723-8328 Ten miles south of Covington Website: www.emory.edu/oxford 770-787-6309

Oconee County - Watkinsville

Oconee County, established in 1875, was named after the Oconee River which forms part of the county's eastern boarder.

Visitor Information Happy Valley Pottery Herman C. Michael Park See pottery making, glass blowing, This park offers sporting areas, a Eagle Tavern Welcome Center, and more. Free Admission. pond, picnic areas, and trails. Free Museum, and Gift Shop 1210 Carson Graves Rd. Admission. This structure was once a tavern and Watkinsville, GA 30677 GA Hwy. 53 and Elder Rd. stagecoach stop. 706-769-5922 Watkinsville, GA 30677 Main and Third Sts. 706-769-3965 Watkinsville, GA 30677 Haygood House and 706-769-5197 Chappelle Gallery Miller's Blueberries Website: www.oconeecounty.com This home was built around 1836. It Pick your own blueberries. is the home of Happy Valley 1371 Union Church Rd. Sites Pottery. Watkinsville, GA 30677 25 S. Main St. 706-769-6359 Akridge Cemetery Watkinsville, GA 30677 U.S. Hwy. 441, one mile south of 706-310-0985 Oconee Cultural Arts Center Bishop This center, housed in a 1902 school Watkinsville, GA 30677 building, offers changing exhibits, 706-769-5197 art festivals, drama, music, classes, and special events. Antioch Christian Church 34 School St. This church was established in Watkinsville, GA 30677 1807. 1100 Antioch Church Rd. Piccadilly Farm Watkinsville, GA 30677 This 2.5 acre specialty plant nursery 706-769-6023 offers a variety of plant life. 1971 Whippoorwill Rd. Elder's Mill Covered Bridge Bishop, GA 30621 This bridge, which is still in use, 706-769-6516 was built in the 1860s. Elder's Mill Rd. Thomas Orchards

Watkinsville, GA 30677 and Greenhouse 706-769-5197 Peaches, plums, nectarines, pecans, and other Georgia products are available here. 6091 Macon Hwy. Bishop, GA 30621 706-769-6472 Website: www.gfb.org

Oglethorpe County - Lexington

Oglethorpe County, named for James Oglethorpe, was created in 1793.

Visitor Information Oglethorpe County Board of Oglethorpe County Commissioners Welcome Center Historic Oglethorpe County, Inc. P.O. Box 261 P.O. Box 56 P.O. Box 1793 Lexington, GA 30648 Crawford, GA 30630 Lexington, GA 30648 706-743-3113

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 99 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Sites Shaking Rock Park See huge granite outcroppings in Big Cloud Creek Covered Bridge unusual shapes. See a beaver pond In Watson Mill State Park, see and enjoy nature trails. Madison County Shaking Rock Rd. Lexington, GA Lexington, GA

Oglethorpe County Courthouse This beautiful structure was built in 1887. P.O. Box 261 Lexington, GA 30648 706-743-5270

Paulding County - Dallas

Paulding County was created in 1832. It was named for John Paulding, a hero of the American Revolution.

Visitor Information Sites Paulding County Museum See memorabilia and records of Paulding County Fine Arts Center events and learn the history of Chamber of Commerce See monthly special exhibits. Paulding County. Paulding County Driving Tour of P.O. Box 403 295 Johnston St. at Herschel Jones Historic Markers Dallas, GA 30132 Middle School 455 Jimmy Campbell Pkwy. 770-443-1649 Dallas, GA 30132 Dallas, GA 30132 770-445-6016 770-445-6016 New Hope Church Monument Website: This monument is located on the Pickett's Mill Battlefield www.pauldingcountygeorgia.com site of a crucial battle of the Civil Historic Site War. This well-preserved battlefield site, GA Hwy. 381 consisting of over 760 acres, Dallas, GA 30132 includes earthworks and a museum. 770-445-6016 Hiking trails are also available. Website: Tabor Chruch Rd. www.pauldingcountygeorgia.com Dallas, GA 30132 770-443-7850 Paulding County Courthouse Website: www.gastateparks.org This building was completed in 1892. 120 E. Memorial Dr. Dallas, GA 30132 770-443-7550

Peach County - Fort Valley

Peach County, established in 1924, was the last county created in Georgia. It was named for the peaches grown in the area.

Visitor Information Peach County Chamber of Sites Commerce Byron Convention and Visitors 201 Oakland Heights Pkwy. Anderson House Museum Bureau and Welcome Center Fort Valley, GA 31030 Explore the late 1800s. Free 100 W. Heritage Blvd. 478-825-3733, 478-827-1557 Admission. Byron, GA 31008 Website: www.peachcountyga.com 1005 State University Dr. 478-956-2409, 888-686-3496 Fort Valley, GA 31030 Website: www.byronga.com 478-825-6445

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 100 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Annabelle Lundy Fetterman Blue-Bird Company Jail House Alley Art Center Porcelain Museum See where buses, school buses, and See the work of local artists. Annual See the world's largest display of motor homes are manufactured. show and sale held in the fall. Boehm porcelain sculptures. 400 N. Camellia Blvd. Fort Valley, GA 100 Massee Ln. Fort Valley, GA 31030 Fort Valley, GA 31030 478-822-2546 Jolly Nut Company 478-967-2358 Website: www.blue-bird.com This store offering gourmet gifts Website: www.camellias-acs.com from Georgia has been open since Byron Depot 1925. Big 6 Farm Visit this restored 1870 railroad P.O. Box 1255 Enjoy a tour of a peach and pecan depot which holds a pictorial history 100 Commercial St. farm. of the town, artifacts, and Fort Valley, GA 31030 5575 Zenith Mill Rd. memorabilia. 478-825-7733, 800-332-1505 Fort Valley, GA 31030 101 E. Heritage St. 478-825-7504 Byron, GA 31008 Lane Packing Company Website: www.pearsonfarm.com 888-686-3496, 478-956-2409 Take a free tour of this peach Website: www.byronga.com packing facility which was founded in 1908. C. W. Pettigrew Farm and Hwy. 96 Community Life Center Fort Valley, GA 31030 This center offers changing art 478-825-3592, 800-277-3224 exhibits. Website: www.lanepacking.com 1005 State University Dr. Fort Valley, GA 31030 Massee Lane Gardens 478-825-6478 Enjoy the beauty of a camellia Website: www.fvsu.com garden, a Japanese garden, and a rose garden, as well as other annuals Generation Gap and perennials. Come see a showroom of antique 100 Massee Ln. cars. The Generation Gap also Fort Valley, GA 31030 houses an antique mall. 478-967-2358 123 Peachtree Park Website: www.camellias-acs.com Byron, GA 31008 478-956-2678 Website: www.thegenerationgap.com

Pickens County - Jasper

Pickens County, established in 1853, was named for General Andrew Pickens. Pickens became well-known after his victories over the British in South Carolina and Georgia during the American Revolution.

Visitor Information Sites Historic Tate House Built in 1924, this Pink Etowah Pickens County Chamber of Artist-In-Residence Marble mansion features Old World Commerce See the work of Eino, a sculptor, antiques and period furnishings. 500 Stegall Dr. and tour his studio. Hwy. 53 E. Jasper, GA 30143 25 Sable Ct. P.O. Box 33 706-692-5600 Jasper, GA 30143 Tate, GA 30177 Website: 770-735-7250 770-735-3122 www.georgiamarble-mountain.org John's Mill Visit a water-run mill built circa 1900. See an old stone dam and log cabin. Open on weekends only. Hwy. 53 Hinton, GA

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 101 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Kirby-Quinton Heritage Cabin Marble Museum Oglethorpe Monument This cabin was primarily See examples of fine marble and Dedicated in 1930 and refurbished constructed from the remains of an learn about the history of marble in the 1990s. 1860s home. It is furnished with mining in Pickens County. Across from the jail on Main St. antiques. Pickens County 141 N. Main St. Chamber of Commerce Old Pickens County Jail Jasper, GA 30143 500 Stegall Dr. This jail was in use from 1909 until 706-268-3129 Jasper, GA 30143 1982. The lower level served as the Website: www.marblevalley.org 706-692-5600 living quarters for the jailer and his Website: www.georgiamarble- family while the second story was mountain.org for prisoners. 141 N. Main St. Marble School House Jasper, GA 30143 Take a tour of the nation's only 706-268-3129 public school constructed of marble. Website: www.marblevalley.org This school is currently used for kindergarten through third grade. Sharptop Mountains Art Center Free Admission. Jasper, GA 30148 5630 GA Hwy. 53 E. 706-692-5600 Tate, GA 30177 706-692-5600 Swan Center Monastery This center is home to more than Marble Quarry Tours 100 animals. Programs and Offered during the Marble Festival activities are offered. held the first weekend of October. 75 Swan Center Dr. Drive-by viewing year-round. Marble Hill, GA 30148 770-893-3525 Website: www.swancenter.org

Pierce County - Blackshear

Pierce County was formed in 1857. It was named for President Franklin Pierce whose term in office had ended earlier that same year. for sites in Waycross, see Ware County

Visitor Information Indian Wars. See the monument to Pierce County him on Main Street. Heritage Museum and Depot Pierce County Main St. This museum, located in a restored Chamber of Commerce Blackshear, GA 31516 1902 depot, displays exhibits about 200 Central Ave. 912-449-7044 the Civil War and Pierce County. Blackshear, GA 31516 Website: www.piercecounty.org Also located here are the Pierce County Chamber of Commerce and 912-449-7044 Pierce County Courthouse a genealogical library. Free Website: www.piercecounty.org This structure was built in 1902. Admission. P.O. Box 679 200 S. Central Ave. Sites Blackshear, GA 31516 Blackshear, GA 31516 912-449-2022 912-449-7044 Blackshear Civil War Prison An historical marker designates this Website: www.piercecounty.org site where thousands of Union prisoners were brought in 1864. Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Hwy. 203 N. and Cemetery Blackshear, GA 31516 This building was built in the 1830s. 912-449-7044 Buried in the cemetery are veterans Website: www.piercecounty.org from the Revolutionary War up to the present. Blackshear Military Road County Farm Rd. David Blackshear, for whom Blackshear, GA 31516 Blackshear is named, built a military 912-449-7044 road through town during the Creek Website: www.piercecounty.org Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 102 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Pike County - Zebulon

Pike County was created in 1822. General Zebulon Pike, for whom the county was named, was a western explorer killed during the War of 1812.

Visitor Information Sites Pike County Courthouse Built in 1895. Pike County Gerald I. Lawhorn Canoe Base P.O. Box 377 Chamber of Commerce and Training Center Zebulon, GA 30295 118 Concord St. This area offers a mountain bike 770-567-3216 Zebulon, GA 30295 trail, climbing trails, and hiking 770-567-0616 trails. Canoeing is not open to the Website: public. www.pikechamberofcommerce.com Thunder Scout Reservation 1166 Dripping Rock Rd. Molena, GA 30258 706-646-2255 Website: www.thunderbsa.org

Inn Scarlett's Footsteps See a large private collection of Gone With the Wind memorabilia. 40 Old Flat Shoals Rd. Concord, GA 30206 770-884-9012, 800-886-7355 Website: www.gwtw.com

Polk County - Cedartown

In 1851, Polk County was created and named after former President James K. Polk who had died two years earlier.

Visitor Information Big Spring Park and Water Plant Cedartown Civic Auditorium Facility The auditorium presents premium Polk County This is the South's second largest entertainment and sponsors a Chamber of Commerce limestone spring. Water plant tours children's enrichment program. 512 Main St. are available by appointment. Free 205 East Ave. Cedartown, GA 30125 Admission. Cedartown, GA 30125 770-749-1652, 800-226-2517 301 Wissahickon Ave. 770-748-4168, 800-830-8910 Website: polk.ofgeorgia.org Cedartown, GA 30125 Website: www.ccauditorium.com 770-748-1225 Polk County Chamber of Confederate Memorial Commerce and Development This monument was erected in 1906 Authority by the Daughters of the 604 Goodyear St. Confederacy to honor Confederate Rockmart, GA 30153 veterans. 770-684-8760 100 Prior St. Cedartown, GA 30125 Sites 770-749-1652

The Art Center Georgia's Oldest Soda Fountain Offering theatrical performances, an art Cedartown, GA 30125 gallery, classes, workshops, and more. P.O. Box 902 118 Elm St. Rockmart, GA 30153 770-684-5888, 770-684-5454

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 103 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Goodyear Mill Village Polk County Historical Society Sterling Holloway Marker Drive through this residential area Museum and Gardens This marker pays tribute to actor with 180 homes built in the 1930s Learn the history of Polk County at Sterling Holloway of Cedartown. by Goodyear. this museum housed in a 1924 Holloway was the voice of Disney's Goodyear St. building. Winnie-the-Pooh. Rockmart, GA 30153 205 N. College St. Corner of College St. and Sterling 770-684-8760 Cedartown, GA 30125 Holloway Place 770-749-0073 Cedartown, GA 30125 Hightower Falls 770-749-1652 Camping cabins and hiking trails Rose Hill Cemetery and Gazebo are offered here. Open by Within this cemetery is a gazebo St. James Episcopal Church appointment. built in 1891. Built in 1883, this is the oldest church 771 Hightower Falls Rd. Elm St. building in Cedartown still in use. Cedartown, GA 30125 Rockmart, GA 30153 Cedartown, GA 770-748-8588 770-684-8760 Van Wert Methodist Church Polk County Courthouse The Round House Built in 1857. Built in 1951. This unique structure, currently a 604 Goodyear St. Prior St. florist shop, was constructed in the Rockmart, GA 30153 Cedartown, GA early 1900s and is said to be the 770-684-8760 first house built of cement in the Polk County Courthouse #2 state. West Cinema This 1935 building was originally 438 Jones Ave. This movie theater was built in the city hall but is now used as an Rockmart, GA 30153 Art Deco style in 1941 and has been annex to the courthouse. 770-684-8760 maintained in its original design. 100 Prior St. 112 West Ave. Cedartown, GA 30125 Cedartown, GA 30125 770-749-1652 770-748-3090

Pulaski County - Hawkinsville

Pulaski County was created in 1808. It was named for Count Casimir Pulaski from Poland who fought with the Americans during the Revolutionary War.

Visitor Information completed in 1908. Veterans Memorial Park 100 N. Lumpkin St. Enjoy the views of Ocmulgee River Hawkinsville-Pulaski Hawkinsville, GA 31036 from this park. Free Admission. Chamber of Commerce 478-783-1717, 478-783-1884 Florida Ave. 108 N. Lumpkin St. Website: www.hawkinsville.org Hawkinsville, GA 31036 Hawkinsville, GA 31036 478-783-1717 478-783-1717 Pulaski County Courthouse Website: www.hawkinsville.org Website: www.hawkinsville.org This courthouse was built in 1874. The clock tower and portico were Sites added in an 1897 remodeling. It was again renovated and altered in 1910 Gooseneck Farms and again in 1936. The courthouse A local pecan candy company. was restored in 2002. Hwy 129 S. Hawkinsville, GA Hawkinsville, GA 31036 478-783-1717 478-783-1063 Website: www.hawkinsville.org Website: www.gooseneckfarms.com Taylor Hall Drive by this home built in 1824 by Old Opera House Dr. R. N. Taylor with Creek Indian Take a free tour of this opera house, labor. The plantation home is featuring a hand-painted canvas known as the oldest in the county. stage curtain. The building was Kibbee St. Hawkinsville, GA 31036 478-783-1717 Website: www.hawkinsville.org Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 104 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Putnam County - Eatonton

Putnam County was established in 1807. It was named for Israel Putnam, a Revolutionary War general.

Visitor Information Sites Oconee Springs Park This park offers camping and Eatonton-Putnam Br'er Rabbit Statue boating. Chamber of Commerce This statue is a tribute to Joel 109 S. Springs Rd. Alice Walker Driving Tour Chandler Harris, writer and creator Eatonton, GA 31024 P.O. Box 4088 of the Uncle Remus Stories, who 706-485-8423 105 W. Sumter St. was born and raised in Eatonton. Website: www.eatonton.com Eatonton, GA 31024 Courthouse Square 706-485-7701 Eatonton, GA 31024 Putnam County Courthouse Website: www.eatonton.com 706-485-7701 This courthouse was built in 1905. Website: www.eatonton.com It stands on one of the largest and most beautiful public squares in the Lake Oconee state of Georgia. Enjoy a variety of outdoor Eatonton, GA activities. 706-485-7701 Eatonton, GA 31024 Website: www.eatonton.com 706-485-7701 Website: www.eatonton.com Rock Eagle Effigy It is believed that Creek Indians Lake Sinclair built this effigy as a ceremonial Enjoy scenic beauty and various meeting place. outdoor activities. 350 Rock Eagle Rd., N.W. Eatonton, GA 31024 Eatonton, GA 31024 706-485-7701 706-484-2831 Website: www.eatonton.com Uncle Remus Museum Lawrence Shoals Recreation Area John Chandler Harris and Uncle Enjoy camping, boating, and more Remus memorabilia are housed in on Lake Oconee. this museum created from two slave 125 Wallace Dam Rd., N.E. cabins. Eatonton, GA 31024 U.S. Hwy. 441 S. 706-485-8704 Eatonton, GA 31024 Website: www.eatonton.com 706-485-6856 Website: www.eatonton.com

Quitman County - Georgetown

Quitman County was created in 1858. General John A. Quitman fought in the Mexican War and served as governor of Mississippi. He became popular in Georgia for his defense of states' rights. Quitman County was named in his honor five months after his death.

Sites Quitman County Courthouse This courthouse was built in 1939. Lake Walter F. George P.O. Box 114 Enjoy outdoor activities on this Georgetown, GA 39854 48,000 acre fresh water lake. 229-334-0903 229-732-2683

Rabun County was organized in 1819. It was named for William Rabun who had died two months earlier while serving as governor of Georgia.

Visitor Information Coleman River Scenic Area Hambridge Center Enjoy hiking alongside a stream. This center features historic Rabun County Chamber of Forest Service Rd. 70 buildings and an art gallery. Commerce, Convention and Clayton, GA 30525 Historic gristmill grinds on the first Visitors Bureau, and 770-782-3320 Saturday of each month. Free Welcome Center Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Admission. P.O. Box 750 Betty's Creek Rd. 232 U.S. Hwy. 441 N. Dick's Creek Falls Rabun Gap, GA 30568 Clayton, GA 30525 A 60-foot waterfall. Free 706-746-7187, 706-746-5718 706-782-4812 Admission. Website: www.hambridge.org Website: Off Dick's Creek Rd. www.gamountains.com/rabun Clayton, GA 30525 Holcomb Creek Falls 706-782-3320 See the magnificence of a 150-foot Sites Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf waterfall. Ammons Creek Falls is also viewable here. Andy's Trout Farm, Cabins, and Dillard House Stables Off Warwoman Rd. Campground Enjoy farm, river, and trail rides. Clayton, GA 30525 Offering stocked fishing ponds and Children's ring rides and riding 706-782-3320 rental fishing equipment and cabins. lessons are also available. Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Betty's Creek Rd. Old Dillard Rd. Dillard, GA 30537 Dillard, GA 30537 Lake Rabun-GA Power 706-746-2550 706-746-2038, 706-782-5630 (after Enjoy a beach, fishing, boating, Website: www.andystroutfarm.com hours) camping, and lodging. Website: Lake Rabuun Rd. Becky Branch Falls www.dillardhousestables.com Clayton, GA 30525 20-foot waterfall. Free Admission. 706-782-4014 Warwoman Rd. Ellicott Rock Wilderness Area Website: www.southernco.com Clayton, GA 30525 Explore waterfalls and mountains. 706-782-3320 Free Admission. Lake Tugalo-GA Power Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Forest Service Rd. 646 Enjoy camping, fishing, and Clayton, GA 30525 boating. Black Rock Mountain State Park 706-782-3320 Off U.S. Hwy. 441 N. Hike along trails and enjoy the Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Tallulah Falls, GA 30573 beauty of the Blue Ridge 706-782-4014 Mountains. Camping, cottages, Foxfire Museum Website: www.southernco.com picnicking, and fishing are also Learn about Appalachian life. Free available. Admission. Lake Seed – GA Power Black Rock Mountain Pkwy. 2839 U.S. Hwy. 441 S. Enjoy a variety of outdoor activity. Mountain City, GA 30562 Mountain City, GA 30562 Off Lake Rabun Rd. 706-746-2141 706-746-5828 Clayton, GA 30525 Website: www.gastateparks.org Website: www.foxfire.org 706-782-4014 Website: www.southernco.com Georgia Heritage Center for the Arts Minnehaha Falls See artists demonstrate their work. This waterfall is approximately 100 Free Admission. feet high. 11785 U.S. Hwy. 441 N. Off Bear Gap Rd. Tallulah Falls, GA 30573 Tallulah Falls, GA 30573 706-754-5989 706-782-3320 Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 106 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Nantahala Outdoor Center Southern Nantahala Tut's Game Preserve Enjoy white water through guide- Wilderness Area This preserve offers pony rides, assisted or rental trips. Enjoy hiking, wildlife viewing, and hiking trails, stocked fishing 851-A Chattooga Ridge Rd. the magnificence of the mountains. streams, and exotic animals. Clayton, GA 30525 Tullulah River Rd. Tut's Mountain 864-638-5980, 800-232-7238 Clayton, GA 30525 U.S. Hwy. 441 S. and Seed Tick Website: www.noc.com 706-782-3320 Rd. Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Clayton, GA 30525 Popcorn Overlook 706-782-6218, 800-621-1768 Enjoy a picnic while viewing the Tallulah Falls Lake-GA Power Website: www.tutsmountain.com beautiful mountains of West A 63-acre Georgia Power reservoir Clayton. dating back to 1912. Warwoman Dell Recreation Area U.S. Hwy. 76 W. U.S. Hwy. 441 S. This area is abundant with Clayton, GA 30525 Clayton, GA 30525 wildflowers. Enjoy Bartram Trail 706-782-3320 706-782-40143 first blazed by William Bartram Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Website: www.southernco.com over 200 years ago. Warwoman Rd. Rabun Beach Recreation Area Tallulah Gallery Clayton, GA 30525 Enjoy hiking, boating, swimming, See various forms of art displayed 706-782-3320 and fishing. here from paintings and pottery to Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Lake Rabun Rd. S. folk art and furniture. Clayton, GA 30525 500 Scenic Loop 15, Old U.S. Hwy. Warwoman Wildlife 706-782-3320 441 Management Area Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Tallulah Falls, GA 30573 See Georgia's second-highest 706-754-6020 mountain and enjoy camping, Sandy Bottom Recreation Area Website: www.tallulahgallery.com hunting, fishing, hiking, bird Camping, fishing, and rugged watching, and more. mountain scenery. Tallulah Gorge State Park Warwoman Rd. Forest Service Rd. 70 Enjoy over 20 miles of hiking and Clayton, GA 30525 Calyton, GA 30525 biking trails, an interpretive center, 770-535-5700 706-782-3320 swimming, fishing, and camping. Website: Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf 338 Jane Hurt Yarn Dr. www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/wild Tallulah Falls, GA 30573 Sky Valley 706-754-7970 Wildcat Express Georgia's only ski resort. Website: www.gastateparks.org Tour the Southern Appalachian Sky Valley, GA Rainforest about the Wildcat 706-746-5302 Tallulah River Recreation Area Express. Website: www.skyvalley.com Explore this rugged scenery. Betty's Creek Rd. Forest Service Rd. 70 Dillard, GA 30537 Southeastern Expeditions- Clayton, GA 30525 800-238-7230 Chattooga River Rafting 706-782-3320 Website: Take a guided trip on the white Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf www.thewildcatexpress.com water rapids. 7350 U.S. Hwy. 76 E. Tate Branch Recreation Area Wildwater Ltd. Rafting Clayton, GA 30525 Enjoy fishing and camping in a Off Hwy. 76 404-329-0433, 800-868-7238 remote mountain setting. Clayton, GA 30525 Website: Forest Service Rd. 70 864-647-9487, 800-451-9972 www.southeasternexpeditions.com Clayton, GA 30525 Website: 706-782-3320 www.wildwaterrafting.com Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Willis Knob Recreation Area Enjoy horseback riding, camping, fishing, and hiking. Willis Knob Rd. Clayton, GA 30525 706-782-3320 Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf

Randolph County was created in 1828. It was named for John Randolph, congressman from Virginia. This was the second county named for John Randolph. After a first county was named in his honor, Randolph became unpopular in Georgia because of his opposition to the War of 1812. That county became Jasper County. By 1828, however, Randolph's reputation had been restored and a new county was named in his honor.

Visitor Information Sites Randolph County Courthouse This courthouse was constructed in City of Cuthbert Andrew College 1887. It was built in the Queen Court St. Andrew College began as a college Anne style. P.O. Box 100 for women in 1854. It was closed Cuthbert, GA Cuthbert, GA 31740 for three years during the Civil War 229-732-3161 and the site was used as a Confederate hospital. The original City of Shellman buildings burned in 1892, but they P.O. Box 60 were rebuilt. The college became Shellman, GA 31786 coeducational in 1956. 229-679-5306 413 College St. Cuthbert, GA 39840 Southwest Georgia 229-732-2171, 800-664-9250 Chamber of Commerce Website: www.andrewcollege.edu 201 N. Lumpkin St. Cuthbert, GA 31740 Fletcher Henderson House 229-732-2683 An historical marker designates this Website: private residence which was once www.swgeorgiachamber.com the home of jazz musician Fletcher Henderson. The house was built in 1888. Andrew St. Cuthbert, GA

Richmond County - Augusta

Richmond County was established in 1777 with the adoption of the state's first constitution. The land originally belonged to the Creek Indians and was ceded to the English in 1733. The county was named for the Duke of Richmond, Charles Lenox, who was a sympathizer of the rights of American colonies.

Visitor Information Sites Augusta Canal Interpretive Center Augusta Metropolitan Appleby House/ Learn the story of the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau Appleby Branch Library Canal, which was built in 1845. P.O. Box 1331 This pre-Civil War home now Explore the exhibits showing how 1450 Greene St., Ste. 110 houses a public library. the canal works, how cotton is Augusta, GA 30903 2260 Walton Way turned into cloth, what it was like to 706-823-6600, 800-726-0243 Augusta, GA 30904 live in mill housing, and more. Website: www.augustaga.org 706-736-6244 Visitors can also enjoy walking, Website: www.ecgrl.public.lib.ga.us biking, and boating at the canal. Georgia Visitor 1450 Greene St., Ste. 400 Information Center Artists' Row Augusta, GA 30901 P.O. Box 211090 See over two dozen art galleries, 706-823-0440 Martinez, GA 30917-1090 studios, and shops. Enjoy Website: www.augustacanal.com 706-737-1446 demonstrations and entertainment Website: www.georgiaonmymind.org one evening each month. 1000 block of Broad St. Augusta, GA 30901 706-823-6600

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 108 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Augusta Cotton Exchange Cedar Grove Cemetery Ezekiel Harris House Welcome Center and Museum This cemetery was Augusta's first This home was built in 1797 by a The Augusta Welcome Center is for African Americans, both slave tobacco merchant and is a housed in the historic Cotton and free. wonderful example of 18th-century Exchange Building. Learn about East Boundary St. domestic architecture. cotton cultivation and commerce Augusta, GA 30901 1822 Broad St. through the museum. Free 706-823-6600 Augusta, GA 30904 Admission. 706-724-0436 32 Eighth St. Church of the Most Holy Trinity Augusta, GA 30901 This building, constructed in 1810, First Presbyterian Church 706-724-4067 is the oldest Catholic church This building was designed by Website: www.augustaga.org building in Georgia. The marble Robert Mills, architect of the altars were smuggled here through Washington Monument. President Union lines during the Civil War. Woodrow Wilson's father was 720 Telfair St. pastor of the church from 1858 until P.O. Box 2446 1870. During the Civil War, the Augusta, GA 30903 building served as a Confederate 706-722-4944 hospital. Website: 642 Telfair St. www.themostholytrinity.org Augusta, GA 30901 706-823-2450 Confederate Monument Website: www.firstpresaugusta.org This monument depicts Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and others Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art who fought for the Confederacy, Tour the art exhibits housed in this includung a private. It was among 1818 building. Augusta Golf and Gardens the first Civil War monuments 506 Telfair St. Enjoy the beautiful gardens and see erected in the South. Augusta, GA 30901 larger-than-life statues of some of Between Seventh and Eighth Sts. at 706-722-5495 golf's greatest masters. Also here is Broad St. the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame. Augusta, GA 30901 Imperial Theatre One 12th St. 706-823-6600, 800-726-0243 Today this 1917 theater, formerly a Augusta, GA 30901 vaudeville palace, is home to the 706-724-44432, 888-874-4443 Confederate Powderworks Augusta Ballet, the Augusta Opera, Website: www.gghf.org Chimney community theater, and other Only the smokestack remains of the performances. Augusta Museum of History massive Confederate Powderworks 749 Broad St. Explore the history of Augusta and which was built by the Confederate Augusta, GA 30901 visit the Susan Still children's States of America. Colonel Reins 706-722-8293 discovery gallery. See artifacts from requested that the smokestack Website: www.imperialtheatre.com pre-Colonial America, the remain as a monument to those who Revolutionary War, and the Civil built and worked within the site. Lucy Craft Laney Museum of War. The museum houses changing 1717 Goodrich St. Black History exhibits and offers special events Augusta, GA 30904 After being born into slavery, Lucy throughout the year. 706-823-0440 Craft Laney founded Augusta's first 560 Reynolds St. black kindergarten and black Augusta, GA 30901 Enterprise Mill nursing school, as well as the 706-722-8454 This 19th-century textile mill has Haines Normal Institute. This Website: www.augustamuseum.org been transformed into offices and museum features artifacts from apartments, but factory artifacts are Laney's life as well as exhibits on Bell Auditorium scattered throughout the corridors notable Black Augustans. Changing Bell Auditorium offers Broadway and grounds. art and history exhibits are also on series, symphonies, and other 1450 Green St. display. concerts. Augusta, GA 30901 1116 Phillips St. 712 Telfair St. 706-262-4001 Augusta, GA 30901 Augusta, GA 30901 Website: www.enterprisemill.com 706-724-3576 706-722-3521 Website: www.lucycraftlaneymuseum.com

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 109 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Magnolia Cemetery Paine College Signal Corp. Museum Among those buried here are over This college, historically for blacks, This museum houses a collection of 500 Confederate veterans and seven was established in 1882. communications materials including generals. The cemetery's eastern Throughout the year, the Gilbert artifacts from major wars. wall served as a defense line for Lambeth Chapel offers concerts, Conrad Hall, Bldg. 29807 Augusta in 1864. Still visible today lectures, and performances. Fort Gordon, GA are patches from cannon balls fired 1235 15th St. 706-791-2818, 706-791-3856 during the Civil War. Augusta, GA 30901-3182 Website: 702 Third St. 706-821-8206 www.gordon.army.mil/museum Augusta, GA 30901 Website: www.paine.edu 706-823-6600 Signers Monument Phinizy Swamp Nature Park Buried beneath this monument are Meadow Garden House Museum See blue herons, bobcats, alligators, two signers of the Declaration of George Walton, signer of the and other wildlife in their natural Independence, Lyman Hall and Declaration of Independence, once environments. Enjoy the wetlands George Walton. resided in this house. The house, and swamps, nature trails, Greene St. at Monument St. built before 1791, is the oldest boardwalks, and observation decks Augusta, GA 30901 house in Augusta. at this park of over 1,000 acres near 706-724-0436 1320 Independence Dr. Augusta. Augusta, GA 30901 Office: Springfield Baptist Church 706-724-4174 540B Telfair St. This church was founded in 1787 Augusta, GA 30901 and is the oldest black church in the Morris Museum of Art 706-828-2109 country. It was founded by African This museum features a collection Americans and the current building highlighting 200 years of painting in Riverwalk Augusta stands on the original site. It is the the South, as well as changing Stroll down the walkways beside oldest church building in the city of exhibits. the Savannah River. The Riverwalk Augusta. One Tenth St. offers Heroes' Overlook memorial, 114 12th St. at Reynolds St. Augusta, GA 30901 an amphitheater, and historical Augusta, GA 30901 706-724-7501 markers. Enjoy concerts and 706-724-1056 Website: www.themorris.org festivals throughout the year. Between Fifth and Tenth Sts. Springfield Village Park National Science Center's Augusta, GA 30901 This park highlights the legacy of Fort Discovery 706-823-6600 Springfield Baptist Church and the Explore 270 hands-on exhibits. community from which it One Seventh St. Sacred Heart Cultural Center developed. Augusta, GA 30901 This former Catholic church 1200 block of Reynolds St. 706-821-0200, 800-325-5445 building was constructed between Augusta, GA 30901 Website: 1897 and 1900. It now hosts public 706-823-6600 www.nationalsciencecenter.org and private functions throughout the year. Tours available by St. Paul's Episcopal Church Old Government House appointment. The original structure was This 1801 structure was built for 1301 Greene St. constructed as part of the British local government but became a Augusta, GA 30901 colonial outpost Fort Augusta in private residence in 1821. Today, 708-826-4700 1750. The current building dates the restored building is used for Website: back to 1918. receptions and group functions. www.sacredheartaugusta.org 605 Reynolds St. (on the Riverwalk) Tours are available by appointment. Augusta, GA 30901 432 Telfair St. Savannah Rapids Pavilion 706-724-2485 Augusta, GA 30901 Look out from the observation deck Website: www.saintpauls.org 706-821-1812 at this conference center and see the Savannah River, the rapids, and the Tabernacle Baptist Church Old Medical College Augusta Canal. This church was begun by C.T. Home of the first medical college in 3300 Evans-to-Lock Rd. Walker, an early civil rights orator Georgia from 1835-1912. Martinez, GA 30907 of the 20th century. 598 Telfair St. 706-868-3349 1223 Laney-Walker Blvd. Augusta, GA 30901 Website: www.savannahrapids.com Augusta, GA 30901 706-721-7238 706-724-1230

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 110 © 2003 The Notgrass Company WAAW Radio William Few Homestead Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home This radio station is owned by soul Few was a signer of the United Woodrow Wilson, who became the singer James Brown. The station's States Constitution. His original 28th president of the United States, storefront studios are visible from 1781 home was destroyed by fire in lived with his family in this home the corner of James Brown 1930 but was rebuilt in the same for thirteen years. It has been Boulevard and Broad Street. style. restored to its original design and is James Brown Blvd. (Ninth St.) and 605 Reynolds St. furnished with period items. 870 Broad St. Augusta, GA 30901 419 Seventh St. Augusta, GA 30901 706-724-2485 Augusta, GA 30901 706-724-9490 706-724-0436, 706-722-9828

Rockdale County - Conyers

Rockdale County was created in 1870. It was named for Rockdale Church which was named for the large amounts of granite and related rock found in the area.

Visitor Information Haralson Mill Covered Bridge Old Jail Museum See this covered bridge on the This structure served as a jail from Conyers Convention and corner of Black Shoals Lake. its construction in 1897 until 1969. Visitors Bureau Haralson Mill Rd. (off Bethel Rd.) Today it houses a museum. Free 1184 Scott St. Conyers, GA 30012 Admission. Conyers, GA 30012 770-785-5922 Milstead Ave. 770-929-4270, 800-266-9377 Website: www.rockdalecounty.org Conyers, GA 30012 Website: www.conyersga.com 770-602-2606, 800-CONYERS Lewis Vaughn Botanical Gardens Website: www.conyersga.com Conyers Welcome Center These gardens allow visitors to see 895 Iris Dr. plants native to Georgia's Piedmont Pine Log Park Conyers, GA 30094 region. Enjoy tennis courts, picnic areas, 770-602-2606, 800-266-9377 Main, Center, Commercial, and playgrounds, and nature trails. Free Website: www.conyersga.com Railroad Sts. Admission. Conyers, GA 30012 1451 Pine Log Rd. Sites 770-602-2606, 800-CONYERS Conyers, GA 30012 Website: www.conyersga.com 770-761-3058 Black Shoals Park Website: www.rockdalecounty.org Enjoy fishing, boating, picnicking, Milstead 104 Dinky and hiking at this 650-acre reservoir. Steam Locomotive 3001 Black Shoals Rd. The 1905 Rogers steam locomotive Conyers, GA 30012 once ran between Conyers and 770-761-1611, 770-785-5922 nearby Milstead, hauling cotton Website: www.rockdalecounty.org bales from the main line to a textile mill. The engine is one of only three Conyers Depot of its kind left in the world. This 1891 depot was once an Greene St. important stop on the route from Conyers, GA 30012 Augusta to Atlanta. 770-602-2606, 800-CONYERS Railroad and Center Sts. Website: www.conyersga.com Conyers, GA 30012 770-602-2606, 800-CONYERS Monastery of Our Lady Website: www.conyersga.com of the Holy Spirit This monastery has been home to Georgia International Horse Park Cistercian monks for about 60 years. This facility offers horse and bike The Abbey Church is open to visitors. trails and special events. It was the Greenhouse, lake, and picnic areas are home of the 1996 Olympic equestrian also available. Free Admission. and mountain biking events. 2625 Hwy. 212 S.W. 1996 Centennial Olympic Pkwy. Conyers, GA 30094 Conyers, GA 30013 770-483-8705, 770-602-2606 770-602-2606, 800-CONYERS Website: www.trappist.net Website: www.conyersga.com

Schley County was created in 1857. It was named in honor of William Schley, former governor and congressman.

Visitor Information Sites

Ellaville-Schley County Chamber Schley County Courthouse of Commerce Built in 1899. 317 E. Oglethorpe St. P.O. Box 352 Ellaville, GA 31806 Ellaville, GA 31806 229-937-2262 229-937-2544

Screven County - Sylvania

Screven County was established in 1793. It was named for Brig. Gen. James Screven who was killed in the Revolutionary War.

Visitor Information Sites

Georgia Visitor Information Burton's Ferry Site Center-Sylvania A marker designates the ferry site 8463 Burton's Ferry Hwy. used by settlers around 1815. Sylvania, GA 30467 Hwy. 301 N. 912-829-3331 Sylvania, GA 30467 Website: 912-564-7878 www.georgiaonmymind.org Screven County Courthouse This structure was built in 1964. P.O. Box 159 Sylvania, GA 30467 912-564-7535

Seminole County - Donalsonville

Seminole County, named for the Seminole Indians who once lived in the area, was created in 1920.

Visitor Information Sites

Donalsonville-Seminole County Chattahoochee River Chamber of Commerce Enjoy this river, located on the Hwy. 84 E. Georgia/Alabama state line, and the Donalsonville, GA 31745 variety of outdoor activities available. 229-524-2588 GA Hwy. 91 Website: www.donalsonvillega.com Donalsonville, GA 31745 229-524-2588 Website: www.donalsonvillega.com

Olive Theatre This 1928 building is home to the Seminole County Arts Council which offers cultural events. Donalsonville, GA

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 112 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Seminole State Park Two Palm Courthouse Wall Mural Enjoy fishing, boating, camping and This courthouse, built in 1920, is This mural depicts historic farming cottages, swimming, a nature trail, the only courthouse in the state with life. and more on Lake Seminole. Tours palm trees. Tennille Ave. are available of the Jim Roodruff Donalsonville, GA Donalsonville, GA Lock and Dam. Hwy. 253 Donalsonville, GA 31745 229-861-3137 Website: www.gastateparks.org

Spalding County - Griffin

Spalding County was created in 1851. It was named for Thomas Spalding, Georgia planter, Congressman, and political leader.

Visitor Information Doc Holliday Museum Griffin Museum and Art Gallery Learn about the life and times of Learn about the history of Griffin Griffin Regional Welcome Center Doc Holliday. Free Admission. and Spalding County. See the work and Griffin/Spalding Chamber of 209 N. 13th St. of local artists. Commerce Griffin, GA 30223 143 N. Hill St. Self-Guided Tour of Downtown 770-412-9180 Griffin, GA 30223 Griffin Georgia and its Environs Website: 770-228-8200 Brochure available which includes a www.dochollidaysociety.com Website: www.griffincoc. list of the historical markers in home.mindspring.com Spalding County. P.O. Box 73 Stonewall Cemetery 143 N. Hill St. Among those buried here are many Griffin, GA 30224 Confederate and Union soldiers. 770-228-8200 E. Taylor St. Website: www.griffincoc. Griffin, GA 30223 home.mindspring.com 770-228-8200

Sites University of Georgia Research and Education Garden Bailey-Tebault House This garden displays research and Take a tour of this mid-1800s home demonstration projects. Free that now serves as the headquarters Admission. for the Griffin/Spalding Historical Georgia Station Society. Free Admission. 1109 Experiment St. 633 Meriwether St. Griffin, GA 30233 Griffin, GA 30224 770-229-3367 770-229-2432 Website: www.griffin.peachnet.edu/garden

Stephens County - Toccoa

Stephens County, established in 1905, was named for Georgia politician Alexander Stephens.

Visitor Information Sites Currahee Mountain Enjoy the trails on this mountain, Toccoa-Stephens County Camp Toccoa Driving Tour the last of the Blue Ridge chain. Chamber of Commerce and Brochures are available that allow Free Admission. Welcome Center you to revisit WW II Currachee GA Hwy. 17 901 E. Currahee St. Mountain Paratrooper Camp. Toccoa, GA 30577 Toccoa, GA 30577 Contact Stephens County Historical 706-886-2132 706-886-2132 Museum. Website: www.taccoagachamber.com Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 113 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Henderson Falls Park Stephens County Traveler's Rest Historic Site Enjoy a beautiful waterfall, nature Historical Museum Visit an 1833 plantation home trail, and other outdoor activities. This museum is located in a which was once used as an inn for Free Admission. Victorian cottage. Housed here are travelers through Georgia. Henderson Falls Rd. artifacts and memorabilia such as 8162 Riverdale Rd. Toccoa, GA 30577 vintage clothing, historic Toccoa, GA 30577 706-886-2132 photographs and records, original 706-886-5526 courthouse furnishings, and Website: www.gastateparks.org Lake Yonah-GA Power homesteaders' tools and equipment. Enjoy fishing, boating, camping, 313 Pond St. and more. Toccoa, GA 30577 Yonah Dam Rd. 706-886-2132, 706-282-5055 Toccoa, GA 30577 706-782-4014 Toccoa Falls Website: www.southernco.com This falls, at 186 feet, is taller than Niagara Falls. It is on the Toccoa Stephens County Courthouse Falls College campus. Free Built in 1907. Free Admission. Admission. On the square GA Hwy. Alt. 17 Toccoa, GA 30577 Toccoa Falls, GA 30598 706-886-2132 706-886-6831, 800-868-3257 Website: www.toccoafalls.edu

Stewart County - Lumpkin

Stewart County was created in 1830. It was named for Daniel Stewart who served as an officer in the American Revolution as well as the War of 1812.

Visitor Information Florence Marina State Park Magnolia and Ivy Enjoy this 45,000-acre park on Lake Tearoom and Gift Shop Richland Welcome Center and Walter F. George. 117 Broad St. City Hall GA Hwy. 39 Richland, GA 31825 200 Broad St. Omaha, GA 31821 229-887-2914 Richland, GA 31825 229-838-6870 Website: www.magnoliaivy.com 229-887-3323 Website: www.gastateparks.org Providence Canyon Stewart County Commissioners Hatchett Drug Store Museum Conservation Park P.O. Box 157 Housed in this drug store, built Explore the beauty of this area. Lumpkin, GA 31815 around 1900, are historic drug store Visit the interpretive center and see 229-838-6769 artifacts. wildflowers including the rare Lumpkin, GA plumleaf azalea. Enjoy trails, Sites overlooks, camping, cottages, and more. Bedingfield Inn Museum GA Hwy. 39-C This 1836 stagecoach inn has been Lumpkin, GA 31815 restored as a house museum. 229-838-6202, 800-864-7275 Besides the inn, visitors can see Website: www.gastateparks.org antique pieces, a dependency kitchen, and an 1845 log dogtrot Richland Rail Museum house. See railroad memorabilia in this 100 Cotton St., on the square renovated late 1800s depot. Free Lumpkin, GA 31815 Admission. 229-838-6419 200 Broad St.

Website: www.bedingfieldinn.org Richland, GA 31825 229-887-3323

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 114 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Stewart County Courthouse Westville Village The walls of this courthouse date Visit a living history village back to 1896. When much of the depicting life in West Georgia in the orignal structure burned in 1922, 1850s. leaving little more than the walls, it 1850 Martin Luther King Blvd. was reconstructed using basically Lumpkin, GA 31815 the same design. A marble 229-838-6310, 888-733-1850 Confederate statue, unveiled in 1908, Website: www.westville.org stands on the courthouse lawn. Lumpkin, GA

Sumter County - Americus

Sumter County was created in 1831. It was named for General Thomas Sumter who was, at the time of the county's creation, the last surviving general officer of the American Revolution.

Visitor Information DeSoto Nut House Habitat for Humanity Tours are available of this nut International Americus Welcome Center company. Tour Center and Museum Driving tour available. 2765 U.S. Hwy. 280 E. 419 W. Church St. 123 W. Lamar St. DeSoto, GA 31743 Americus, GA 31709 Americus, GA 31709 229-874-1200, 800-237-8689 800-HABITAT, ext. 2153 229-928-6059, 888-278-6837 Website: www.cricklecompany.com Website: www.habitat.org Website: www.therealgeorgia.com E-mail: [email protected] Georgia Rural Telephone Andersonville Welcome Center Museum Jimmy Carter 114 Church St. See a large collection of antique National Historic Site Andersonville, GA 31711 phones, picture phones, modern In the old Plains high school, see an 229-924-2558 phones, antique vehicles, and more. introductory video and six rooms of Website: 135 Bailey Ave. exhibits. Visit Jimmy Carter's www.andersonvillega.freeservers.com Leslie, GA 31764 boyhood farm and the depot, the 1976 229-874-4786 presidential campaign headquarters. Georgia Visitor Website: sowega.net/~museum/ Inside the depot, see a museum Information Center focusing on Carter's campaign. 1763 U.S. Hwy. 280 Habitat for Humanity 300 N. Bond St. Plains, GA 31780 International Headquarters Plains, GA 31780 229-824-7477 Learn the history of Habitat. Tour 229-824-4101 Website: www.georgiaonmymind.org the headquarters building and visit Website: www.nps.gov/jica the international village with five Sites sample Habitat houses. Free Koinonia Farms Admission. See Koinonia Farms and visit the Andersonville Civil War Village 322 W. Lamar St. Civil Rights Museum. Koinonia is a Visit a pioneer farm and the Drummer Americus, GA 31709 Christian organization seeking to be Boy Civil War museum with a 229-924-6935, 800-HABITAT a "demonstration plot for the collection of uniforms and artifacts. Website: www.habitat.org kingdom of God." Free Admission. 114 Church St. 1324 GA Hwy. 49 S. Andersonville, GA 31711 Americus, GA 31709 229-924-2558 229-924-0391 Website: www.andersonvillega. freeserveres.com Lindbergh Memorial After purchasing a plane in Americus Andersonville in 1923, Lindbergh departed from National Historic Site Souther Field and performed his first Visit the site of Camp Sumter, the solo flight. A statue in his honor now largest Confederate prison of the stands at the field. Civil War. Free Admission. GA Hwy. 49 at Souther Field 496 Cemetery Rd. Airport Andersonville, GA 31711 Americus, GA 31709 229-924-0343 229-928-6059, 888-278-6837 Website: www.nps.gov/ande Website: www.therealgeorgia.com Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 115 © 2003 The Notgrass Company National Prisoner of War Rylander Theatre Windsor Hotel Museum This restored 1921 theater offers This operating Victorian hotel was Exhibits at this museum pay tribute live performances, organ concerts, built in 1882. to all American prisoners of war. movies, and special events. 125 W. Lamar St. Learn about POW camp living 310 W. Lamar St. Americus, GA 31709 conditions as far back as the Americus, GA 31709 229-924-1555, 888-297-9567 Revolutionary War. Free 229-931-0001 Website: www.windsor- Admission. Website: www.rylander.org americus.com 760 POW Rd. Andersonville, GA 31711 229-924-0343

Talbot County - Talbotton

Talbot County was created in 1827. It was named for Matthew Talbot, former Georgia governor.

Visitor Information Sites Talbot County Courthouse This courthouse was built in 1892. Talbot Chamber of Commerce Old South Farm Museum and It replaced the original one that Monroe St. Agricultural Learning Center burned that same year. Amazingly, Talbotton, GA 31827 This interactive museum highlights the original courthouse records were 706-665-8079 farming in the South from 1900 to saved thanks to civilians who Website: www.talbotgeorgia.com 1960. Gather eggs, draw water from hurried to collect important papers a well, and ride wagons. See and throw them outside as the animals, hay presses, balers, flames spread. cultivators, combines, a peach P.O. Box 155 packing shed, and more. Talbotton, GA 31827 Pleasant Valley Rd. and GA Hwy. 706-665-3220 41 Woodland, GA 31836 706-674-2894

Taliaferro County - Crawfordville

In 1825, Taliaferro County was established. It was named for Colonel Benjamin Taliaferro who served in the Revolutionary War. He was also a representative to the United States Congress.

Sites Taliaferro County Courthouse This structure was completed in A. H. Stephens State Park 1902. See Civil War uniforms and P.O. Box 114 documents in the park's museum. Crawfordsville, GA 30631 Tour the home of a Confederate 706-456-2176 governor. Boating, camping, fishing, picnicking, hiking, and equestrian trails are also available. I-20, Exit 148 to Hwy. 278 456 Alexander St. Crawfordville, GA 30631 706-456-2602, 800-864-7275 Website: www.gastateparks.org

Tattnall County was created in 1801. It was named in honor of Josiah Tattnall, who served in the U.S. Senate and as governor of Georgia.

Visitor Information Sites Gordonia-Altamaha State Park This park offers camping, boating, Greater Tattnall Chamber of Big Hammock Natural Area swimming, tennis, and golf. Commerce and Reidsville This natural area is a national I-16, Ext 104 off Hwy. 280 Welcome Center landmark. P.O. Box 1039 Visit the local history museum Glennville, GA 30427 Reidsville, GA 30453 housed here. 912-654-2000 912-557-7744 120 Brazell St. Website: www.gastateparks.org Reidsville, GA 30453 Bland Farms 912-557-6323 Visit the world's largest grower and Tattnall County Courthouse Website: www.tattnall.com shipper of Vidalia onions. Free This structure was completed in Admission. 1902. One mile off Hwy 121, ten miles P.O. Box 25 south of Reidsville Reidsville, GA 30453 Reidsville, GA 30427 912-557-4335 800-752-0212, 800-VIDALIA (tour information) Website: www.blandfarms.com

Taylor County - Butler

Taylor County, created in 1852, was named for President Zachary Taylor.

Sites Taylor County Courthouse This structure was completed in AgriMaze at Taylor Orchards 1935. Work your way through an 11-acre P.O. Box 2044 corn maze. Pick your own Butler, GA 31006 strawberries and peaches. 478-862-3336 GA Hwy. 96 Reynolds, GA 31076 478-847-4186 Website: www.taylororchards.com

Telfair County - McRae

Telfair County was established in 1807. It was named for Edward Telfair, who served as governor and Congressman.

Visitor Information Sites Muskhogean Wildlife Management Area Milan City Hall Horse Creek Wildlife A 19,000-acre bottom-land E. Railroad St. Management Area hardwoods area. Free Admission. Milan, GA 31060 This area offers hunting, fishing, Along the Ocmulgee River 229-362-4271 and hiking. McRae, GA 31055 GA Hwy. 117 229-868-6365 Telfair County Jacksonville, GA 31544 Chamber of Commerce 229-868-6365 Old South Georgia College 120 E. Oak St. Auditorium McRae, GA 31055 Liberty Square Take a tour of this 1893 structure 229-868-6365 See a replica of the Statue of that is now the center for cultural Liberty, 1/16 of the actual size. Also arts in the area. in Liberty Square are a Liberty Bell 817 College St. and a memorial to veterans. McRae, GA 31055 Downtown McRae 229-868-6365 McRae, GA 31055 229-868-6365 Telfair County Courthouse This courthouse, the sixth built in Little Ocmulgee Telfair County, was constructed in State Park and Lodge 1934. This park offers cottages, camping, McRae, GA boating, fishing, hiking, tennis, 229-868-6365 miniature golf, and more. Two miles north of McRae off Veteran's Park Hwy. 441 These historical markers are in McRae, GA 31055 honor of Congressional Medal of 229-868-7474 Honor recipiant, Major General Website: www.gastateparks.org James E. Livingston. The markers also honor all veterans. Free Admission. Hwys. 341 and 19 Lumber City, GA 31549 229-868-6365

Terrell County - Dawson

Terrell County, named for William Terrell, was created in 1856. Terrell was a former state legislator, Congressman, planter, and promoter of scientific agriculture at the University of Georgia.

Visitor Information Sites National Peanut Research Laboratory Dawson-Terrell County Chamber Mark's Melon Patch This facility offers educational of Commerce Enjoy hay rides and the pumpkin tours. Lee St. patch. P.O. Box 509 Dawson, GA 31742 Hwy. 82 1011 Forrester Dr., S.E. 229-995-2011 Sasser, GA Dawson, GA 39842 229-698-4750 229-995-7400, 229-995-7441 Website: nprl.usda.gov

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 118 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Sound Play, Inc. Steve Cocke Fish Hatchery Play alligator drums, marimbas, Free Admission. metallophones, and other outdoor 109 Hatchery Access Rd. musical instruments. Dawson, GA 31742 108 Railroad St. 229-995-4486 Parrott, GA 31777 Website: www.gofishgeorgia.com 229-623-5545 Website: www.soundplay.com Terrell County Courthouse Built in 1892. 235 Lee St. Dawson, GA 31742 229-995-4488

Thomas County - Thomasville

Thomas County was created in 1825. It was named for General Jett Thomas who oversaw the construction of the state capitol at Milledgeville and the the first building at the University of Georgia. Thomas went on to become a hero of the War of 1812.

Visitor Information The Big Oak Melhana, The Grand Plantation This live oak tree is estimated to be Tour the grounds and learn about their Thomasville Welcome Center and over 320 years old. history going back over 170 years. Tourism Authority Corner of Monroe and Crawford Sts. 301 Showboat Ln. Thomasville Black Heritage Trail Thomasville, GA 31792 Thomasville, GA 31792 Tour 229-227-7099, 800-704-3250 229-226-2290, 888-920-3030 Historic Walking and Driving Tour Website: www.thomasvillega.com Website: www.melhana.com Thomasville Black HeritageTrail Tour Birdsong Nature Center Pebble Hill Plantation 135 N. Broad St. Explore these 565 acres which hold See an example of an early-1900s Thomasville, GA 31792 fields, forests, and swampland. See shooting plantation developed by 229-227-7099, 800-704-2350 birds and other wildlife. Enjoy the wealthy northerners. The house on Website: www.thomasvillega.com trails, butterfly garden, and bluebird this plantation is filled with sporting trail. Take part in the nature art, antiques, and Audubon prints. Sites programs offered year-round. P.O. Box 830 2106 Meridian Rd. U.S. Hwy. 319 S. All Saints Episcopal Church Thomasville, GA 31792 Thomasville, GA 31792 This is the oldest standing church 229-377-4408 229-226-2344 building in Thomasville. Website: Website: www.pebblehill.com 443 S. Hansell St. www.freenet.tlh.fl.us/birdsong Thomasville, GA 31792 Sweet Grass Dairy 229-228-9242 Hardy Bryan House Tour this working dairy farm which This house was built in the 1830s. It produces goat and cow cheese. is now fully restored and furnished. 19635 U.S. Hwy. 19 N. 312 N. Broad St. Thomasville, GA 31792 Thomasville, GA 31792 229-227-0752 229-226-6016 Website: www.sweetgrassdairy.com

Lapham-Patterson House Historic Site This 1885 house is a monument to the imagination, creative engineering, and craftsmanship of the Victorian era. 626 N. Dawson St. Thomasville, GA 31792 229-225-4004 Website: www.gastateparks.org

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 119 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Thomas County Thomasville Cultural Center Thomasville Genealogical, Museum of History See the work of local artists and History, and Fine Arts Library Exhibits at this museum include national traveling exhibits. Free Admission. memorabilia from grand resort Theatrical and musical productions 135 N. Broad St. hotels, ladies' apparel from the are also available here. Free Thomasville, GA 31792 1820s to the 1940s, military Admission. 229-226-9640 artifacts from the Civil War to 600 E. Washington St. Website: www.rose.net/~glibrary/ World War II, and antique vehicles. Thomasville, GA 31792 Historic 1800s buildings are also on 229-226-0588 Thomasville Rose Garden the grounds. Website: www.tccarts.org See hundreds of rose bushes. Free 725 N. Dawson St. Admission. Thomasville, GA 31792 Corner of Smith Ave. and Covington Dr. 229-266-7664 Thomasville, GA 31792 Website: 229-227-7099, 800-704-2350 www.rose.net/~history/index.htm

Tift County - Tifton

Tift County, created in 1905, was named for Nelson Tift. Tift helped found the city of Albany. He was a judge, militia commander, state representative, newspaper publisher, railroad official, and member of Congress.

Visitor Information Atlantic Coastline Artists Gallery Georgia Agrirama See exhibits featuring regional Learn from interpreters dressed in Downtown Tifton artists. Free Admission. period costume about Georgia's P.O. Box 229 119 Lowe Ave. rural 1800s heritage. See two 130 E. First St. Tifton, GA 31794 working farmsteads, a cotton gin, Tifton, GA 31793 229-386-0216 sawmill, gristmill, print shop, drug 229-382-6231 store, Victorian home, stream train, Website: www.tiftonmainstreet.com Coastal Plains Experiment and a country store. Station 1392 Whiddon Mill Rd. Tifton-Tift County This agricultural research center Tifton, GA 31794 Chamber of Commerce explores ways of efficient farming 229-386-3344 100 S. Central Ave. operations and crop production. Website: www.agrirama.com Tifton, GA 31794 Free Admission. 229-382-6200, 800-550-8438 4601 Research Way Magnolia Tree Park Website: www.tiftonchamber.org Tifton, GA 31794 Have a picnic under the shade of a 229-386-3504 400-year-old magnolia tree, Tifton-Tift County believed to be the second oldest in Tourism Association Coastal Plain Research the country. 115 W. 2nd St. Arboretum Magnolia Industrial Blvd. P.O. Box 273 Offering research, education, and Tifton, GA 31794 Tifton, GA 31793 recreation among plants native to 229-386-0216 229-386-0216 the Georgia Coastal Plain. Free Website: www.tiftontourism.com Admission. S. Entomology Dr. Sites Coastal Plain Experiment Station Tifton, GA 31794 Abraham Baldwin Agricultural 229-386-7274 College Website: Tour exhibits of wildlife and natural http://nespal.cpes.peachnet.edu/ history. 2802 Moore Hwy. Fulwood Garden Center Tifton, GA 31794 This home and garden of the early 229-386-3236 1900s is now used by the Tifton Website: www.abac.peachnet.edu Garden Clubs and the community. 802 W. 12th St. Tifton, GA 31794 229-386-8347

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 120 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Nespal Tift Theater for the Performing Tifton Museum of Arts and Tour this facility where scientists Arts Heritage work to develop systems for This theater first opened in 1937. See exhibitions of paintings, wood, environmentally and economically 318 Main St. porcelain, and more displayed in a sound agricultural production. Tifton, GA 31794 1900 brick church building. 2356 Rainwater Rd. 229-386-5150, 229-298-0067 285 Love Ave. Tifton, GA 31794 Tifton, GA 31794 229-386-7274 229-382-3720 Website: http://nespal.cpes.peachnet.edu/

Toombs County - Lyons

Toombs County, named for politician General Robert Toombs, was created in 1905.

Visitor Information Sites Ladson Genealogical Library Over 30,000 books are contained in Toombs-Montgomery Altama Museum of this collection. Free Admission. Chamber of Commerce and Art and History 119 Church St. Development Authority Housed in this 1911 house are Vidalia, GA 30474 2805 E. 1st St. European and American prints from 912-537-8186 Vidalia, GA 30474 the 1700s and 1800s. Also here are 912-537-4466 porcelain collections and 20th- Ohoopee Regional Council for the Website: www.toombschamber.com century Southern paintings. Free Arts Admission. This council encourages and Vidalia Tourism Council 611 Jackson St. stimulates different art opportunities 2805 E. First St. Vidalia, GA 30474 for the area. Vidalia, GA 30474 912-537-1911 117 S.E. Main St. 912-538-8687 Website: www.vidaliaga.com Vidalia, GA 30474 Website: www.vidaliaga.com 912-537-8459, 912-538-7357 Farm Tours of Vidalia Website: 2805 E. First St. www2.cybermedia.net/orca Vidalia, GA 30474 912-538-8687 Website: www.vidaliaga.com

Towns County - Hiawassee

Towns County was established in 1856. It was named for former governor George Washington Towns.

Visitor Information Towns County Tourism Sites Association, Inc. Towns County Chamber of 1411 Fuller Cir. Fred Hamilton Commerce and Local Welcome Young Harris, GA 30582 Rhododendron Garden Center 706-896-0598 Behold the beauty of more than 1411 Fuller Cir. Website: www.mountaintopga.com 3,000 rhododendron, azaleas, and Young Harris, GA 30582 wildflowers from the trail along 706-896-4966, 800-984-1543 Lake Chatuge. Free Admission. Website: www.mountaintopga.com 1311 Music Hall Rd. Hiawassee, GA 30546 706-896-4191

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 121 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Website: www.georgia-mountian- Rollins Planetarium Towns County Historical Society fair.com This planetarium, one of the largest P.O. Box 932 Lake Chatuge Recreation Area in the state, offers a public show on Hiawassee, GA 30546 Enjoy fishing, hiking, camping, and Friday nights. Free Admission. boating. School shows are also offered. GA Hwy. 288 1 College St. Hiawassee, GA 30546 Young Harris, GA 30582 706-745-6928 706-379-4312 Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Website: www.yhc.edu/planet

Reach of Song Swallow Creek Wildlife See local and regional performers Management Areas sing and dance the story of their Enjoy fishing, hunting, hiking, mountain culture. June through camping, and bird watching August. Off GA Hwy. 75 Clegg Fine Arts Center, Young Hiawassee, GA 30546 Harris College 770-535-5700 P.O. Box 499 Website: Young Harris, GA 30582 www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/wild 706-379-1711, 800-262-7664 Website: www.reachofsong.oth

Truetlen County - Soperton

Truetlen was established as a county in 1918. It was named for John A. Truetlen who served as Georgia's first state governor after the adoption of the State Constitution in 1777.

Visitor Information Troup's Tomb This memorial is on the plantation Million Pines Visitors Center of former governor George M. I-16 at GA Hwy. 29 Troup. Soperton, GA 30457 GA Hwy. 46 912-529-6263 Soperton, GA 30457 912-529-4912 Sites Truetlen County Courthouse Soperton City Hall Construction of this building was This structure was originally a depot completed in 1921. built in 1902. It was moved to its Soperton, GA 30457 present location in 1941. It became 912-529-6868 the Soperton's city hall in 1973. Website: www.soperton.org 102 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Soperton, GA 30457

Troup County - LaGrange

Troup County was created in 1825. The county was named for George M. Troup, who was governor at the time.

For West Point sites, see Harris County

Visitor Information Sites Callaway Memorial Tower Bellevue Historical Home This 1929 monument was built to LaGrange-Troup County This antebellum home was once the Fuller E. Callaway Sr. and patterned Chamber of Commerce residence of congressman Benjamin after the Campanile of St. Mark's 111 Bull St. Harvey Hill. See period furniture, Cathedral in Venice, Italy. LaGrange, GA 30240 unique woodwork, and more. Fourth Ave. and Callaway Ave. 706-884-8671 204 Ben Hill St. LaGrange, GA 30240 Website: www.lagrangechamber.com LaGrange, GA 30240 706-884-1828 706-884-1832, 706-884-8671 Website: www.troupearchives.org Website: www.lagrangechamber.com Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 122 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Ferrell Gardens at Hills and Dales Pyne Road Sarah Coleman Ferrell began Park and Campground gardening here in 1841. Enjoy a beach area, camping, Fuller E. Callaway Foundation hiking, and more. P.O. Box 790 GA Hwy. 109 at West Point Lake LaGrange, GA 30241 LaGrange, GA 30240 706-884-7348 706-884-1414 E-mail: [email protected] Ringer Park and Campground Enjoy water sports, hiking, Hoofer's Gospel Barn camping, and more. Enjoy gospel and bluegrass GA Hwy. 27, Exit 18 performances. LaGrange, GA 30240 Chattahoochee Valley Art 3472 Hoganville Rd. 706-645-2937 Museum LaGrange, GA 30240 Website: www.sam.usace.army.mil/ This museum, housed in the former 706-885-9300, 800-844-6737 op/rec/westpt/ Troup County Jail built in 1892, Website: www.hoofers.com displays contemporary American art Troup County Courthouse with an emphasis on the art of this LaFayette Fountain Built in 1939. region. This fountain honors Marquis de Ridley St. 112 Lafayette Pkwy. LaFayette who fought in America's LaGrange, GA LaGrange, GA 30240 Revolutionary War. 706-882-3267, 706-884-8671 LaFayette Square Troup County Historical Society Website: GA Hwy. 109 and Vernon Rd. and Archives www.lagrangechamber.com LaGrange, GA 30240 Learn about the history of LaGrange 706-884-8671 and former Troup County residents. Confederate Cemetery Website: Free Admission. Pick up a brochure Soldiers from every Confederate www.lagrangechamber.com for a driving tour of historic state are buried here. A roster of the downtown LaGrange. soldiers is available at the Troup Lamar Dodd Art Center 136 Main St. County Archives. See the work of artist Lamar Dodd LaGrange, GA 30241 Miller St. as well as changing exhibits. 706-884-1828 LaGrange, GA 30240 302 Forrest Ave. Website: www.troupearchives.org 706-884-1828 LaGrange, GA 30240 Website: www.troupearchives.org 706-880-8211 Website: www.lgc.edu

Turner County - Ashburn

Turner County, created in 1905, was named for Henry Turner, former Georgia Congressman and Georgia Supreme Court justice.

Visitor Information vegetables. Tours available. Free Admission. Ashburn Turner County 5075 Hawpond Rd. Chamber of Commerce Ashburn, GA 31714 Historic Walking and Driving Tour 229-273-1887 available. Website: www.calhounproduce.com 238 E. College Ave. Ashburn, GA 31714 Turner County Courthouse 229-567-9696 Built in 1907. Free Admission. Website: www.turnerchamber.com 219 E. College Ave. Ashburn, GA 31714 Sites 229-567-4313

Calhoun Produce World's Largest Peanut Pick your own strawberries and This large peanut monument can be enjoy other fresh Georgia fruits and clearly seen from I-75. Ashburn, GA

Twiggs County was created in 1809. It was named for John Twiggs, a Revolutionary War general.

Sites

Twiggs County Courthouse This courthouse was built in 1903. Jeffersonville, GA 478-945-3629 Website: www.twiggscounty.org

Union County - Blairsville

Union County was established in 1832. It was named for the Federal Union.

Visitor Information Blood Mountain Cooper's Creek Wildlife Archaeological Area Management Area Blairsville-Union County Visit the site of a Cherokee and This area offers hunting, camping, Chamber of Commerce Creek battle which occurred prior to fishing, hiking, bird watching, and P.O. Box 789 the arrival of the white men. A picnicking. Free Admission. 385 Welcome Center Ln. visitor Information Center is located Hwy. 60 and Hwy. 180 Blairsville, GA 30514 at Walasi-Yi Center where the Blairsville, GA 30512 706-745-5789, 877-745-5789 Appalachian Trail crosses U.S. 770-535-5700 Website: Hwy. 19/129 Website: www.blairsvillechamber.com Fifteen miles south of Blairsville at www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/wild Neel Gap Frank Gross Recreation Area Brasstown Bald Enjoy camping and fishing. This is Georgia's highest mountain. Forest Service Rd. 69 Visitors Center, exhibits, video 706-632-3031 program, and an observation are offered here. Georgia Mountain Experiment GA Hwy. 180 Spur Station Blairsville, GA 30512 Tour this agricultural research 706-745-6928, 706-896-2556 center established in 1930. (Visitors Center) U.S. Hwy. 19/129 Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Three miles south of Blairsville, GA 706-745-6197, 706-745-2655 Chattahoochee Forest National Sites Fish Hatchery Helton Creek Falls 4730 Rock Creek Rd. Take a trail to two waterfalls. Free Allison Park Suches, GA 30572 Admission. This park is a memorial dedicated to 706-838-4723 U.S. Hwy. 129 S. Charles F. Allison, the late Mayor Website: southeast.fws.gov/ Blairsville, GA 30512 of Blairsville. chattahoocheeforest 706-745-5789, 877-745-5789 Hwy. 515 and Earnest St. Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Blairsville, GA

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 124 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Lake Nottely Sosbee Cove Scenic Area Union County This lake offers boating, swimming, Explor the hiking trails in this area, Historical Society Museum fishing, picnicking, and camping. a memorial to Arthur Woody who Exhibits of Union County's history U.S. Hwy. 19 and U.S. Hwy. 129 N. served as ranger from 1918 to 1945. from 1832 to the present are on Blairsville, GA 30514 Free Admission. display here. See also military 706-745-5789 GA Hwy. 180, eleven miles south of memorabilia, the John Payne cabin, Website: Blairsville and the Morgan Miniature www.blairsvillechamber.com Blairsville, GA 30512 Collection. 706-745-6928 Old Union County Courthouse, on Lake Winfield Scott Recreation Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf the square Area Blairsville, GA 30514 Enjoy picnicking, camping, Southern Tree Plantation 706-745-5493 swimming, boating, fishing, and Pumpkins and several varieties of hiking. Christmas trees are grown here. Union County War Memorial GA Hwy. 19 2531 Owlton Rd. This memorial, dedicated in 1995, Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512 honors veterans from Union County 706-745-6928 706-745-0601 who fought and died for their Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Website: www.georgiamagazine.com/ county. The memorial honors the southerntreeplantation Cherokee nation as well as both Misty Mountain Train Museum Union and Confederate soldiers. See a mile of model train track with Track Rock Archaeological Area Blairsville, GA scenes depicting real places in Hiking trails are offered through Georgia and Tennessee. this area. The area contains a group Vogel State Park 4376 Misty Mountain Ln. of rocks with surface carvings Enjoy the beauty of the mountains. Blairsville, GA 30512 believed by some archaeologists to 7485 Vogel State Park Rd. 706-745-4786, 888-MISTY-MN have been carved by Native Blairsville, GA 30512 Website: www.jwww.com/misty Americans. Free Admission. 706-745-2628 Trackrock Gap Rd., six miles east of Website: www.gastateparks.org Nottely River Campgrounds, Blairsville Cabins, and Tubing Blairsville, GA 30512 Woody Gap Recreational Area Enjoy the Nottely River as you hike, 706-745-6928, 770-297-3000 Enjoy the beauty of the Yahoola camp, and go fishing, swimming, Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Valley at the spot where the and tubing. Appalachian Trail crosses GA 3695 Nottely River Campground Trackrock Stables Hwy. 60. Rd. Enjoy a trail ride over gentle terrain. Four miles south of Suches, GA Blairsville, GA 30512-6401 4890 Trackrock Camp Rd. 706-745-6711 Blairsville, GA 30512 706-745-5252, 800-826-0073 Poteete Creek Park and Website: www.trackrock.com Campground Enjoy camping, fishing, swimming, Union County Courthouse boating, and hiking. This building was designed in 1899. 706-745-5614 Blairsville, GA 709-745-5493 Russell-Brasstown Scenic Byway This 38-mile loop offers magnificent views of the mountains and the piedmont region. Scenic overlooks and interpretive signs are offered along the way. Free. GA Hwys. 17/75, 180, 348, and 75 Alt. Blairsville, GA 30512 706-745-6928 Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf

Upson County, created in 1824, was named for Stephen Upson, a noted lawyer in Georgia.

Visitor Information Flint River Outdoor Center The Rock Ranch, LLC Enjoy camping, boating, and more Go on a hay ride or have a picnic. Thomaston-Upson County along the Flint River. See the animals, explore the ponds, Chamber of Commerce 4429 Woodland Rd. and learn about their ecosystems. 213 E. Gordon St. Thomaston, GA 30286-3235 5020 Barnesville Hwy. Thomaston, GA 30286 706-647-2633 The Rock, GA 30285 706-647-9686 706-647-6374 Website: Historic Courthouse Square Website: www.therockranch.com www.thomastonchamber.com This courthouse was built in 1908. Inside one of the columns is a $10 Sprewell Bluff State Park Sites bill. It was placed there by the Enjoy a variety of outdoor activity county commissioners so that the on the Flint River. Auchumkee Creek county would never go broke. On 740 Sprewell Bluff Rd. Covered Bridge the lawn stands a statue of a Thomaston, GA 30286 The original 1892 bridge was Confederate soldier. 706-646-6026, 800-864-7275 destroyed by a flood in 1994. It was Main St. Website: www.gastateparks.org authentically rebuilt using Thomaston, GA 30286 salvageable pieces of the original. 706-646-2437 Thomaston-Upson Archives Allen Rd./GA Hwy. 19 S. Explore the history of the city and Thomaston, GA 30286 Pettigrew-White-Stamps House county. The archives date back to 706-647-9686 The original portions of this house the early 1800s. Free Admission. Website: were built in the early 1800s. It is 301 S. Center St. www.thomastonchamber.com the second oldest residence in Thomaston, GA 30286 Thomaston. Free Admission. 706-646-2437 746 Andrews Dr. Website: www.alltel.net/~tuarch Thomaston, GA 30286 706-646-2437

Ritz Theater This 1920s theater hosts live performances. Movies are also shown here. 114 S. Church St. Thomaston, GA 30286 706-647-5372

Walker County was established in 1833. It was named for Freeman Walker, a former U.S. Senator.

For Fort Oglethorpe sights, see Catoosa County

Visitor Information Crawfish Springs Lee and Gordon's Mill Here in 1889, hundreds of soldiers, Visit a restored and working grist mill Walker County Chamber of Union and Confederate, who fought which has a rich Civil War history. Commerce in the Battle of Chickamauga The mill burned in 1867, but was Chickamauga and Chattanooga gathered here with their families for soon rebuilt and still stands today. National Military Park Tour Roads a reunion. They helped start Chickamauga, GA brochures available. Chickamauga National Park, the 706-375-6801 10052 U.S. Hwy. 27 N. first national military park in the Website: www.leeandgordonsmills.com P.O. Box 430 county. Rock Spring, GA 30739 Chickamauga, GA Pigeon Mountain 706-375-7702 Walk along a wildflower trail and a Website: www.walkercochamber.com Gordon-Lee Mansion hiking trail which leads to a Tour this antebellum mansion that waterfall. Enjoy a variety of other Sites has been converted into a bed and outdoor activities including caving. breakfast. Ellison's Cave in Pigeon Mountain Battles for Chattanooga Museum 217 Cove Rd. is the deepest cave east of the See a 3-D electronic battle map Chickamauga, GA 30707 Mississippi River. complete with 5,000 miniature 706-375-4728, 800-478-4728 LaFayette, GA 30728 soldiers, 650 lights, sound effects, Website: www.gordon- 706-295-6041 and details of the major battles leemansion.com fought in this area. Rock City Gardens 1400 Pattern Rd. Hidden Creek Recreation Area Walk along the trail and see rock Lookout Mountain, GA 30750 Enjoy camping, hiking, and formations, caves, and lush gardens 706-820-2531, 423-821-2812 picnicking. with over 400 different species of Website: www.battlesforchattanooga.com GA Hwy. 156, Everett Springs Rd. wildflowers, plants, shrubs, and trees. See seven states from atop Chief John Ross House LaFayette, GA 30728 Lookout Mountain. This two story log house, built in 706-695-6736 1400 Pattern Rd. 1797, was once home to John Ross, Lookout Mountain, GA 30750 a Cherokee chief. John B. Gordon Hall 706-820-2531, 887-820-0795 P.O. Box 863 This school was built in 1836 and is Website: www.seerockcity.com Rossville, GA 30741 the oldest brick school in the state

706-375-7702 of Georgia. It was used by Braxton Bragg during the Civil War. Villanow General Store Coke Oven Park Located on Hwy. 27. Visit the oldest continuously At this park, visitors can see ovens 304 N. Main St. operated general store in the state. used by the Durham Coal and Coke LaFayette, GA Hwy. 136 E. Company. The ovens were used to 706-638-1272 (City Manager's LaFayette, GA 30728 transform coal into coke for use in Office) 706-397-2298 Chattanooga foundries. Chickamauga, GA Keown Falls Walker County Courthouse Hiking and wildlife viewing are two This courthouse was completed in 1918. popular activities at Keown Falls LaFayette, GA Off I-75, Exit 341 LaFayette, GA 30728 Walker County Regional Heritage 706-695-6736 and Model Train Museum Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf See Native American artifacts and a gun collection. See collectibles from Lake Winnepesaukah the Civil War and World War I. A favorite amusement park since 1924. Watch the model trains go by. 1730 Lakeview Dr. 100 Gordon St. Rossville, GA 30741 Chickamauga, GA 30707 706-866-5681, 877-525-3946 706-375-4488 Website: www.lakewinnie.com

Walton County was named for George Walton, a congressman, governor, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Walton County was established in 1818. for Loganville sites, see Gwinnett County

Visitor Information Sites McDaniel Tichenor House Home of former governor of Walton County Chamber of Blue Willow Inn Georgia. Commerce This inn, housed in a turn-of-the 319 McDaniel St. Walking Tour of Historic Social century mansion, has been awarded Monroe, GA 30655 Circle guides available. the Southern Living Reader's Choice 770-267-5602 P.O. Box 89 Award for Best Small Town Website: 323 W. Spring St. Restaurant five times. It was also www.georgiatrust.org/mcdaniel.html Monroe, GA 30655 placed at number three on USA E-mail: [email protected] 770-267-6594 Today's top ten nationwide list of Website: www.waltonchamber.org Great Places to Fill Up Your Plate. Town Well 294 N. Cherokee Rd. Residents once gathered around this Social Circle, GA 30025 well daily to tell the events of the 770-464-2131, 800-552-8813 day, thus giving the town its name Website: www.bluewillowinn.com of Social Circle. Social Circle, GA 30025 Davis-Edwards House 770-464-2380 Tours of this restored 1845 house Website: www.bluewillowinn.com are available by appointment. 238 N. Broad St. Walton County Courthouse Monroe, GA 30655 This beautiful structure was 770-267-6663 completed in 1884. P.O. Box 585 Home Town of Monica Michael Monroe, GA 30655 The woman responsible for the sale 770-267-1301 of the Flanders Field poppy as a memorial emblem for disabled William Harris Homestead veterans was Monica Michael, born Visit 19th century buildings and see in Good Hope, Georgia. Michael demonstrations that may include also wrote the poem We Shall Keep spinning, candle-making, weaving, the Faith, after reading In Flanders and more. Learn about the life of a Fields by Colonel John McCrae. Civil War soldier and lessons about Good Hope, GA 30641 the Creek Indians. contact number: 706-267-6594 3645 GA Hwy. 11 Monroe, GA 30656 404-816-2943, 770-267-5844 Website: www.harrishomestead.com

Ware County was established in 1824. It was named for Nicholas Ware who served as Georgia state representative, mayor of Augusta, and United States Senator.

Visitor Information Sites Okefenokee Swamp Park Explore original Indian waterways Waycross/Ware County Laura S. Walker State Park and and wilderness walkways. View Convention and Visitors Bureau Golf Course native animals in their own natural and Waycross Welcome Center Enjoy boating, fishing, picnicking, habitat. Housed in an early 1900s train walking, camping, golfing, and 5700 O.S.P. Rd. depot. more. Waycross, GA 31501 315-A Plant Ave. 5653 Laura Walker Rd. 912-283-0583 Waycross, GA 31501 Waycross, GA 31503 Website: www.okeswamp.com 912-283-3744 912-287-4900, 800-864-7275 Website: Website: www.gastateparks.org Southern Forest World www.okefenokeetourism.com See a giant cypress tree and a fire Obediah's Okefenok tower, climb a replica of a loblolly See wildlife exhibits on display in pine, and more at this museum this mid-nineteenth century cabin. dedicated to informing the public Also enjoy boardwalks, nature about the importance of the South's trails, museums, plants, and forest industry. animals. 1440 N. Augusta Ave. 5115 Swamp Rd. Waycross, GA 31503 Waycross, GA 31503 912-285-4056 912-287-0090 Website: Waycross Area Community www.okefenokeeswamp.com Theatre This theater performs four shows Okefenokee Heritage Center annually. This center highlights Georgia's 309 Pendleton St. land and its people. Exhibits include Waycross, GA 31501 a depot, 1912 steam locomotive, 912-283-2161 and art displays. 1460 N. Augusta Ave. Waycross, GA 31503 912-285-4260 Website: www.okeheritage.org

Warren County - Warrenton

Warren County, created in 1793, was named for General Joseph Warren. Warren was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolution.

Visitor Information Sites

Warren County Chamber of Birthplace of Rural Free Delivery Commerce Historical Marker 114 W. Main St. In 1868, six men hired Jerry Parsons Warrenton, GA 30828 to deliver and collect their mail. 706-465-9604 Senator Thomas E. Watson Website: www.warrencountyga.org observed this as a child and 1893 sponsored the bill that created Rural Free Delivery. U.S. Hwy. 278 Norwood, GA 30821 706-465-9675

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 129 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Burkhalter Home Ogeechee River Mill Warren County Courthouse This, Warren County's first colonial This corn mill has been operating This, the third courthouse on the house, was built by a Revolutionary since 1826. site, was built in 1909. War soldier. General Lafayette 4745 Reynolds Rd. 100 E. Main St. spent two weeks here being nursed Warrenton, GA 30828 Warrenton, GA 30828 back to health on his last visit to 706-465-9604, 706-465-9683 706-465-2171, 706-465-9604 America. Drive-by viewing only. Website: www.warrencountyga.org 105 Davis St. Ogeechee Warrenton, GA 30828 Wildlife Management Area 706-465-9604 GA Hwy. 16 S.W. Website: www.warrencountyga.org Warrenton, GA 30828 706-465-9604 Fountain Campground This campground was built in the Rock Mill Plantation early 1900s for religious purposes. This Federal-style early 1800s Services have been held here every house is open by appointment. year since 1932. Mayfield-Jewell Rd. Cadley Community Jewell, GA 31045 Warrenton, GA 30828 706-465-3285 706-465-9604 Website: Website: www.warrencountyga.org www.rockmillplantation.com

Washington County - Sandersville

Washington County, named for General George Washington, was established in 1784.

Visitor Information Georgia's Oldest Jail Washington County Courthouse Drive by and see the oldest log jail The original courthouse burned in Washington County in the state which dates back to 1855. It was rebuilt and burned Chamber of Commerce 1787. again by General Sherman during Georgia Architect Charles E. Hwy. 15 the Civil War. The Clock Tower Choate Exhibit and Tours; Historic Warthen, GA 31094 was was added in an 1899 Guide for Sandersville 478-552-3288 renovation and the West Annex was 131 W. Haynes St. added in 1939. Sandersville, GA 31082 Old City Cemetery Courthouse Square 478-552-3288 This cemetery dates back to the Sandersville, GA 31082 early 1800s. Union soldiers are 478-552-3288 Sites among those buried here. Website: Virginia Ave. and W. Church St. www.washingtoncounty-ga.com Brown House Museum Sandersville, GA 31082 See Civil War and Sandersville 478-552-3288 Washington County artifacts located in a house used by Website: Genealogical Museum General Sherman on his March to www.washingtoncounty-ga.com This family history research center the Sea. is housed in the former city jail. 260 N. Harris St. 129 Jones St. Sandersville, GA 31082 Sandersville, GA 31082 478-552-1965 478-552-3288 Website: www.washingtoncounty-ga.com

Wayne County was created in 1803. It was named for General Anthony Wayne, a hero of the American Revolution.

Visitor Information Lake Lindsay Grace Wayne County Courthouse Enjoy fishing, boating, and other This historic building was renovated Jesup-Wayne County Chamber of water recreation. Free Admission. in 1999. Commerce 1167 Griffis Rd. Brunswick St. 124 N.W. Broad St. Screven, GA 31560 Jesup, GA 31545 Jesup, GA 31545 912-579-6475 912-427-5900 912-427-2028, 888-224-5983 Website: www.waynechamber.org Little Red Caboose Learn about the history of Jesup. Sites Free Admission. Brunswick and Cherry Sts. Downtown Historical Marker Jesup, GA 31545 912-427-2028, 888-224-5983 See the marker at the site of the Civil War's Battle of Doctortown. Rayonier Wildlife Management Doctortown Rd. Area Jesup, GA 31545 Enjoy hunting, fishing, and hiking. 912-427-2028, 888-224-5983 Free Admission. Check station on GA Hwy. 32 Jesup, GA 31545 912-427-2028, 888-224-5983

Webster County - Preston

Webster County was created in 1853. Originally, the county was named Kinchafoonee after a creek that flows through the county. Many residents, however, didn't like the name and wanted it changed. In 1856, the name of Webster was given to the county, in honor of Daniel Webster.

Sites Webster County Courthouse This building was completed in Merritt Pecan Company 1915. GA Hwy. 520 P.O. Box 29 Weston, GA 31832 Preston, GA 31824 229-828-6610, 800-762-9152 229-828-5775 Website: www.merrit-pecan.com

Wheeler County - Alamo

Wheeler County was created in 1912. It was named for Confederate General Joseph E. Wheeler.

Visitor Information Sites

Wheeler County Chamber of Wheeler County Courthouse Commerce This courthouse was built in 1917. P.O. Box 654 209 W. Forest Ave. Alamo, GA 30411 Alamo, GA 30411 912-568-7808 912-568-7296 Website: www.wheelercounty.org Website: www.wheelercounty.org

White County, which was established in 1857, was named for David T. White who was serving at the time as a state representative.

Visitor Information Anna Ruby Falls Chattahoochee Wildlife See twin waterfalls merge to form Management Area Alpine Helen-White County Smith Creek. Enjoy fishing, hunting, hiking, Convention and Visitors Bureau GA Hwy. 356 camping, and bird watching. 726 Brucken Strasse Helen, GA 30545 Off U.S. Hwy. Alt. 75 and GA Hwy. Helen, GA 30545 706-754-6221, 706-878-3574 75 N. 706-878-2181, 800-858-8027 Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Helen, GA 30545 Website: www.helenga.org 706-535-5700 BabyLand General Hospital Website: Greater Helen Area Chamber of See Cabbage Patch Kids being www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/wild Commerce "born" at this turn-of-the-century 1074 Edelweiss Strasse medical clinic. Free Admission. Cross Creek Stables Helen, GA 30545 73 W. Underwood St. Enjoy horseback rides on riverside 706-878-1908, 706-878-1619 Cleveland, GA 30528 and mountain trails. 706-865-2171 7017 S. Main St. White County Chamber of Website: Helen, GA 30545 Commerce www.cabbagepatchkids.com 706-878-1600, 706-878-3327 122 N. Main St. Cleveland, GA 30528 Black Forest Bear Park and David Bristol 706-865-5356 Reptile Exhibit Hot Air Balloon Rides Website: www.whitecounty.com Learn about and observe bears and Helen, GA 30545 reptiles. You can help feed the 706-878-1449, 866-655-3474 Sites animals, too! Website: www.balloon-rides.net 8160 S. Main St. Alpine Amusement Park Helen, GA 30545 DeSoto Falls and DeSoto Falls 419 Edelweiss Strasse 706-878-7043 Recreation Area Helen, GA 30545 Website: www.helenga.org See five beautiful waterfalls and 706-878-2306 enjoy camping, hiking, and fishing. Website: www.helenga.org/ Charlemagne's Kingdom U.S. Hwy. 129/19 alpineamusementpark See a model railroad with models of Cleveland, GA 30528 actual buildings in Germany with 706-745-6928 Alpine Antique computerized trains, hot-air Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Auto and Buggy Museum balloons, a circus, and a 22-foot See antique autos, buggies, and mountain. Dukes Creek Falls farm equipment. 8808 N. Main St. Recreation Area 115 Escowee Dr. Helen, GA 30545 GA Hwy. 348 Helen, GA 30545 706-878-2200 Helen, GA 30545 706-878-0072 Website: 706-754-6221 Website: www. www.georgiamodelrailroad.com Website: www.fs.fed.us/com alpineantiqueautoandbuggymuseum .com Dukes Creek Mine Pan for gold and screen for gems Andrews Cove Recreation Area yourself. Enjoy fishing, hiking, and camping Hwy. 75 along a lovely mountain stream. P.O. Box 207 GA Hwy. 75 N. Helen, GA 30545 Cleveland, GA 30545 706-878-2625 706-754-6221 Website: members.spree.com/ Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf travel/dukescreek

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 132 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Gold 'n Gem Grubbin' Mine Raven Cliff Falls Tray Mountain Wilderness Area Pan for gold and gemstones. The water of this unusual falls flows Explore this vast wilderness area. 75 Gold Nugget Ln. through a split in the face of a solid Forest Service Rd. 698 and Cleveland, GA 30538 rock outcropping. Appalachian Trail 706-865-5454 Off Russell-Brasstown Scenic Byway Helen, GA 30545 Website: www.goldngem.com Helen, GA 30545 706-754-6221 706-754-6221 Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf The Gourd Place Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Learn about nature with educational Unicoi State Park exhibits and nature oriented retail Remember When Theatre Enjoy the cottages, lodge, and shops. 115 Escowee Dr. camping, swimming beach, boating, 2319 Duncan Bridge Rd. Helen, GA 30545 fishing, and trails. Sautee, GA 30571 706-878-SHOW 1788 GA Hwy. 356 706-865-4048 Website: Helen, GA 30545 Website: www.gourdplace.com www.rememberwhentheatre.com 706-878-3982 Website: www.gastateparks.org High Shoals Falls and Sautee-Nacoochee High Shoals Scenic Area Community Center Upper Chattahoochee River See the beauty of five waterfalls. This center, located in a restored turn- Recreation Area Forest Service Rd. 283 of the-century schoolhouse, houses a Enjoy camping, picnicking, and Twenty miles north of Cleveland theater, art gallery, museum, and hiking. Cleveland, GA 30528 environmental studies room. Forest Service Rd. 44 706-745-6928 283 GA Hwy. 255 Helen, GA 30545 Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Sautee-Nacoochee, GA 30571 706-754-6221 706-878-3300 Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Horse Trough Falls Website: www.snca.org GA Hwy. 75 and Forest Service Rd. 44 White County Courthouse Helen, GA 30545 Sautee-Nacoochee Indian Mound Built in the mid-1800s. 706-754-6221 See from the highway these ancient Cleveland, GA Website: www.fs.fed.us/conf Indian mounds, the burial place of two tragic young lovers from White County Historical Museum Museum of the Hills warring tribes. Learn local history and genealogical Experience the lifestyles of the hill GA Hwys. 75 and 17 facts. country people of the South at Helen, GA 30545 On the Cleveland square beginning of the 1900s. Also visit 706-878-2181 White County Historical Society Fantasy Kingdom filled with Website: www.helenga.org P.O. Box 1139 castles, cottages, and characters Cleveland, GA 30528 from fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Scarlett's Secret 706-865-3225, 706-865-2729, 706- P.O. Box 258 This museum contains items 865-7497 Main St. relating to Gone With the Wind and Helen, GA 30545 the Civil War. Yonah Mountain 706-878-3140 1902 GA Hwy. 17 See the tallest mountain in White Sautee, GA 30571 County. Nora Mill Granary 706-878-1028 GA Hwy. 75 N. Visit an authentic working mill built Website: www.scarlettsecret.com Cleveland, GA 30528 in 1876. Free Admission. 706-865-5356 7107 S. Main St. Smithgall Woods Dukes Creek Helen, GA 30545 Conservation Area 706-878-1280, 800-927-1289 Enjoy fishing, trails, wildlife Website: www.noramill.com viewing, and more. 61 Tsalaki Tr. Old Sautee Store Helen, GA 30545 Serving the valley for over 125 706-878-3087 years, this store offers a Website: www.gastateparks.org combination of an old store museum and contemporary Scandinavian Stovall Mill Covered Bridge gifts. This 35-foot bridge was built GA Hwy. 17 and GA Hwy. 255 around 1895. Sautee, GA 30571 GA Hwy. 255 706-878-2281 Sautee, GA 30545 Website: www.sauteestore.com 706-878-2181 Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 133 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Whitfield County - Dalton

Whitfield County was created in 1851. The county was named for George Whitefield, an Anglican evangelist who established Bethesda Orphanage near Savannah in 1740.

Visitor Information Cohutta National Fish Hatchery Dalton Little Theatre See tanks of warm water species This is the oldest community theater Dalton Convention and Visitors raised here. in the state. Its first production was Bureau/Welcome Center 5350 Red Clay Rd. N.W. in 1869. 2211 Dug Gap Battle Rd. Cohutta, GA 30710 210 N. Pentz St. Dalton, GA 30720 706-694-8830 Dalton, GA 30720 706-270-9960, 800-331-3258 Website: www.daltoncvb.com 706-226-6618 Website: www.daltoncvb.com Confederate Cemetery and Dug Gap Battle Park Dalton-Whitfield County Memorial Wall See breastworks built by Civil War Chamber of Commerce The burial place of 421 Confederate soldiers. 524 Holiday Dr. and 4 Union soldiers with a W. Dug Gap Battle Rd. Dalton, GA 30720 Memorial Wall in their honor. Dalton, GA 30720 706-278-7373 Emory St. in West Hill Cemetery 706-278-0217, 800-331-3258 Website: www.daltonchamber.org Dalton, GA 30720 Website: www.daltoncvb.com 706-270-9960, 800-331-3258 Sites Website: www.daltoncvb.com Hamilton House Museum Visit Dalton's oldest home, built in American Home Showplace Creative Arts Guild 1840. Learn the about the city's Decorator Dream House This organization offers exhibits, history. This house is fully furnished with classes, and more. 701 Chattanooga Ave. the latest in home decorating 520 W. Waugh St. Dalton, GA 30720 fashion. Dalton, GA 30720 706-278-0217 3010 Old Dug Gap Rd. 706-278-0168 Dalton, GA 30722 Website: www.creativeartsguild.org Judd House and Garden 706-277-3132, 800-262-3132 Tour this fine 1921 home and Website: www.carpetsofdalton.com Crown Gardens and Archives garden. The home features a school Search for genealogical records. room, nursery room, music room, Atlanta Campaign Pocket Park 715 Chattanooga Dr. spiral staircase, formal library, and A part of the Blue and Gray Trail. Dalton, GA 30720 much more. U.S. Hwy. 41 N. 706-278-0217 To schedule a tour, contact: Dalton, GA 30720 Dalton Convention and Visitors 706-270-9960, 800-331-3258 Dalton Depot Bureau Website: www.daltoncvb.com Dine in this pre-Civil War depot, P.O. Box 2046 one of few remaining after General Dalton, GA 30722 Blunt House Sherman's March to the Sea. 706-270-9960, 800-331-3258 This 1848 house was once home to 110 Depot St. Website: www.daltoncvb.com Dalton's first mayor, postmaster, Dalton, GA 30720 and religious leader. 706-226-3160 Meadowlawn, The Clisby Austin 506 S. Thornton Ave. Website: www.daltoncvb.com House Dalton, GA 30720 This structure was used as a hospital 706-278-0217 and by General Sherman's troops Website: www.daltoncvb.com during the Civil War. Tunnel Hill, GA 30755 Carpet Mill Tour 706-673-5152 Please note that children under 16 are not permitted in the Prater's Mill manufacturing plants. Contact the This 1855 gristmill is open during welcome center for more the county fair held each May and information or to schedule a tour. October. See Dalton Convention and Visitors 500 Prater's Mill Rd. Bureau/Welcome Center for contact Dalton, GA 30721 information. 706-694-6455

Website: www.pratersmill.org

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 134 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Prater's Mill Foundation Spring Creek Preserve Western and Atlantic Offers a brochure of Varnell's See plants and animals along a trail Railroad Tunnel historic markers. through this wetlands reconstruction This, the oldest railroad tunnel in P.O. Drawer H project. the South, dates back to the 1850s. Varnell, GA 30756 Boyles Mill Rd. The Great Locomotive Train Chase 706-694-MILL Dalton, GA 30720 went through this tunnel in 1862. 706-270-9960, 800-331-3258 The Clisby Austin house, just west Rocky Face Ridge Pavilion Website: of the tunnel, was used by General An Atlanta Campaign interpretive www.dutil.com/springcreek.htm Sherman during the Civil War. A pavilion put up by the WPA in Civil War reenactment is held here 1938. Learn about the event of the Statue of Joseph E. Johnston each September. Atlanta Campaign that occurred Dedicated to Confederate General Clisby Austin Rd. here. The pavilion stands in front of Joseph E. Johnston. Tunnel Hill, GA 30755 the State Patrol Headquarters. Corner of Hamilton St. and 706-270-9960, 800-331-3258 Rocky Face, GA Crawford Website: www.daltoncvb.com Dalton, GA 30720 706-270-9960, 800-331-3258 Wink Theatre Website: www.daltoncvb.com Offering shows and performances. 115 W. Crawford St. Dalton, GA 30721 706-226-WINK Website: www.winktheatre.com

Wilcox County - Abbeville

Wilcox County was established in 1857. It was named for General Mark Wilcox who fought in the Indian wars. Wilcox served as a Georgia state representative three different times and worked to help create the Georgia Supreme Court.

Sites New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Abbeville This is Wilcox County's oldest United Methodist Church church building. It was built in This structure was built in 1892. 1830. Free Admission. Hwy. 129 S. 233 S. Broad St. Abbeville, GA 31001 Abbeville, GA 31001 229-467-2705 229-467-2652 Wilcox County Courthouse This impressive structure was completed in 1903. 103 N. Broad St. Abbeville, GA 31001 229-467-2640

Georgia's first county, Wilkes, was created in 1777. It was named in honor of John Wilkes, a British politician who supported the cause of the American colonies.

Visitor Information Gill Point Recreation Area Robert Toombs House Enjoy the beach, boating, and Historic Site Washington-Wilkes Chamber of picnic/shelter areas. See period furniture, Civil War Commerce Newford Circle exhibits, and a film in the mansion 104 E. Liberty St. Tignall, GA 30668 of this Confederate leader. Washington, GA 30673 800-533-3478 216 E. Robert Toombs Ave. 706-678-2013 Website: www.reserveusa.com Washington, GA 30673 Website: www.washingtonwilkes.com 706-678-2226 Kettle Creek Website: www.gastateparks.org Sites Revolutionary War Battlefield Site of a crucial 1779 battle between Second Time Around Callaway Plantation British and Patriot forces. See animals such as goats, llamas, Explore the past at this living Warhill Rd. pigs, sheep, donkeys, and Japanese history museum where you can pick Washington, GA 30673 koi fish. cotton, tour plantation homes, and 706-678-2013 1146 Hendry Ln. see historic crafts. Website: www.washingtonwilkes.com Washington, GA 30673 U.S. Hwy. 78 706-678-4902 Washington, GA 30673 Mary Willis Library Website: www.washingtonwilkes.com 706-678-7060 This, the first free library in the Website: www.washingtonwilkes.com state, was built in 1888. Inside, see Washington Historical Museum the chest that last held the Explore the history of Wilkes Confederate gold. Free Admission. County. See Civil War and Indian 204 E. Liberty St. artifacts. Washington, GA 30673 308 E. Robert Toombs Ave. 706-678-7736 Washington, GA 30673 Website: www.washingtonwilkes.com 706-678-2105 Website: North Wilkes www.washingtonwilkes.com/ Library/Archives/Museum attractions.html This small museum exhibits the history of the Broad River Valley. The earliest settlers were Creek and Cherokee. Chickasaw also lived in the area. Nine miles north of Washington 706-285-2453

Wilkinson County - Irwinton

Wilkinson County, created in 1803, was named for General James B. Wilkinson. Wilkinson was among the U.S. commissioners who negotiated with the Creek Indians the Treaty of Fort Wilkinson. Wilkinson also served in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and was the first governor of the Louisiana Territory.

Visitor Information Sites

Wilkinson County Board of Wilkinson County Courthouse Commissioners This courthouse was built in 1924. P.O. Box 161 Irwinton, GA Irwinton, GA 31042 478-946-1122 478-946-2236 Website: www.accucomm.net/~wilcoboc

Worth County - Sylvester

Worth County was created in 1853. It was named for Major General William J. Worth of New York who gained fame during his service in the Mexican War. Major William Harris was under Worth's command during the war and was later a leader in the formation of a new county in Georgia which he suggested be named in Worth's honor.

Visitor Information Sites

Worth County-Sylvester Worth County Courthouse Chamber of Commerce This courthouse was originally 301 E. Franklin St. completed in 1905, but was Sylvester, GA 31791 substantially rebuilt after a fire in 229-776-7718 1982. Website: www.peanut.org 201 N. Main St. Sylvester, GA 31791 229-776-8200

Exploring Georgia The Field Trip Guide

Part Two: The Subject Guide

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 140 © 2003 The Notgrass Company To obtain information about each site listed here, look in Part One: The County Guide, under the county where the site is located.

The Arts

Architecture and Fashion

Baldwin Allen's Market Building Ben Hill Fitzgerald Architectural Treasures Driving Tour Fulton The Castle Hall Bete Todd Wages and Princess Lucie Shirazi Vintage Clothing Collections Polk The Round House Whitfield American Home Showplace Decorator Dream House

Music

Barrow Sharpton Opera House Bibb Georgia Music Hall of Fame Bibb Grand Opera House Bibb Otis Redding Statue Bibb Sidney Lanier Cottage Bulloch Statesboro-Georgia Southern Symphony Carroll Thomas A. Dorsey Birthplace Clayton Spivey Hall, Clayton College and State University Dougherty Albany Symphony Orchestra Floyd Rome Symphony Orchestra Forsyth Lanierland Music Park Fulton Atlanta Opera Fulton Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Franklin Clem's Shoal Creek Music Park Glynn Jekyll Island Summer Musical Theatre Festival Habersham Loudermilk Boarding House Museum Hart Bluegrass Express Muscogee Columbus Symphony Orchestra at RiverCenter Muscogee Springer Opera House Richmond WAAW Radio Terrell Sound Play, Inc. Troup Hoofer's Gospel Barn

Fine Art, Folk Art, and Crafts

Baldwin John Marlor Arts Center Bartow Booth Western Art Museum Bartow Etowah Arts Gallery Ben Hill Colony Art Gallery Bibb Middle Georgia Pottery Bibb Museum of Arts and Sciences Carroll Carrollton Cultural Arts Center Chatham Roy Ellis Gallery/Compass Prints, Inc. Chatham Telfair Museum of Art Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 141 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Chattooga Paradise Gardens Park and Museum Cherokee Cherokee County Arts Center Clarke Fire Station Number Two Clarke The Gallery at 166 Clarke Georgia Museum of Art Clarke Lamar Dodd School of Art Gallery Clarke Lyndon House Arts Center Clarke Tate Student Center Gallery Clayton Arts Clayton Gallery Cobb Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Coffee Coffee Alliance for the Arts Coffee Heritage Art Walk Colquitt Colquitt County Arts Center Colquitt Southwest Georgia Bank Art Gallery Coweta Bonnie Castle Bed and Breakfast Dade Rising Fawn Fiber Studio Dawson Bowen Center for the Arts Decatur Firehouse Center and Gallery Dougherty Albany Area Arts Council Dougherty Albany Museum of Art Douglas Cultural Arts Center Fannin Blue Ridge Mountain Art Associates Fulton American Museum of Papermaking Fulton Atlanta International Museum of Art and Design Fulton Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Fulton Center for Puppetry Arts Fulton Eclectic Electric Gallery Fulton Fay Gold Gallery Fulton Hammonds House Galleries and Resource Center Fulton High Museum of Art and High Museum of Art, Folk Art, and Photography Fulton Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta Fulton Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center Greene Iron Horse Glynn Faith Chapel Glynn Glynn Art Association Glynn Jekyll Island Arts Association Exhibit Glynn Left Bank Gallery Glynn Olde Town Arts Center/Hendrix School for the Arts Gordon Harris Art Center Gwinnett Buford Artist Colony Gwinnett Jacquelin Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts Habersham Burton Emporium and Gallery Habersham Hartford House Habersham Mark of the Potter Hall Brenau University Permanent Art Collection Hall Smithgall Arts Center Hall Quinlan Visual Arts Hancock Sparta-Hancock County Museum Haralson Peacock and Possum Tales Heritage Arts Center Hart The Arts Center Lowndes Lowndes/Valdosta Cultural Arts Center Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 142 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Muscogee Columbus Museum Muscogee Columbus Museum Uptown Muscogee Joseph House Gallery Cooperative Muscogee The Studio of Jill Chancey Philips Oconee Happy Valley Pottery Oconee Haygood House and Chappelle Gallery Oconee Oconee Cultural Arts Center Paulding Fine Arts Center Peach Annabelle Lundy Fetterman Porcelain Museum Peach C. W. Pettigrew Farm and Community Life Center Peach Jail House Alley Art Center Pickens Artist-In-Residence Pickens Sharptop Mountains Art Center Polk The Art Center Rabun Georgia Heritage Center for the Arts Rabun Hambridge Center Rabun Tallulah Gallery Richmond Artists' Row Richmond Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art Richmond Morris Museum of Art Spalding Griffin Museum and Art Gallery Thomas Thomasville Cultural Center Tift Atlantic Coastline Artists Gallery Tift Tift Museum of Arts and Heritage Toombs Altama Museum of Art and History Toombs Ohoopee Regional Council for the Arts Troup Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum Troup Lamar Dodd Art Center Ware Okefenokee Heritage Center White BabyLand General Hospital Whitfield Creative Arts Guild

Theater and Dance

Bartow Grand Theatre of Cartersville Bartow Legion Theater and the Pumphouse Players Ben Hill Grand Theatre Bibb Douglass Theatre Bulloch Performing Arts Center Cherokee Canton Theatre Clarke Athens Creative Theatre Clarke Classic Center Clarke Morton Theatre Clarke UGA Performing Arts Center Chatham Lucas Theatre for the Arts Chatham Savannah Theatre Cobb Theater in the Square Coffee Martin Centre Colquitt Colquitt County Arts Center Coweta Newnan Community Theatre Company Decatur Bainbridge Little Theatre Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 143 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Dougherty Theatre Albany Floyd Rome Little Theatre Fulton Academy Theatre Fulton Fox Theater Fulton Georgia Ensemble Theatre Fulton King Plow Arts Center/Actor's Express Theater Company Fulton Rialto Center for the Performing Arts Fulton Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center Fulton Roswell Cultural Arts Center Fulton Southside Theater Guild Fulton Village Playhouse of Roswell Glynn Ritz Theatre Gwinnett Aurora Theater Gwinnett Gwinnett Ballet Theatre Hall Gainesville Ballet Company Hart Hart County Community Theatre Laurens Theatre Dublin Lowndes Dosta Playhouse Lumpkin Holly Theatre Miller Cotton Hall Muscogee Liberty Theater Cultural Center Muscogee RiverCenter for the Performing Arts Polk The Art Center Polk Cedartown Civic Auditorium Pulaski Old Opera House Richmond Imperial Theatre Seminole Olive Theatre Sumter Rylander Theatre Telfair Old South Georgia College Auditorium Thomas Thomasville Cultural Center Tift Tift Theater for the Performing Arts Upson Ritz Theater Ware Waycross Area Community Theatre White Remember When Theatre

Culture

African and African American

Bartow Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial Center Bibb Tubman African American Museum Burke Thomas Grove Baptist Church Camden Cumberland Island National Seashore Museum Carroll Thomas A. Dorsey Birthplace Chatham Beach Institute African-American Museums and Cultural Center Chatham First African Baptist Church Chatham King-Tisdell Cottage Chatham Laurel Grove South Cemetery Chatham Owens-Thomas House Chatham Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 144 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Clarke Chestnut Grove School Clarke Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Clarke Morton Theatre Clarke Myers Dormitory Dougherty Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum Fulton APEX Museum Fulton Hammonds House Galleries and Resource Center Fulton Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site Fulton Shrine of the Black Madonna Pan African Orthodox Christian Church Liberty Dorchester Academy National Historic Place Liberty Seabrook Village McIntosh Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve McIntosh St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church Morgan Morgan County African American Museum Muscogee Liberty Theater Cultural Center Richmond Cedar Grove Cemetery Richmond Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History Richmond Paine College Richmond Springfield Baptist Church Richmond Springfield Village Park Richmond Tabernacle Baptist Church Rockdale Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit

Amish and Mennonite

Dooly Kauffman's Strawberry and Farm Market Dooly Yoder's Deitsch Haus

Appalachian and the Southern United States

Cherokee Funk Heritage Center Lumpkin Dahlonega Mountain Music and Medicine Show Lumpkin Folkways Center of the Georgia Mountains Miller Museum of Southern Culture Rabun Foxfire Museum Towns Reach of Song White Museum of the Hills

Chinese

DeKalb Chinatown Square

European

Bibb Venetian Carousel Floyd Rome City Hall and Capitoline Wolf Hall Carousel at Colonial Lakeshore Mall White Charlemagne's Kingdom

Chatham Temple Mickve Israel Archives Museum Fulton Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta Fulton William Bremen Jewish Heritage Museum

Native American

Bartow Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site Butts Indian Springs Hotel Camden Cumberland Island National Seashore Museum Cherokee Funk Heritage Center Clayton Rex Mill Crawford Museum of Southeastern Indians Douglas Dog River Excavation Exhibit Early Kolomoki Mounds State Historic Park Effingham Historic Effingham Society's Old Jail Museum Floyd Chieftans Museum Gordon Calhoun Memorial Arch Gordon New Echota Cherokee Capitol State Historic Site Glynn Lover's Oak Greene Scull Shoals Hall Chief Whitepath's Cabin, Georgia Mountains History Museum Hart Center of the World Monument Lee Chehaw Indian Monument Lumpkin Medicine Bow, Ltd. Lumpkin Stories of the Mountains Miller Tribute to the American Indian Morgan Bowl Springs Park Murray Chief Vann House Historic Site Putnam Rock Eagle Effigy Union Blood Mountain Archaeological Area Walker Chief John Ross House White Sautee-Nacoochee Indian Mound Wilkes North Wilkes Library/Archives/Museum

Western America

Bartow Booth Western Art Museum

American History

Early America (Native American through Early 1800s)

Baldwin Lockerly Hall Baldwin Old Governor's Mansion Banks Fort Hollingsworth White House Barrow Fort Yargo State Park Bartow Cooper's Friendship Monument Bartow Cooper's Furnace Day Use Area Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 146 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Bartow Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site Bibb Fort Hawkins Bibb Hay House Bibb Woodruff House Burke Burke County Courthouse Butts Indian Springs Hotel Camden Washington Oak Chatham Bethesda Home for Boys Chatham Chatham County Garden Center and Botanical Gardens Chatham Colonial Park Cemetery Chatham Davenport House Museum Chatham Forsyth Park Chatham Old Harbor Light and Oglethorpe Bench Chatham U.S. Custom House Chatham William Scarbrough House Chatham Wormsloe State Historic Site Chattahoochee Old Chattahoochee County Courthouse Cherokee Funk Heritage Center Clarke Church-Waddel-Brumby House Museum Clarke Founders Memorial Garden Clarke Upson House Clay Dill House Clay Outpost Replica Clay Sutton's Corner Frontier Store Museum Clayton Stately Oaks Clayton Rex Mill Cobb Root House Museum Columbia Columbia County Courthouse Coweta Oak Grove Plantation Garden and B & B Crawford Benjamin Hawkins Gravesite Crawford Benjamin Hawkins Monument Crawford Museum of Southeastern Indians Crawford Texas Lone Star State Flag Historical Marker Dawson Dawson County Courthouse DeKalb Historic Complex of DeKalb Historical Society Douglas Dog River Excavation Exhibit Early Kolomoki Mounds State Historic Park Effingham Georgia Salzburger Society Museum Effingham Historic Effingham Society's Old Jail Museum Effingham New Ebenezer Retreat Center Elbert Nancy Hart Cabin Elbert Old Dan Tucker's Gravesite Floyd Chieftans Museum Fulton Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center Fulton Smith Plantation House Glynn Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site Glynn Bloody Marsh Battle Site Glynn Horton House Ruins Gordon New Echota Cherokee Capitol State Historic Site Greene The Big Store Greene Greene County Courthouse Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 147 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Greene Greensboro's Old Gaol Jail Greene Mercer Chapel Greene Scull Shoals Gwinnett Elisha Winn House Hall Chief Whitepath's Cabin, Georgia Mountains History Museum Hancock Glen Mary Plantation Hancock Shoulderbourne Plantation Jackson Crawford W. Long Museum Jasper Monticello Crossroads Scenic Byway Jasper Seven Islands Trail Jefferson Revolutionary Cemetery Jefferson Old Market House Jefferson Old Savannah Road Lee Chehaw Indian Monument Liberty Fort Morris Historic Site Liberty LeConte Woodsman National Historic Place Liberty Midway Church Lincoln Elijah Clark State Park Long Jones Creek Church Museum Lowndes Lake Park Area Historical Society Museum Lumpkin Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site Marion Marion County Courthouse Marion Shiloh-Marion Baptist Church and Cemetery Marion Old Marion County Courthouse McDuffie Historic Wrightsboro McDuffie The Rock House McIntosh Fort King George Historic Site McIntosh Reynolds Mansion Meriwether Grand Wisteria Plantation Bed and Breakfast Inn Monroe Grave of William Culloden Monroe Jarrell 1920 House Monroe Jarrell Plantation Historic Site Morgan Heritage Hall Morgan Madison City Cemetery Morgan Richter Cottage Morgan Rogers House Murray Chief Vann House Historic Site Murray Fort Mountain State Park Murray God's Acre Murray Murray County Courthouse Muscogee Heritage Park Newton Gaither Plantation Oconee Eagle Tavern Welcome Center, Museum, and Gift Shop Peirce Blackshear Military Road Pickens Oglethorpe Monument Pulaski Taylor Hall Putnam Rock Eagle Effigy Richmond Appleby House/Appleby Branch Library Richmond Augusta Canal Interpretive Center Richmond Church of the Most Holy Trinity Richmond Enterprise Mill Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 148 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Richmond Ezekiel Harris House Richmond Meadow Garden House Museum Richmond Old Medical College Richmond Signers Monument Richmond Springfield Baptist Church Richmond Springfield Village Park Richmond St. Paul's Episcopal Church Richmond William Few Homestead Screven Burton's Ferry Site Spalding Bailey-Tebault House Stephens Traveler's Rest Historic Site Stewart Bedingfield Inn Museum Stewart Westville Village Thomas Hardy Bryan House Thomas Melhana, The Grand Plantation Troup LaFayette Fountain Truetlen Troup's Tomb Upson Pettigrew-White-Stamps House Walker Chief John Ross House Walker Gordon-Lee Mansion Walker John B. Gordon Hall Walker Villanow General Store Walton Davis-Edwards House Ware Obediah's Okefenok Warren Burkhalter Home Warren Ogeechee River Mill Warren Rock Mill Plantation Washington Georgia's Oldest Jail White Sautee-Nacoochee Indian Mound White White County Courthouse Whitfield Blunt House Whitfield Dalton Depot Whitfield Hamilton House Museum Wilkes Callaway Plantation Wilkes Kettle Creek Revolutionary War Battlefield Wilkes North Wilkes Library/Archives/Museum

Civil War Era

Banks Ragsdale Mill Bartow Allatoona Pass Battlefield Bartow Cartersville Depot Bartow Cassville Confederate Cemetery Bartow Watts Home Ben Hill Blue and Gray Museum Ben Hill Evergreen Cemetery Ben Hill Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site Bibb Cannonball House and Civil War Museum Brooks Brooks County Couthouse Bryan Fort McAllister Historic Park Burke Confederate Memorial Cemetery Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 149 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Carroll Confederate Monument Catoosa Old Stone Church Museum Catoosa Ringgold Gap Pavilion Catoosa Whitman-Anderson House Chatham Fort Pulaski National Monument Chatham Owens-Thomas House Chatham St. Johns Church and Parish House Clarke Double-Barreled Cannon Clay Frontier Village Clayton Patrick Cleburne Confederate Memorial Cemetery Clayton Road to Tara Museum Clayton Warren House Cobb Gone With the Wind Movie Museum Cobb Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Cobb Marietta Confederate Cemetery/Marietta City Cemetery Cobb Marietta National Cemetery Cobb Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History Colquitt Greenfield Church Site Coweta Male Academy Museum Decatur Willis Park Dodge Confederate Monument Effingham Historic Effingham Society's Old Jail Museum Floyd Greater Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau, Welcome Center Floyd Noble Brothers Foundry Fulton Atlanta Cyclorama Fulton Lost Mill Workers of Roswell Monument Gordon Confederate Cemetery-Battle of Resaca Gordon Oakleigh Gordon Resaca Pavilion Greene Greensboro City Cemetery Gwinnett Lander-Cain House and Sweetwater Cemetery Hall Confederate Statue Harris Fort Tyler Jefferson Ogeechee Crossing Park Lamar Confederate Cemetery-Barnesville Lowndes Sunset Hill Cemetery McDuffie Women of the Sixties Monument Muscogee Port Columbus National Civil War Naval Museum Newton Oxford College Paulding New Hope Church Monument Paulding Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site Pierce Blackshear Civil War Prison Pierce Pierce County Heritage Museum and Depot Pike Inn Scarlett's Footsteps Polk Confederate Memorial Putnam Confederate Cemetery Richmond Confederate Monument Richmond Confederate Powderworks Chimney Richmond Magnolia Cemetery Spalding Stonewall Cemetery Sumter Andersonville Civil War Village Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 150 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Sumter Andersonville National Historic Site Taliaferro A. H. Stephens State Park Troup Bellevue Historical Home Troup Confederate Cemetery Walker Battles for Chattanooga Museum Walton William Harris Homestead Washington Brown House Museum Washington Old City Cemetery Wayne Downtown Historical Marker White Scarlett's Secret Whitfield Confederate Cemetery and Memorial Wall Whitfield Dug Gap Battle Park Whitfield Meadowlawn, The Clisby Austin House Whitfield Rocky Face Ridge Pavilion Whitfield Statue of Joseph E. Johnston Whitfield Western and Atlantic Railroad Tunnel Wilkes Mary Willis Library Wilkes Robert Toombs House Historic Site

Reconstruction and the Late 1800s

Banks Banks County Jail Banks Smithville Village Barrien Berrien County Courthouse Bartow Euharlee Covered Bridge and History Museum Bartow Historic Corra Harris House Bartow Kingston Confederate Museum and Kingston History Museum Bartow Roselawn Museum Bartow World's First Coca-Cola Painted Wall Sign Bibb Grand Opera House Bibb Sidney Lanier Cottage Brooks Quitman City Hall Bulloch Bulloch County Courthouse Butts Butts County Courthouse Butts Flovilla 1885 School House Camden Plum Orchard Mansion Carroll Horton's Books and Gifts Chatham Cotton Exchange Chatham Massie Heritage Interpretation Center Clarke Chestnut Grove School Clarke Old Athens Jail Clarke Seney-Stovall Chapel Clarke Taylor-Grady House Clay Clay County Courthouse Clay New Park Cemetery and Gazebo Clayton 1898 Courthouse Clayton Ashley Oaks Mansion Clayton Jonesboro Greenhouse Clinch Clinch County Courthouse Cobb Historic Village at Life University Coffee Heritage Art Walk Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 151 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Crawford John Pemberton Birthplace-Crawford County Dodge Eastman House Dodge Williamson Mausoleum Dooly Dooly Campground Tabernacle Dooly Dooly County Courthouse Early Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge Elbert Elbert County Couthouse Floyd Old Floyd County Courthouse Fulton Williams-Payne House Hancock Hancock County Courthouse Jackson Hoschton Depot Jackson Jackson County Courthouse Jeff Davis Hazlehurst Historical Museum Johnson Johnson County Courthouse Liberty Seabrook Village Lowndes Crescent House Lumpkin Folkways Center of the Georgia Mountains Macon Macon County Courthouse McIntosh St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church Monroe Anderson House Museum Morgan Madison-Morgan Cultural Center Morgan Rose Cottage Murray Old Spring Place Methodist Church Oconee Elder's Mill Covered Bridge Oglethorpe Oglethorpe County Courthouse Paulding Paulding County Courthouse Pickens Kirby-Quinton Heritage Cabin Pike Pike County Courthouse Polk Rose Hill Cemetery and Gazebo Pulaski Pulaski County Courthouse Randolph Andrew College Randolph Randolph County Courthouse Richmond Paine College Rockdale Old Jail Museum Schley Schley County Courthouse Spalding Doc Holliday Museum Sumter Windsor Hotel Talbot Talbot County Courthouse Terrell Terrell County Courthouse Thomas Lapham-Patterson House Historic Site Tift Georgia Agrirama Union Union County Courthouse Walton McDaniel Tichenor House Washington Washington County Courthouse Walker Coke Oven Park Walker Crawfish Springs Walker Lee and Gordon's Mill Walker Walker County Regional Heritage and Model Train Museum Walton Walton County Courthouse White Stovall Mill Covered Bridge Whitfield Dalton Little Theatre Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 152 © 2003 The Notgrass Company

Twentieth Century

Appling Appling County Courthouse Atkinson Atkinson County Courthouse Atkinson McCranie Brothers Turpentine Still Atkinson Springhead Methodist Church Cemetery Bacon Bacon County Courthouse Banks Blind Suzie Covered Bridge Barrow Barrow County Courthouse Barrow Barrow County Museum Barrow Russell Family Cemetery Bartow Atlanta Campaign Pocket Park Bartow Bartow County Courthouse Berrien World War I Doughboy Statue Bibb Federated Garden Club Center Bleckley Bleckley County Courthouse Brantley Brantley County Courthouse Bryan Richmond Hill Historical Society and Museum Bulloch Statesboro City Hall Calhoun Calhoun County Courthouse Candler 1902 Train Depot Candler 1928 Metter Commissary Candler Candler County Courthouse Catoosa Catoosa County Courthouse Carroll Carroll County Courthouse Carroll Susan Hayward Gravesite Monument Carroll Thomas A. Dorsey Birthplace Chatham City Hall Chatham Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum Chatham First African Baptist Church Chattooga Chattooga County Courthouse Clarke Arncroft House Clarke Fire Station Number Two Clarke Morton Theatre Clarke Myers Dormitory Coffee Ashley-Slater House Museum Coffee Heritage Station Museum Coffee Veterans Memorial and Museum Colquitt Colquitt County Courthouse Colquitt Old Colquitt County Jail Columbia Laurel and Hardy Museum of Harlem, Georgia Cook Cook County Courthouse Coweta Coweta County Courthouse Crisp Crisp County Courthouse Dade Dade County Courthouse Dougherty Astronauts Monument Decatur Decatur County Courthouse Dodge Dodge County Courthouse Dodge Standard Candy Company Dooly Walter F. George Law Museum Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 153 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Dougherty Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum Douglas Douglas County Courthouse Early Early County Courthouse Echols Echols County Courthouse Emanuel Emanuel County Courthouse Evans Evans County Courthouse Floyd Oak Hill and the Martha Berry Museum Floyd Rome City Hall and Capitoline Wolf Forsyth Forsyth County Courthouse Forsyth Poole's Mill Covered Bridge Franklin Cromer's Mill Covered Bridge Franklin Franklin County Courthouse Fulton Historic Mansell House and Gardens Fulton Milton Log Cabin Fulton Herndon Home Fulton King Center Fulton Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site Fulton William Bremen Jewish Heritage Museum Glascock Glascock County Courthouse Grady Grady County Courthouse Gwinnett Mechanicsville School House Hall Beulah Rucker Museum Hall Historic Hall County Courthouse Haralson Historic Haralson County Courthouse Harris Harris County Courthouse Heard Heard County Courthouse Houston Sam Nunn Exhibit Irwin Irwin County Courthouse Jasper Historic Courthouse Jenkins Jenkins County Courthouse Jones Jones County Courthouse Lamar Lamar County Courthouse Lanier Lanier County Courthouse Lanier Milltown Murals Laurens Laurens County Courthouse Lee Lee County Courthouse Liberty Seabrook Village Lincoln Lincoln County Courthouse Long Long County Courthouse Long Ludowici Well Lowndes Barber-Pittman House Lowndes Converse-Dalton-Ferrell House Lowndes Lowndes County Courthouse Lowndes Valdosta City Hall Madison Madison County Courthouse Meriwether Georgian Inn Bed and Breakfast Meriwether Little White House State Historic Site Meriwether Meriwether County Courthouse Miller Millennium Murals Miller Miller County Courthouse Mitchell Mitchell County Courthouse Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 154 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Montgomery Montgomery County Courthouse Murray Chatsworth Depot Murray Cisco School Murray Wright Hotel Muscogee Muscogee County Courthouse Peach Jolly Nut Company Pickens Historic Tate House Pickens Old Pickens County Jail Pierce Pierce County Courthouse Polk Goodyear Mill Village Polk Polk County Courthouse Polk Polk County Courthouse #2 Polk Polk County Historical Society Museum and Gardens Polk West Cinema Putnam Putnam County Courthouse Randolph Fletcher Henderson House Richmond St. Paul's Episcopal Church Richmond Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home Screven Screven County Courthouse Seminole Two Palm Courthouse Stephens Stephens County Courthouse Stewart Hatchett Drug Store Museum Stewart Stewart County Courthouse Sumter Habitat for Humanity International Headquarters Sumter Habitat for Humanity International Tour Center and Museum Sumter Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Sumter Koinonia Farms Sumter Lindbergh Memorial Taliaferro Taliaferro County Courthouse Tattnall Tattnall County Courthouse Taylor Taylor County Courthouse Telfair Telfair County Courthouse Thomas Pebble Hill Plantation Truetlen Soperton City Hall Truetlen Truetlen County Courthouse Troup Callaway Memorial Tower Troup Troup County Courthouse Turner Turner County Courthouse Twiggs Twiggs County Courthouse Upson Historic Courthouse Square Walker Walker County Courthouse Walton Home Town of Monica Michael Warren Fountain Campground Warren Warren County Courthouse Webster Webster County Courthouse Wheeler Wheeler County Courthouse Whitfield Judd House and Garden Wilcox Wilcox County Courthouse Wilkinson Wilkinson County Courthouse Worth Worth County Courthouse

Baldwin Georgia's Antebellum Capitol Museum Baldwin Museum and Archives of Georgia Education Baldwin Old Capitol Fulton Federal Reserve Monetary Museum Fulton Georgia State Capitol, Georgia Capitol Museum, and Capitol Education Center Fulton Jimmy Carter Library and Museum Gwinnett Gwinnett Historic Courthouse Meriwether Little White House State Historic Site Richmond Old Government House Sumter Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

Literature

Bartow Historic Corra Harris House Bibb Sidney Lanier Cottage Fulton Margaret Mitchell House Fulton Wren's Nest House Museum Glynn Lanier Oak Tree Putnam Br'er Rabbit Statue Putnam Uncle Remus Museum

Military (see also Civil War Era)

Catoosa Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Catoosa Sixth Cavalry Museum Chatham Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Chatham Old Fort Jackson Clarke U.S. Navy Supply Corps Museum Colquitt Colquitt County War Memorial Crisp Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park Crisp Lake Blackshear Dougherty Freedom Flame Dougherty Marine Corps Logistics Base Dougherty Royal Air Force Memorial Daugherty Veterans Riverfront Park Floyd Rome Army Store Museum Fulton Faces of War Memorial Glynn Mary Ross Waterfront Park Gordon Calhoun Memorial Arch Hall Riverside Military Academy Haralson Helton Howland Park Haralson Veterans Memorial and Medal of Honor Park Houston Museum of Aviation Liberty Fort Stewart Military Museum McIntosh Fort King George Historic Site Muscogee National Infantry Museum Richmond Signal Corp. Museum Sumter National Prisoner of War Museum Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 156 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Telfair Veteran's Park Union Union County War Memorial

State Historic Sites

Bartow Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site Ben Hill Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site Chatham Wormsloe State Historic Site Glynn Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site Gordon New Echota Cherokee Capitol State Historic Site Liberty Fort Morris Historic Site Lumpkin Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site McIntosh Fort King George Historic Site Meriwether Little White House State Historic Site Monroe Jarrell Plantation Historic Site Murray Chief Vann House Historic Site Paulding Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site Stephens Traveler's Rest Historic Site Thomas Lapham-Patterson House Historic Site Wilkes Robert Toombs House Historic Site

General History

Appling Appling County Heritage Center Banks Banks County Courthouse Baldwin Central State Hospital Bartow Bartow County Genealogical Society Research Library Bartow Bartow History Center Bartow Etowah Valley Historical Society Collection/Library Bibb Ocmulgee National Monument Bibb Rose Hill Cemetery Bibb Tubman African American Museum Bibb Washington Memorial Library Bulloch Georgia Southern University Museum Brooks Brooks County Museum and Cultural Center Burke Burke County Museum Camden Cumberland Island National Seashore Museum Camden Dungeness Ruins Camden Oak Grove Cemetery Camden Orange Hall House Museum Carroll Beth Harmon Williamson Cultural Art Center Carroll Roopville Archives and Historical Society Chatham Andrew Low House Chatham Bonaventure Cemetery Chatham Georgia Historical Society Chatham Girl Scouts First Headquarters Chatham Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Chatham Kiah Museum Chatham Savannah History Museum Chatham Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum Chatham Tybee Island Beach Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 157 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Chatham Tybee Island Lightstation and Tybee Museum Chatham Waving Girl Statue Clay Coleman Opera House and Museum Clayton Antique Funeral Museum/Margaret Mitchell Playhouse Clayton Clayton County Jail and History Center Clayton Historic Village Cobb Brumby Hall and Gardens Cobb Cobb County Youth Museum Cobb Marietta Fire Museum Cobb Marietta Museum of History Cobb Smyrna Museum Colquitt Ellen Payne Odom Genealogical Library Colquitt Museum of Colquitt County History Columbia Grovetown Museum Coweta Buggy Shop Museum Decatur Firehouse Center and Gallery DeKalb Stone Mountain Park Dougherty Santa Museum Dougherty Thronateeske Heritage Center Fayette Holliday Dorsey-Fife House Floyd Myrtle Hill Cemetery Floyd Rome Area History Museum Floyd Rome's Clocktower Museum Franklin Franklin County Historical Society Museum Fulton American Museum of Papermaking Fulton Atlanta History Center Fulton Atlanta Preservation Center Fulton Bulloch Hall Fulton Fernbank Museum of Natural History Fulton Georgia Department of Archives and History Fulton Historic Oakland Cemetery Fulton Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University Fulton Old Campbell County Museum Fulton Rhodes Hall Fulton Roswell Fire Museum Fulton Roswell Historical Society Fulton Teaching Museum North Fulton World of Coca-Cola Museum DeKalb Old Courthouse on the Square Glynn Brunswick History Museum Glynn Jekyll Island National Historic Landmark District Glynn Fort Frederica National Monument Glynn Island History Center Glynn Mary Miller Doll Museum Gordon Oakleigh Greene Historical Society Museum Gwinnett Gwinnett Historical Society/Gwinnett History Center Gwinnett Gwinnett History Museum Habersham Mauldin House Hall Alta Vista Cemetery and Longstreet Gravesite Hancock Sparta-Hancock County Museum Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 158 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Haralson West Georgia Museum of Tallapoosa Harris Chipley Historical Center Hart Hart County Historical Museum Heard Heard County Historical Center and Museum Jackson Sheilds-Ethridge Heritage Farm Jefferson Jefferson County Courthouse Johnson Kite Museum Jones Old Clinton Roadside Park Lamar Old Jail Museum and Archives Laurens Dublin Laurens Museum Liberty Midway Museum Lincoln Lincoln County Historical Park Lowndes Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum McDuffie McDuffie Museum, Inc. Monroe Monroe County Museum and Genealogy Room Morgan Morgan County African American Museum Murray Chatsworth-Murray County Library Oconee Akridge Cemetery Paulding Paulding County Museum Peach Byron Depot Richmond Augusta Museum of History Richmond Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History Richmond Riverwalk Augusta Spalding Griffin Museum and Art Gallery Stephens Stephens County Historical Museum Sumter Georgia Rural Telephone Museum Sumter National Prisoner of War Museum Thomas Thomas County Museum of History Thomas Thomasville Genealogical, History, and Fine Arts Library Toombs Ladson Genealogical Library Troup Troup County Historical Society and Archives Union Union County Historical Society Museum Upson Thomaston-Upson Archives Walton Town Well Ware Okefenokee Heritage Center Washington Washington County Genealogical Museum Wayne Little Red Caboose Wayne Wayne County Courthouse White Old Sautee Store White White County Historical Museum Whitfield Crown Gardens and Archives Wilkes Washington Historical Museum

Nature, Science, and Technology

Agriculture

Bartow Possum Trot Farm Bartow Pumpkin Patch Farm Brooks Dewitt Produce Co., Inc. Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 159 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Brooks Lawson Peach Shed Cherokee Cagle's Dairy MAiZE Coffee General Coffee State Park Cook Sumners Pecan Groves Coweta Senoia Coffee Company Crawford Dickey Farms Dawson Burt's Farm Dooly Ellis Brothers Pecans Dooly Georgia State Cotton Museum Early Peanut Monument Evans Claxton Bakery Evans Georgia Fruit Cake Company Fannin Mercier Orchards Gilmer Apple Orchard Alley Gilmer Hillcrest Orchards Habersham Apple Monument Hall Poultry Park Jackson Sheilds-Ethridge Heritage Farm Jeff Davis Sweet Carrot Tours Jeff Davis Frogbottom Gristmill Jefferson The Gourd Farm Lamar B. Lloyd's Pecans Lamar Swint's Pecans and Candies Laurens Chappell's Mill Macon Kauffman's Strawberry and Farm Market Monroe Jarrell Plantation Historic Site Oconee Miller's Blueberries Peach Big 6 Farm Pulaski Gooseneck Farms Putnam Lane Packing Company Sumter DeSoto Nut House Talbot Old South Farm Museum and Agricultural Learning Center Tattnall Bland Farms Taylor AgriMaze at Taylor Orchards Terrell Mark's Melon Patch Terrell National Peanut Research Laboratory Thomas Sweet Grass Dairy Tift Coastal Plains Experiment Station Tift Nespal Toombs Farm Tours of Vidalia Turner Calhoun Produce Turner World's Largest Peanut Union Georgia Mountain Experiment Station Union Southern Tree Plantation Warren Ogeechee River Mill White Nora Mill Granary

Banks Wilson Shoals Wildlife Management Area Bulloch Center for Wildlife Education and the Lamar Q. Ball Jr. Raptor Center Cherokee Tanglewood Farm Clarke Bear Hollow Wildlife Trail Dade Rising Fawn Fiber Studio Dawson Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area Dawson Kangaroo Conservation Center Dawson Rainbow Nation and Aunt Susan's Animal Rescue Zoo Dodge Cypress Lake Plantation Dooly Flint River Wildlife Management Area Dougherty The Parks at Chehaw Elbert Broad River Wildlife Management Area Elbert Elbert County Wildlife Management Area Evans Wilbanks Apiaries Fulton Zoo Atlanta Gilmer Cohutta Wildlife Management Area Gilmer Rich Mountain Wildlife Area Glynn Jim Fowler's Life in the Wild Glynn Low Country Alligator Farm Gwinnett/Walton Carousel Quarters Animal Farm Gwinnett Yellow River Game Ranch Habersham Lake Buton Wildlife Management Area Habersham Lake Russell Wildlife Management Area Habersham Sunburst Stables Hall Montara Farm Haralson Bud Jones Taxidermy Museum Harris Big Bear Farm Harris Butts Mill Farm Harris Chuck-Bar Emu Ranch Harris Roosevelt Riding Stables Harris Wild Animal Safari Hart Hart County Wildlife Management Area Henry Noah's Ark Animal Rehabilitation Center Jasper Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center Jasper Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge Jeff Davis Bullard Creek Wildlife Management Area Jeff Davis Old Red Barn Gift Shop and Blue Goose Antiques Lanier Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge Lowndes Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area Lumpkin Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area Lumpkin Chestatee Wildlife Management Area Lumpkin Chestatee Wildlife Preserve Lumpkin Sunny Farms North Madison JC Ostrich Ranch McDuffie Clarks Hill Lake Wildlife Management Area McIntosh Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge Mitchell Glass Gator Farm Monroe Rum Creek Wildlife Management Area Muscogee Snyder Farms Stables Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 161 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Murray Fort Mountain Stables Murray Lake Conasauga Recreation Area and Lake Conasauga Songbird Management Area Pickens Swan Center Monastery Rabun Dillard House Stables Rabun Tut's Game Preserve Rabun Warwoman Wildlife Management Area Richmond Phinizy Swamp Nature Park Telfair Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area Telfair Muskhogean Wildlife Management Area Thomas Birdsong Nature Center Towns Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Areas Union Cooper's Creek Wildlife Management Area Union Trackrock Stables Walton see Gwinnett Warren Ogeechee Wildlife Management Area Wayne Rayonier Wildlife Management Area White Black Forest Bear Park and Reptile Exhibit White Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area White Cross Creek Stables Wilkes Second Time Around

Aquatic Life

Appling Altamaha River Ben Hill Bowens Mill Fish Hatchery Camden Sweetwater Fishery Chatham Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Chatham UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium Chatham Tybee Island Marine Science Center Chatooga Summerville Fish Hatchery Glynn Driftwood's Coastal Encounters Glynn Jim Fowler's Life in the Wild Glynn Sea Turtle Walks Habersham Lake Burton Trout Hatchery Jenkins Bo Ginn Aquarium and Aquatic Educational Center Jenkins Magnolia Springs State Park McIntosh Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve Meriwether Warm Springs Regional Fisheries Center and Aquarium Terrell Steve Cocke Fish Hatchery Union Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery Whitfield Cohutta National Fish Hatchery

Caves, Rocks, and Minerals

Bartow Weinman Mineral Museum Coffee Broxton Rocks Elbert Elberton Granite Museum and Exhibit Elbert Georgia Guidestones Lincoln Graves Mountain Lumkin Consolidated Gold Mine Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 162 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Lumpkin Crisson Gold Mine Lumpkin Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site Oglethorpe Shaking Rock Park Pickens Marble Museum Pickens Marble School House Pickens Marble Quarry Tours Walker Pigeon Mountain Walker Rock City Gardens White Gold 'n Gem Grubbin' Mine White Dukes Creek Mine

Lighthouses

Chatham Fort Pulaski National Monument Chatham Tybee Island Lightstation and Tybee Museum Glynn St. Simons Island Lighthouse Museum McIntosh Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve

Natural Areas

Appling A. Randall Tuten Environmental Park Appling Altamaha River Appling Lake Mayers Appling Moody Forest Natural Area Baldwin Bartram Forest Baldwin Lake Sinclair Banks Hurricane Shoals Park Barrow Fort Yargo State Park Bartow Allatoona Lake and Visitors Center Bartow Red Top Mountain State Park and Lodge Bibb Lake Tobesofkee Recreation Area Bryan J.F. Gregory Park Bulloch Herty Nature Trail Butts Indian Springs State Park Butts Lake Jackson Camden Cumberland Island National Seashore Camden Satilla Waterfront Park Candler Outdoor Nature Trail Carroll John Tanner State Park Carroll McIntosh Reserve Catoosa Elsie Holmes Nature Park Charlton Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Chatham Oatland Island Education Center Chatham Savannah National Wildlife Refuge Chatham Savannah Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center Chatham Skidaway Island State Park Chatham Wilderness Southeast, Inc. Chattooga James H. Floyd State Park Clarke Memorial Park Clarke North Oconee River Greenway and Heritage Trail Clarke Oconee Forest Park Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 163 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Clay George T. Bagby State Park and Lodge Clay Lake Walter F. George Clinch Stephen C. Foster State Park Coffee General Coffee State Park Columbia Heggie's Rock Columbia J. Strom Thurmond Lake Columbia Lake Springs Recreation Area Columbia Mistletoe State Park Cook Reed Bingham State Park Crisp Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park Crisp Lake Blackshear Dade Cloudland Canyon State Park Dade Lookout Lake Decatur Earl May Boat Basin Park Decatur Wingate's Lunker Lodge and Recreation Area Dodge Cypress Lake Plantation Dodge Georgia DNR Dodge County Public Fishing Area Dooly Oakbin Pond Reserve Dougherty Radium Springs Dougherty Lake Chehaw Douglas Clinton Nature Preserve Douglas Sweetwater Creek State Conservation Park Effingham New Ebenezer Retreat Center Elbert Bobby Brown State Park Elbert Richard B. Russell State Park Emanuel George L. Smith State Park Evans Canoochee River Evans Evans County Public Fishing Area Fannin Aska Trails Area Fannin Horseshoe Bend River Park Fannin Toccoa River, Mountain Biking, and Canoe Trails Floyd Ridge Ferry Park Floyd Rocky Mountain Recreation and Fishing Area Floyd Zion Farms Franklin Tugaloo State Park Franklin Victoria Bryant State Park Fulton Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center Fulton Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Fulton Cochran Mill Nature Preserve Fulton Cochran Mill Park Glascock Hamburg State Park Glynn Earth Day Nature Trail Glynn Gascoigne Bluff Glynn Little St. Simons Island Glynn Marshes of Glynn Overlook Park Glynn St. Simons Beach (Massengale Park) Gordon Carters Lake Gordon Hidden Creek Recreation Area Gordon Salacoa Creek Park Greene Lake Oconee Habersham Fern Springs Recreation Area Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 164 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Habersham Lake Russell Recreation Area Habersham Moccasin Creek State Park Hall Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Hall River Forks Park Hancock Lake Sinclair Haralson Evelyn Wade Recreation Park Harris Blanton Creek Park Harris Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park Harris West Point Lake Hart Hart State Park Henry Panola Mountain State Conservation Park Irwin Crystal Lake Jasper Jasper Lake Jasper Oconee National Forest Jeff Davis Altamaha and Ocmulgee River Excursions Jeff Davis Three Rivers Expeditions Jefferson Ogeechee Crossing Park Jenkins Magnolia Springs State Park Jones Hitchiti and Brender Forests Jones Old Clinton Roadside Park Lanier Alapaha River Lanier Robert Simpson Nature Trail Liberty Cay Creek Wetland Interpretive Center Lincoln Busey Point Recreation Area Lincoln Clarks Hill Lake Lincoln Elijah Clark State Park Lowndes Langdale Park Lumpkin Cooper Creek Scenic Area Lumpkin Dockery Lake Recreation Area Lumpkin Water's Creek Recreation Area Lumpkin Woody Gap Recreation Area Macon Whitewater Creek Park Madison Watson Mill Covered Bridge and Watson Mill Bridge State Park McIntosh Ansley-Hodges M.A.R.S.H. Project and Nature Trail McIntosh Butler's Island McIntosh Harris Neck Wildlife Refuge Monroe Lake Juliette Morgan Bowl Springs Park Morgan Hard Labor Creek State Park Murray Cohutta Wilderness Murray Fort Mountain State Park Murray Lake Conasauga Recreation Area and Lake Conasauga Songbird Management Area Muscogee Lake Harding (Barlett's Ferry) and Lake Oliver Newton Turner Lake Complex Newton Factory Shoals Park Newton Georgia Wildlife Federation Oconee Herman C. Michael Park Pike Gerald I. Lawhorn Canoe Base and Training Center Polk Big Spring Park and Water Plant Facility Putnam Lake Oconee Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 165 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Putnam Lake Sinclair Putnam Lawrence Shoals Recreation Area Putnam Oconee Springs Park Quitman Lake Walter F. George Rabun Black Rock Mountain State Park Rabun Coleman River Scenic Area Rabun Lake Rabun-GA Power Rabun Lake Seed – GA Power Rabun Lake Tugalo-GA Power Rabun Nantahala Outdoor Center Rabun Rabun Beach Recreation Area Rabun Sandy Bottom Recreation Area Rabun Southern Nantahala Wilderness Area Rabun Tallulah Falls Lake-GA Power Rabun Tallulah Gorge State Park Rabun Tallulah River Recreation Area Rabun Tate Branch Recreation Area Rabun Warwoman Dell Recreation Area Rabun Wildcat Express Rabun Willis Knob Recreation Area Richmond Riverwalk Augusta Rockdale Black Shoals Park Rockdale Pine Log Park Seminole Chattahoochee River Seminole Seminole State Park Stephens Currahee Mountain Stephens Lake Yonah-GA Power Stewart Florence Marina State Park Stewart Providence Canyon Conservation Park Taliaferro A. H. Stephens State Park Tattnall Big Hammock Natural Area Tattnall Gordonia-Altamaha State Park Telfair Little Ocmulgee State Park and Lodge Towns Lake Chatuge Recreation Area Troup Pyne Road Park and Campground Troup Ringer Park and Campground Union Brasstown Bald Union Frank Gross Recreation Area Union Lake Nottely Union Lake Winfield Scott Recreation Area Union Nottely River Campgrounds, Cabins, and Tubing Union Poteete Creek Park and Campground Union Russell-Brasstown Scenic Byway Union Sosbee Cove Scenic Area Union Track Rock Archaeological Area Union Vogel State Park Union Woody Gap Recreational Area Upson Flint River Outdoor Center Upson The Rock Ranch, LLC Upson Sprewell Bluff State Park Walker Hidden Creek Recreation Area Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 166 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Ware Laura S. Walker State Park and Golf Course Ware Okefenokee Swamp Park Wayne Lake Lindsay Grace White Andrews Cove Recreation Area White Smithgall Woods Dukes Creek Conservation Area White Tray Mountain Wilderness Area White Unicoi State Park White Upper Chattahoochee River Recreation Area White Yonah Mountain Whitfield Spring Creek Preserve Wilkes Gill Point Recreation Area

Nature Centers, Exhibits, and Museums

Butts Dauset Trails Nature Center Chatham Flying Frogs Clarke ENSAT Center Clarke Sandy Creek Nature Center Clayton Reynolds Memorial Nature Preserve Floyd Lock and Dam Regional Park Fulton Chattahoochee Nature Center Fulton Fernbank Museum of Natural History Glynn Tidelands Nature Center Gwinnett Lanier Museum of Natural History Hall Elachee Nature Science Center Harris Callaway Gardens Henry Newman Wetlands Center Muscogee Oxbow Meadows Environmental Learning Center Tift Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Ware Obediah's Okefenok White The Gourd Place

Planetaria and Astronomy

Chatham Savannah Science Museum Dougherty Thronateeske Heritage Center Fulton Fernbank Science Center Hall Scale Model/Walking Tour of Our Solar System Lowndes Valdosta State University Planetarium Lumpkin George E. Coleman Planetarium Muscogee Coca-Cola Space Science Center Towns Rollins Planetarium

Plants

Baldwin Lockerly Arboretum Baldwin Olive Forge Herb Garden Bulloch Georgia Southern University Botanical Gardens Camden McIntosh Sugar Mill Ruins Candler Charles Harrold Nature Preserve Chatham Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 167 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Chatham Chatham County Garden Center and Botanical Gardens Cherokee Gibb's Botanical Gardens Clarke Founders Memorial Garden Clarke Garden Club of Georgia Clarke Horticulture Trail Garden Clarke State Botanical Garden of Georgia Clarke The Tree That Owns Itself Colquitt Bert Harsh Park Dawson Bernadette's Garden Dooly Flint River Nursery Floyd Marshall Forest Fulton Atlanta Botanical Garden Glynn Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site Gwinnett Vines Botanical Gardens and Manor House Harris Callaway Gardens Henry H & H Orchards Liberty Cay Creek Wetland Interpretive Center Liberty LeConte Woodsman National Historic Place Lowndes Drexel Park Newton Yarborough Oak Oconee Piccadilly Farm Oconee Thomas Orchards and Greenhouse Peach Massee Lane Gardens Rockdale Lewis Vaughn Botanical Gardens Spalding University of Georgia Research and Education Garden Thomas The Big Oak Thomas Thomasville Rose Garden Tift Coastal Plain Research Arboretum Tift Fulwood Garden Center Tift Magnolia Tree Park Towns Fred Hamilton Rhododendron Garden Troup Ferrell Gardens at Hills and Dales Walker Rock City Gardens Ware Southern Forest World

Science, Technology, and Manufacturing

Appling Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Visitor Center Bibb Museum of Arts and Sciences Burke Plant Vogtle Visitor Center Camden George Bancroft SSBN-643 Sail Exhibit Camden St. Marys Submarine Museum Chatham Savannah Science Museum Chatham Savannah Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center Columbia J. Strom Thurmond Lake Dougherty Astronauts Monument Dougherty Thronateeske Heritage Center Fulton Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fulton CNN Studio Tour Fulton Fernbank Science Center Fulton SciTrek Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 168 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Gilmer Carter's Dam Gordon Echota Cotton Mills and the Mill Village Hall Buford Dam Harris West Point Dam Visitors Center and Powerhouse Exhibits Lobby Hart Hartwell Lake-Dam and Power Plant Houston Museum of Aviation Jackson Mayfield Dairy Farms Murray Cohutta Springs Outdoor Ministries Peach Blue-Bird Company Peach Lane Packing Company Pickens John's Mill Polk Big Spring Park and Water Plant Facility Richmond Augusta Canal Interpretive Center Richmond Augusta Cotton Exchange Welcome Center and Museum Richmond National Science Center's Fort Discovery Richmond WAAW Radio Sumter Georgia Rural Telephone Museum Terrell National Peanut Research Laboratory Walker Coke Oven Park White Alpine Antique Auto and Buggy Museum Whitfield Carpet Mill Tour

State Parks

Barrow Fort Yargo State Park Bartow Red Top Mountain State Park and Lodge Bryan Fort McAllister Historic Park Butts High Falls State Park Butts Indian Springs State Park Camden Crooked River State Park Carroll John Tanner State Park Chatham Skidaway Island State Park Chattooga James H. Floyd State Park Clay George T. Bagby State Park and Lodge Clinch Stephen C. Foster State Park Coffee General Coffee State Park Columbia Mistletoe State Park Cook Reed Bingham State Park Crisp Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park Dade Cloudland Canyon State Park Dawson Amicalola Falls State Park Douglas Sweetwater Creek State Conservation Park Early Kolomoki Mounds State Historic Park Elbert Bobby Brown State Park Elbert Richard B. Russell State Park Emanuel George L. Smith State Park Franklin Tugaloo State Park Franklin Victoria Bryant State Park Glascock Hamburg State Park Habersham Moccasin Creek State Park Harris Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 169 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Hart Hart State Park Henry Panola Mountain State Conservation Park Jenkins Magnolia Springs State Park Lincoln Elijah Clark State Park Madison Watson Mill Covered Bridge and Watson Mill Bridge State Park McIntosh Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve Morgan Hard Labor Creek State Park Murray Fort Mountain State Park Rabun Black Rock Mountain State Park Rabun Tallulah Gorge State Park Seminole Seminole State Park Stewart Florence Marina State Park Stewart Providence Canyon Conservation Park Taliaferro A. H. Stephens State Park Tattnall Gordonia-Altamaha State Park Telfair Little Ocmulgee State Park and Lodge Union Vogel State Park Upson Sprewell Bluff State Park Ware Laura S. Walker State Park and Golf Course White Smithgall Woods Dukes Creek Conservation Area White Unicoi State Park

Transportation

Banks Blind Suzie Covered Bridge Barrien Alapaha Station Bartow Euharlee Covered Bridge and History Museum Candler 1902 Train Depot Charlton Folkston Funnel Train-Watching Platform Charlton Train Museum Chatham Oglethorpe Speedway Park Chatham Port of Savannah Chatham River Street Riverboat Company Chatham Roundhouse Railroad Museum Chatham Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum Cobb Concord Covered Bridge Cobb Kennesaw Train Depot Cobb Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History Colquitt Steam Locomotive Crisp SAM Shortline Early Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge Fannin Blue Ridge Scenic Railway Forsyth Poole's Mill Covered Bridge Franklin Cromer's Mill Covered Bridge Fulton Historic Freight Depot/Georgia Building Authority Fulton Klassix Auto Atraction Glynn Mary Ross Waterfront Park Grady Cairo Antique Automobile Museum Gwinnett Southeastern Railway Museum Hall Steam Locomotive Henry Atlanta Motor Speedway Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 170 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Houston Museum of Aviation Johnson Train Depot Lamar Old Jail Museum and Archives Madison Watson Mill Covered Bridge and Watson Mill Bridge State Park Meriwether Red Oak Covered Bridge Murray Chatsworth Depot Oconee Elder's Mill Covered Bridge Oglethorpe Big Cloud Creek Covered Bridge Peach Byron Depot Peach Generation Gap Peach Blue-Bird Company Rockdale Conyers Depot Rockdale Haralson Mill Covered Bridge Rockdale Milstead 104 Dinky Steam Locomotive Stewart Richland Rail Museum Sumter Lindbergh Memorial Union Misty Mountain Train Museum Upson Auchumkee Creek Covered Bridge Walker Walker County Regional Heritage and Model Train Museum White Charlemagne's Kingdom White Stovall Mill Covered Bridge Whitfield Western and Atlantic Railroad Tunnel

Outdoor Recreation

Bartow Barnsley Gardens Bryan Ogeechee Outpost Camden Crooked River State Park Chatham Tybee Island Beach Cobb Sun Valley Beach Cobb White Water and American Adventures Columbia West Dam Recreation Area Columbia Wildwood Park Effingham Ogeechee Park Canoe and Kayak Rentals Floyd Historic Cave Spring and Rolater Park Fulton Acworth Beach/Cauble Park Fulton Six Flags Over Georgia Gwinnett Lake Lanier Islands Beach and Waterpark Hall Lake Lanier Lodges-Log Cabins and Boat Rentals Henry Shamrock-Blalock Recreation Area Houston Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter Liberty Melon Bluff Nature and Heritage Center Lincoln Amity Recreation Area Lowndes Wild Adventures Madison Broad River Outpost McIntosh Darien Waterfront Park Murray Cohutta Springs Outdoor Ministries Rabun Andy's Trout Farm, Cabins, and Campground Rabun Sky Valley Rabun Southeastern Expeditions-Chattooga River Rafting Rabun Wildwater Ltd. Rafting Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 171 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Walker Lake Winnepesaukah White Alpine Amusement Park White David Bristol Hot Air Balloon Rides

Waterfalls and Springs

Butts High Falls State Park Dawson Amicalola Falls State Park Douglas Lithia Springs Water and Bottling Company Fayette Starr's Mill Scenic Stop Habersham Panther Creek Falls and Panther Creek Recreation Area Lumpkin Cane Creek Falls Rabun Becky Branch Falls Rabun Dick's Creek Falls Rabun Ellicott Rock Wilderness Area Rabun Holcomb Creek Falls Rabun Minnehaha Falls Stephens Henderson Falls Park Stephens Toccoa Falls Union Helton Creek Falls White Anna Ruby Falls White DeSoto Falls and DeSoto Falls Recreation Area White Dukes Creek Falls Recreation Area White High Shoals Falls and High Shoals Scenic Area White Horse Trough Falls White Raven Cliff Falls

Religion

Historic Churches There are many historic church buildings in communities across Georgia. A selection of them is listed here.

Appling Graham United Methodist Church Baldwin Sacred Heart Catholic Church Baldwin St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Bibb St. Joseph's Catholic Church Burke First United Methodist Church of Waynesboro Burke St. Michael's Episcopal Church Burke Thomas Grove Baptist Church Burke Waynesboro Baptist Church Butts Indian Springs Chapel Calhoun Dickey Presbyterian Church Camden First African Baptist Church Candler Old Lake Church and Cemetery Candler Salem Church Chatham Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Chatham Christ Church Chatham Lutheran Church of the Ascension Chatham St. Johns Church and Parish House Chatham Temple Mickve Israel Archives Museum

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 172 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Chatham Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church Charlton Sardis Church Chattooga Sardis Baptist Church Clarke Athens First Presbyterian Church Clarke Emanuel Episcopal Church Clarke First African Methodist Episcopal Church Clarke Seney-Stovall Chapel Clayton Philadelphia Presbyterian Church Columbia Old Kiokee Baptist Church Dougherty St. Teresa's Catholic Church Glynn Christ Church, Frederica Habersham Grace Calvary Episcopal Church McDuffie Historic Wrightsboro Quaker Settlement McIntosh Darien United Methodist Church McIntosh Smallest Church in America McIntosh St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church Monroe Historic Methodist Church Murray Old Spring Place Methodist Church Pierce Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery Oconee Antioch Christian Church Polk St. James Episcopal Church Polk Van Wert Methodist Church Richmond Church of the Most Holy Trinity Richmond First Presbyterian Church Richmond Sacred Heart Cultural Center Richmond Springfield Baptist Church Richmond St. Paul's Episcopal Church Richmond Tabernacle Baptist Church Thomas All Saints Episcopal Church Wilcox Abbeville United Methodist Church Wilcox New Hope Primitive Baptist Church

Religious Museums, Gardens, and Campgrounds

Candler Guido Gardens/Evangelistic Association Glynn Arthur J. Moore Methodist Museum, Library, and Archive Sumter Koinonia Farms Warren Fountain Campground

Sports

Banks Ty Cobb Birthplace Bibb Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Chatham Olympic Cauldron Clarke Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall and Sports Museum Clarke ITA Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame Clarke Spirit of Athens Dawson Thunder Road U.S.A. Franklin Ty Cobb Museum Fulton Atlanta Braves Museum and Hall of Fame/Turner Field Tours Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 173 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Fulton Centennial Olympic Park Fulton Georgia Dome Fulton Philips Arena Gwinnett Atlanta Ice Forum Hall Atlanta Falcons Headquarters and Training Facility Hall Clarks Bridge Park and Olympic Venue McDuffie Pine Top Farm Muscogee Columbus RedStixx Baseball Muscogee Columbus South Commons Richmond Augusta Golf and Gardens Rockdale Georgia International Horse Park

Exploring Georgia The Field Trip Guide

Part Three: The Unit Guide

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 175 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 176 © 2003 The Notgrass Company To obtain information about each site listed here, look in Part One: The County Guide under the county where the site is located.

Unit 1 - The People and Symbols of Georgia

Fulton Georgia State Capitol, Georgia Capitol Museum, and Capitol Education Center

Unit 2 - Living and Working in Georgia

A small portion of the parks, natural areas, etc. available in Georgia are listed here. Find out about more by seeing the section on Nature Centers and Museums, Natural Areas, etc.

Appling Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Visitor Center Appling Moody Forest Natural Area Bartow Weinman Mineral Museum Brooks Dewitt Produce Co., Inc. Brooks Lawson Peach Shed Burke Plant Vogtle Visitor Center Camden St. Marys Submarine Museum Camden Sweetwater Fishery Catoosa Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Catoosa Sixth Cavalry Museum Charlton Train Museum Chatham Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Chatham Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum Clarke U.S. Navy Supply Corps Museum Colquitt Colquitt County War Memorial Cook Sumners Pecan Groves Crawford Dickey Farms Crisp Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park Dawson Amicalola Falls State Park Dodge Cypress Lake Plantation Dodge Standard Candy Company Dooly Ellis Brothers Pecans Dooly Georgia State Cotton Museum Dougherty Marine Corps Logistics Base Early Peanut Monument Elbert Elberton Granite Museum and Exhibit Elbert Georgia Guidestones Evans Claxton Bakery Evans Georgia Fruit Cake Company Evans Wilbanks Apiaries Floyd Rome Army Store Museum Fulton CNN Studio Tour Fulton CNN "Talk Back Live" Fulton Federal Reserve Monetary Museum Fulton Fernbank Science Center Hall Riverside Military Academy

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 177 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Hart Hartwell Lake-Dam and Power Plant Henry H & H Orchards Houston Museum of Aviation Gordon Echota Cotton Mills and the Mill Village Gwinnett Mall of Georgia Jeff Davis Sweet Carrot Tours Jeff Davis Frogbottom Gristmill Jefferson The Gourd Farm Lamar B. Lloyd's Pecans Lamar Old Jail Museum and Archives Lamar Swint's Pecans and Candies Liberty Cay Creek Wetland Interpretive Center Liberty Fort Stewart Military Museum Lincoln Graves Mountain Macon Kauffman's Strawberry and Farm Market Madison Watson Mill Covered Bridge and Watson Mill Bridge State Park Oconee Thomas Orchards and Greenhouse Peach Big 6 Farm Peach Blue-Bird Company Peach Lane Packing Company Polk Big Spring Park and Water Plant Facility Pulaski Gooseneck Farms Richmond Augusta Cotton Exchange Welcome Center and Museum Richmond Enterprise Mill Richmond Signal Corp. Museum Rockdale Lewis Vaughn Botanical Gardens Rockdale Milstead 104 Dinky Steam Locomotive Sumter DeSoto Nut House Sumter National Prisoner of War Museum Talbot Old South Farm Museum and Agricultural Learning Center Tattnall Bland Farms Taylor AgriMaze at Taylor Orchards Telfair Veteran's Park Terrell National Peanut Research Laboratory Thomas Sweet Grass Dairy Tift Nespal Turner Calhoun Produce Turner World's Largest Peanut Union Brasstown Bald Union Georgia Mountain Experiment Station Union Union County War Memorial Ware Okefenokee Swamp Park Ware Southern Forest World White BabyLand General Hospital Whitfield American Home Showplace Decorator Dream House Whitfield Carpet Mill Tour

Banks Ty Cobb Birthplace Bibb Georgia Music Hall of Fame Bibb Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Bibb Grand Opera House Bibb Otis Redding Statue Carroll Thomas A. Dorsey Birthplace Chatham Olympic Cauldron Cherokee Funk Heritage Center Clarke Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall and Sports Museum Clarke ITA Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame Clarke Spirit of Athens Dawson Thunder Road U.S.A. Franklin Ty Cobb Museum Fulton Atlanta Braves Museum and Hall of Fame/Turner Field Tours Fulton Centennial Olympic Park Fulton Georgia Dome Fulton Philips Arena Gwinnett Atlanta Ice Forum Hall Atlanta Falcons Headquarters and Training Facility Hall Clarks Bridge Park and Olympic Venue Hart Bluegrass Express Lumpkin Dahlonega Mountain Music and Medicine Show Lumpkin Folkways Center of the Georgia Mountains McDuffie Pine Top Farm Miller Museum of Southern Culture Muscogee Columbus RedStixx Baseball Muscogee Columbus South Commons Muscogee National Infantry Museum Rabun Foxfire Museum Richmond Augusta Golf and Gardens Richmond WAAW Radio Rockdale Georgia International Horse Park Sumter Habitat for Humanity International Headquarters Sumter Habitat for Humanity International Tour Center and Museum White Museum of the Hills

Unit 4 - The First Georgians

Bartow Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site Cherokee Funk Heritage Center Clayton Rex Mill Crawford Museum of Southeastern Indians Douglas Dog River Excavation Exhibit Early Kolomoki Mounds State Historic Park Floyd Chieftans Museum Greene Scull Shoals Jasper Seven Islands Trail

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 179 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Miller Tribute to the American Indian Murray Fort Mountain State Park Lumpkin Medicine Bow, Ltd. Lumpkin Stories of the Mountains Putnam Rock Eagle Effigy Union Blood Mountain Archaeological Area Union Track Rock Archaeological Area Walker Chief John Ross House White Sautee-Nacoochee Indian Mound Wilkes North Wilkes Library/Archives/Museum

Unit 5 - From Colony to Statehood

Banks Fort Hollingsworth White House Barrow Fort Yargo State Park Bibb Ocmulgee National Monument Camden Washington Oak Chatham Bethesda Home for Boys Chatham Christ Church Chatham City Hall Chatham Colonial Park Cemetery Chatham Old Fort Jackson Chatham Old Harbor Light and Oglethorpe Bench Chatham Wormsloe State Historic Site Crawford Benjamin Hawkins Gravesite Crawford Benjamin Hawkins Monument Effingham Georgia Salzburger Society Museum Effingham Historic Effingham Society's Old Jail Museum Effingham New Ebenezer Retreat Center Elbert Nancy Hart Cabin Floyd Cotton Gin Glynn Bloody Marsh Battle Site Gylnn Christ Church, Frederica Glynn Fort Frederica National Monument Glynn Horton House Ruins Jackson Sheilds-Ethridge Heritage Farm Jefferson Jefferson County Courthouse Jefferson Revolutionary Cemetery Jefferson Old Market House Jefferson Old Savannah Road Liberty Fort Morris Historic Site Liberty LeConte Woodsman National Historic Place Liberty Midway Church Liberty Midway Museum Lincoln Elijah Clark State Park Lincoln Lincoln County Historical Park McDuffie Historic Wrightsboro McDuffie The Rock House McIntosh Fort King George Historic Site Monroe Grave of William Culloden

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 180 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Monroe Jarrell Plantation Historic Site Pickens Oglethorpe Monument Richmond Augusta Museum of History Richmond Ezekiel Harris House Richmond Meadow Garden House Museum Richmond Signers Monument Richmond Springfield Baptist Church Richmond Springfield Village Park Richmond St. Paul's Episcopal Church Richmond William Few Homestead Troup LaFayette Fountain Warren Burkhalter Home Washington Georgia's Oldest Jail Wilkes Kettle Creek Revolutionary War Battlefield

Unit 6 - Georgia and the Cherokee

Crawford Museum of Southeastern Indians Gordon Calhoun Memorial Arch Gordon New Echota Cherokee Capitol State Historic Site Hall Chief Whitepath's Cabin, Georgia Mountains History Museum Hart Center of the World Monument Lumpkin Consolidated Gold Mine Lumpkin Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site Murray Chief Vann House Historic Site Murray God's Acre Murray Old Spring Place Methodist Church

Unit 7 - Georgia Before the Civil War

Baldwin Lockerly Hall Baldwin Old Capitol Baldwin Old Governor's Mansion Bartow Cooper's Friendship Monument Bartow Cooper's Furnace Day Use Area Bibb Fort Hawkins Bibb Hay House Bibb Woodruff House Burke Burke County Courthouse Butts Indian Springs Hotel Camden Cumberland Island National Seashore Museum Camden McIntosh Sugar Mill Ruins Charlton Sardis Chruch Chatham Davenport House Museum Chatham Forsyth Park Chatham Lutheran Church of the Ascension Chatham Roundhouse Railroad Museum Chatham Savannah Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center Chatham Tybee Island Lightstation and Tybee Museum Chatham U.S. Custom House Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 181 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Chatham William Scarbrough House Chattahoochee Old Chattahoochee County Courthouse Clarke Athens First Presbyterian Church Clarke Church-Waddel-Brumby House Museum Clarke Founders Memorial Garden Clarke Upson House Clay Dill House Clay Outpost Replica Clay Sutton's Corner Frontier Store Museum Clayton Stately Oaks Clayton Rex Mill Cobb Brumby Hall and Gardens Cobb Concord Covered Bridge Cobb Root House Museum Columbia Columbia County Courthouse Coweta Oak Grove Plantation Garden and B & B Crawford Texas Lone Star State Flag Historical Marker Dawson Dawson County Courthouse DeKalb Historic Complex of DeKalb Historical Society Elbert Old Dan Tucker's Gravesite Fulton Atlanta History Center Fulton Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center Fulton Bulloch Hall Fulton Smith Plantation House Glynn Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site Greene Greene County Courthouse Greene Greensboro's Old Gaol Jail Greene Mercer Chapel Gwinnett Elisha Winn House Hancock Glen Mary Plantation Hancock Shoulderbourne Plantation Jackson Crawford W. Long Museum Jasper Monticello Crossroads Scenic Byway Lee Chehaw Indian Monument Lincoln Lincoln County Historical Park Long Jones Creek Church Museum Lowndes Lake Park Area Historical Society Museum Marion Marion County Courthouse Marion Old Marion County Courthouse Marion Shiloh-Marion Baptist Church and Cemetery McIntosh Darien United Methodist Church McIntosh Reynolds Mansion Meriwether Grand Wisteria Plantation Bed and Breakfast Inn Monroe Jarrell 1920 House Monroe Jarrell Plantation Historic Site Morgan Heritage Hall Morgan Richter Cottage Morgan Rogers House Murray Murray County Courthouse Muscogee Heritage Park Newton Gaither Plantation Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 182 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Oconee Eagle Tavern Welcome Center, Museum, and Gift Shop Pierce Blackshear Military Road Pierce Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery Pulaski Taylor Hall Richmond Appleby House/Appleby Branch Library Richmond Augusta Canal Interpretive Center Richmond Church of the Most Holy Trinity Richmond Enterprise Mill Richmond First Presbyterian Church Richmond Old Medical College Screven Burton's Ferry Site Spalding Bailey-Tebault House Stephens Traveler's Rest Historic Site Stewart Bedingfield Inn Museum Stewart Westville Village Thomas Hardy Bryan House Thomas Melhana, The Grand Plantation Truetlen Troup's Tomb Union Union County Historical Society Museum Upson Pettigrew-White-Stamps House Walker Gordon-Lee Mansion Walker John B. Gordon Hall Walker Villanow General Store Walton Davis-Edwards House Ware Obediah's Okefenok Warren Ogeechee River Mill White White County Courthouse Whitfield Blunt House Whitfield Dalton Depot Whitfield Hamilton House Museum Warren Rock Mill Plantation Wilkes Callaway Plantation

Unit 8 - A War Among Brothers

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 183 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Catoosa Ringgold Gap Pavilion Catoosa Whitman-Anderson House Clarke Double-Barreled Cannon Chatham Beach Institute African-American Museums and Cultural Center Chatham Fort Pulaski National Monument Chatham Laurel Grove South Cemetery Chatham Owens-Thomas House Chatham St. Johns Church and Parish House Clay Frontier Village Clayton Patrick Cleburne Confederate Memorial Cemetery Clayton Road to Tara Museum Clayton Warren House Cobb Gone With the Wind Movie Museum Cobb Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Cobb Marietta Confederate Cemetery/Marietta City Cemetery Cobb Marietta National Cemetery Cobb Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History Colquitt Greenfield Church Site Coweta Male Academy Museum Decatur Willis Park DeKalb Old Courthouse on the Square DeKalb Stone Mountain Park Dodge Confederate Monument Fayette Holliday Dorsey-Fife House Floyd Greater Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau, Welcome Center Floyd Noble Brothers Foundry Fulton Atlanta Cyclorama Fulton Historic Oakland Cemetery Fulton Lost Mill Workers of Roswell Monument Fulton Margaret Mitchell House Fulton Rhodes Hall Gordon Confederate Cemetery-Battle of Resaca Gordon Oakleigh Gordon Resaca Pavilion Greene The Big Store Greene Greensboro City Cemetery Gwinnett Lander-Cain House and Sweetwater Cemetery Hall Confederate Statue Harris Fort Tyler Jefferson Ogeechee Crossing Park Lamar Confederate Cemetery-Barnesville Lowndes Sunset Hill Cemetery McDuffie Women of the Sixties Monument Morgan Madison City Cemetery Muscogee Port Columbus National Civil War Naval Museum Newton Oxford College Paulding New Hope Church Monument Paulding Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site Pierce Blackshear Civil War Prison Pierce Pierce County Heritage Museum and Depot Pike Inn Scarlett's Footsteps Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 184 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Polk Confederate Memorial Putnam Confederate Cemetery Richmond Confederate Monument Richmond Confederate Powderworks Chimney Richmond Magnolia Cemetery Spalding Stonewall Cemetery Sumter Andersonville Civil War Village Sumter Andersonville National Historic Site Taliaferro A. H. Stephens State Park Troup Bellevue Historical Home Troup Confederate Cemetery Walker Battles for Chattanooga Museum Walton William Harris Homestead Washington Brown House Museum Washington Old City Cemetery Wayne Downtown Historical Marker White Scarlett's Secret Whitfield Confederate Cemetery and Memorial Wall Whitfield Dug Gap Battle Park Whitfield Meadowlawn, The Clisby Austin House Whitfield Rocky Face Ridge Pavilion Whitfield Statue of Joseph E. Johnston Whitfield Western and Atlantic Railroad Tunnel Wilkes Mary Willis Library Wilkes Robert Toombs House Historic Site

Unit 9 - Reconstruction

Banks Banks County Jail Bartow Kingston Confederate Museum and Kingston History Museum Bibb Sidney Lanier Cottage Clarke Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Clarke Old Athens Jail Clarke Taylor-Grady House Clay Clay County Courthouse DeKalb Stone Mountain Park Dodge Eastman House Fulton Historic Freight Depot/Georgia Building Authority Fulton Williams-Payne House Glynn Lanier Oak Tree Glynn Marshes of Glynn Overlook Park Glynn St. Simons Island Lighthouse Museum Gwinnett Southeastern Railway Museum Liberty Dorchester Academy National Historic Place Liberty Seabrook Village McIntosh St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church Walker Lee and Gordon's Mill Whitfield Dalton Little Theatre

Appling Graham United Methodist Church Banks Smithville Village Barrien Berrien County Courthouse Bartow Euharlee Covered Bridge and History Museum Bartow Historic Corra Harris House Bartow Roselawn Museum Bartow World's First Coca-Cola Painted Wall Sign Bibb Grand Opera House Brooks Quitman City Hall Bulloch Bulloch County Courthouse Butts Butts County Courthouse Butts Flovilla 1885 School House Butts Indian Springs Chapel Candler Salem Church Camden Dungeness Ruins Camden Plum Orchard Mansion Carroll Horton's Books and Gifts Carroll Susan Hayward Gravesite Monument Chatham Cotton Exchange Chatham Massie Heritage Interpretation Center Chatham Waving Girl Statue Clarke Chestnut Grove School Clarke Emanuel Episcopal Church Clarke Seney-Stovall Chapel Clay New Park Cemetery and Gazebo Clayton 1898 Courthouse Clayton Ashley Oaks Mansion Clayton Historic Village Clayton Jonesboro Greenhouse Clinch Clinch County Courthouse Cobb Historic Village at Life University Coffee Heritage Art Walk Coweta Bonnie Castle Bed and Breakfast Coweta Buggy Shop Museum Crawford John Pemberton Birthplace-Crawford County Dodge Williamson Mausoleum Dooly Dooly Campground Tabernacle Dooly Dooly County Courthouse Early Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge Elbert Elbert County Couthouse Emanuel George L. Smith State Park Floyd Old Floyd County Courthouse Fulton Milton Log Cabin Fulton World of Coca-Cola Museum Fulton Wren's Nest House Museum Gwinnett Gwinnett History Museum Hancock Hancock County Courthouse Haralson Historic Haralson County Courthouse Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 186 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Jackson Hoschton Depot Jackson Jackson County Courthouse Jeff Davis Hazlehurst Historical Museum Johnson Johnson County Courthouse Lowndes Crescent House Macon Macon County Courthouse Monroe Anderson House Museum Morgan Madison-Morgan Cultural Center Morgan Rose Cottage Oglethorpe Oglethorpe County Courthouse Paulding Paulding County Courthouse Peach Byron Depot Pike Pike County Courthouse Polk Rose Hill Cemetery and Gazebo Pulaski Pulaski County Courthouse Putnam Br'er Rabbit Statue Putnam Uncle Remus Museum Randolph Andrew College Randolph Randolph County Courthouse Richmond Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History Richmond Paine College Richmond Sacred Heart Cultural Center Rockdale Conyers Depot Rockdale Old Jail Museum Schley Schley County Courthouse Spalding Doc Holliday Museum Sumter Windsor Hotel Talbot Talbot County Courthouse Telfair Old South Georgia College Auditorium Terrell Terrell County Courthouse Thomas Lapham-Patterson House Historic Site Tift Georgia Agrirama Union Union County Courthouse Walker Coke Oven Park Walker Crawfish Springs Walker Walker County Regional Heritage and Model Train Museum Walton McDaniel Tichenor House Walton Walton County Courthouse Warren Birthplace of Rural Free Delivery Historical Marker Washington Washington County Courthouse White Stovall Mill Covered Bridge

Unit 11 - Georgia Enters the Twentieth Century

Appling Appling County Courthouse Atkinson Atkinson County Courthouse Atkinson Springhead Methodist Church Cemetery Bacon Bacon County Courthouse Banks Blind Suzie Covered Bridge

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 187 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Barrow Barrow County Courthouse Barrow Barrow County Museum Bartow Bartow County Courthouse Berrien World War I Doughboy Statue Bibb Douglass Theatre Bibb Federated Garden Club Center Bleckley Bleckley County Courthouse Bryan Richmond Hill Historical Society and Museum Bulloch Statesboro City Hall Carroll Carroll County Courthouse Candler 1902 Train Depot Candler 1928 Metter Commissary Candler Candler County Courthouse Chatham Andrew Low House Chatham City Hall Chatham Girl Scouts First Headquarters Chatham Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Chattooga Chattooga County Courthouse Clarke Arncroft House Clarke Fire Station Number Two Clarke First African Methodist Episcopal Church Clarke Morton Theatre Coffee Ashley-Slater House Museum Coffee Heritage Station Museum Colquitt Colquitt County Courthouse Colquitt Old Colquitt County Jail Columbia Grovetown Museum Coweta Coweta County Courthouse Dade Dade County Courthouse Decatur Decatur County Courthouse Dodge Dodge County Courthouse Dooly Walter F. George Law Museum Early Early County Courthouse Evans Evans County Courthouse Floyd Oak Hill and the Martha Berry Museum Floyd Rome City Hall and Capitoline Wolf Forsyth Poole's Mill Covered Bridge Franklin Cromer's Mill Covered Bridge Franklin Franklin County Courthouse Fulton Herndon Home Fulton Historic Mansell House and Garden Glascock Glascock County Courthouse Glascock Hamburg State Park Gwinnett Mechanicsville School House Hall Historic Hall County Courthouse Harris Harris County Courthouse Irwin Irwin County Courthouse Jasper Historic Courthouse Jenkins Jenkins County Courthouse Jones Jones County Courthouse Lanier Milltown Murals Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 188 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Lee Lee County Courthouse Lincoln Lincoln County Courthouse Lincoln Lincoln County Historical Park Long Long County Courthouse Long Ludowici Well Lowndes Barber-Pittman House Lowndes Converse-Dalton-Ferrell House Lowndes Lowndes County Courthouse Lowndes Valdosta City Hall Madison Madison County Courthouse Meriwether Georgian Inn Bed and Breakfast Meriwether Meriwether County Courthouse Mitchell Mitchell County Courthouse Montgomery Montgomery County Courthouse Murray Chatsworth Depot Murray Cisco School Murray Wright Hotel Peach Jolly Nut Company Pierce Pierce County Courthouse Pickens Old Pickens County Jail Polk Polk County Historical Society Museum and Gardens Pulaski Old Opera House Putnam Putnam County Courthouse Randolph Fletcher Henderson House Richmond St. Paul's Episcopal Church Richmond Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home Seminole Two Palm Courthouse Stephens Stephens County Courthouse Stephens Stephens County Historical Museum Stewart Hatchett Drug Store Museum Stewart Stewart County Courthouse Taliaferro Taliaferro County Courthouse Tattnall Tattnall County Courthouse Thomas Pebble Hill Plantation Troup Callaway Memorial Tower Truetlen Soperton City Hall Truetlen Truetlen County Courthouse Turner Turner County Courthouse Twiggs Twiggs County Courthouse Upson Historic Courthouse Square Walker Walker County Courthouse Walton Home Town of Monica Michael Ware Okefenokee Heritage Center Warren Warren County Courthouse Webster Webster County Courthouse Wheerler Wheeler County Courthouse Whitfield Judd House and Garden Wilcox Wilcox County Courthouse Wilkinson Wilkinson County Courthouse Worth Worth County Courthouse

Atkinson McCranie Brothers Turpentine Still Barrow Russell Family Cemetery Bartow Atlanta Campaign Pocket Park Brantley Brantley County Courthouse Calhoun Calhoun County Courthouse Catoosa Catoosa County Courthouse Coffee Martin Centre Coffee Veterans Memorial and Museum Columbia Laurel and Hardy Museum of Harlem, Georgia Cook Cook County Courthouse Coweta Old Mill Museum Fulton William Bremen Jewish Heritage Museum Glynn Mary Ross Waterfront Park Hall Bete Todd Wages and Princess Lucie Shirazi Vintage Clothing Collections Lamar Lamar County Courthouse Laurens Theatre Dublin Meriwether Little White House State Historic Site Polk Goodyear Mill Village Polk Polk County Courthouse #2 Polk West Cinema Rockdale Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Taylor Taylor County Courthouse Telfair Telfair County Courthouse Troup Troup County Courthouse Warren Fountain Campground

Unit 13 - Georgia in the 1950s and 1960s

Bartow Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial Center Bibb Tubman African American Museum Chatham King-Tisdell Cottage Chatham First African Baptist Church Chatham Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum Clarke Myers Dormitory Crisp Crisp County Courthouse Dougherty Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum Echols Echols County Courthouse Fulton Faces of War Memorial Fulton King Center Fulton Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site Greene Iron Horse Heard Heard County Courthouse Laurens Laurens County Courthouse Morgan Morgan County African American Museum Polk Polk County Courthouse Screven Screven County Courthouse Sumter Koinonia Farms Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 190 © 2003 The Notgrass Company

Unit 14 - Modern Georgia

Douglas Douglas County Courthouse Emanuel Emanuel County Courthouse Forsyth Forsyth County Courthouse Fulton Jimmy Carter Library and Museum Grady Grady County Courthouse Hall Beulah Rucker Museum Houston Sam Nunn Exhibit Lanier Lanier County Courthouse Miller Millennium Murals Miller Miller County Courthouse Muscogee Muscogee County Courthouse Sumter Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

Unit 15 - Georgia Today and Tomorrow

Check individual counties for courthouse information.

Fulton Atlanta History Center Fulton Georgia State Capitol, Georgia Capitol Museum, and Capitol Education Center Fulton Governor's Mansion Gwinnett Gwinnett Historic Courthouse Richmond Old Government House

Exploring Georgia The Field Trip Guide

Part Four: The Events Guide

If contact information for an event is not listed, look in Part One: The County Guide under the county where the event takes place. The months in which some events take place may vary from year to year.

January

Burke Georgia Field Trials Cobb Winter Storytelling Festival Floyd Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration – 706-235-5928 Glynn Bluegrass Festival Grady Rattlesnake Roundup – last Saturday, 229-377-3663 Meriwether Annual Observance of FDR's Birthday – 706-655-5870 Richmond Augusta Cutting Horse Futurity & Festival White Fasching Karnival

February

Chatham Savannah Irish Festival – 912-234-3200 Glynn Black History Program at Hofwyl-Broadfield – last Saturday, 912-264-7333 Houston Georgia National Rodeo Meriwether Little White House Remembers Presidents Day – 706-655-5870 Oconee Hellebore Days Peach Festival of Camellias – every day in February, 478-967-2358, Website: www.camellias-acs.org White Bear Creek Black History Celebration – 706-878-3300

March

Baldwin Georgia Folk Festival Bibb Macon Cherry Blossom Festival – 478-751-7429, 800-768-3401, Website: www.maconga.org Chatham Savannah Tour of Homes and Gardens – 912-234-8054 Website: www.savannahtourofhomes.org Chatham St. Patrick's Day Celebration in City Market – 912-232-4903 Chatham St. Patrick's Day Celebration on the River – 912-234-0295 Chatham St. Patrick's Day Parade – 912-233-4804 Clinch Birding Weekend at Stephen C. Foster State Park Colquitt Spring Arts and Crafts Show – 229-985-1968, e-mail: [email protected] Decatur Dogwood Festival Decatur Riverside Artsfest – second weekend Evans Rattlesnake Roundup – second weekend Fulton Festival of Black History and Culture Fulton Great American Cover-Up Quilt Show – 770-992-1731 Glynn Fort Frederica Festival Hart Spring Fever Regatta, Lake Hartwell Henry Ole Stockbridge Days spring Henry Locust Grove Day spring

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 195 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Laurens St. Patrick's Day Festival in Dublin – 478-272-5546, Website: www.stpatricksfestival.com McIntosh Scottish Heritage Festival at Fort King George – third weekend, 912-437-4770 Meriwether FDR Remembered – 706-655-5870 Monroe Forsythia Festival – second weekend Randolph Turkey Calling Contest Richmond Cookin' For Kids Wild Game and Fish Cookout Richmond Sacred Heart Garden and Flower Show Richmond Springtime Made in the South Richmond St. Patrick's Day Celebration Rockdale Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival – 770-602-2606, 800-CONYERS, Website: www.conyerscherryblossom.org Sumter Living History Weekend – 229-924-0343 Troup Azalea Storytelling Festival – 706-882-7784 Ware Festival of Colors spring – Celebration of African-American heritage Ware Pogofest spring Wayne Dogwood Festival – fourth Saturday

April

Appling Baxley Tree Fest, Website: www.baxley.org Bibb Tubman Museum Pan African Festival – 478-743-8544 Burke Redbreast Festival Camden Annual Crawfish Festival Candler Another Bloomin' Festival Charlton National Wildlife Week at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge – third weekend Charlton Wings Over the Swamp at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge – second weekend Cherokee Cagle's Dairy Agri-tainment – last weekend Clayton Indian Heritage Days Clinch Wildflower Weekend at Stephen C. Foster State Park Cobb Big Shanty Festival – 770-432-1330, Website: www.thekba.org Dawson Mountains of Spring Wildflowers Elbert Granite Festival Elbert Elberton Spring Festival Franklin Franklin Springs Kudzu Festival Fulton Sweet Auburn Festivals Glynn Civil War Encampment Greene Civil War Reenactment/Downtown Festival Gwinnett Pickneyville Spring Festival Haralson Dogwood Arts & Crafts Fair – second weekend Harris Oak Grove Spring Fest Hart Antique Boat Show, Hartwell Marina Hart Arts in hARTwell Festival Houston Mossy Creek Barnyard Festival – third week, 478-922-8265, Website: www.mossycreekfestival.com Johnson Kite Founders Day – fourth weekend Lincoln Militia Encampment at Clark's Fort Lincoln Bluegrass Days in Old Lincoln Towne Lincoln Southern Gospel Night Lumpkin Bear on the Square Mountain Festival – 706-864-3711 Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 196 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Lumpkin Wildflower Festival of the Arts Meriwether Spring Fling/Roosevelt Days – 800-FDR-1927 McDuffie Confederate Memorial Lantern Tour McIntosh Blessing of the Fleet Festival Miller National Mayhaw Festiville – 229-758-2400, third weekend Monroe Culloden Highland Games and Scottish Festival – second weekend Muscogee Riverfest Weekend Paulding Classic Car Show Richmond Augusta Canal Cruise and Barbecue Cookout Thomas Rose Show at Lapham-Patterson House Historic Site Toombs Vidalia Onion Festival (month may vary) – 912-538-8687 Website: www.vidaliaga.com Warren Antique Tractor and Engine Show Warren Railroad Days White Springfest in the Mountains – 706-878-2181 Whitfield Tunnel Hill Celtic and Heritage Festival – Website: www.tunnelhillceltic.org

May

Bacon Georgia Blueberry Festival – first weekend, 912-632-5859 Baldwin Spring Home and Garden Tour Banks Lula Railroad Days Barrow Homefolks Jubilee Bibb Secret Gardens Tour – 478-742-8155 Brooks Morven Peach Festival – third Saturday Brooks Pavo Peacock Day – second Saturday Calhoun May Day – first Saturday, 229-725-3000 Carroll Mayfest Arts, Crafts, and Music Catoosa 1890s Day Jamboree Chatham Art on the River Festival – 912-651-6417, Website: www.ci.savannah.ga.us Chatham Savannah Seafood Festival Chatham Scottish Games Festival – 912-232-3945, Website: www.savannahscottishgames.org Cherokee Cherokee County Indian Festival and Pow-Wow – Mother's Day weekend Cherokee Discover Cherokee – third weekend Clarke Athens Greek Festival Cobb Living History Encampment, Battle of Pickett's Mill Cobb Scandinavian Festival Coffee Wings Over South Georgia Air Show – Memorial Day weekend, 912-384-7818 DeKalb Taste of the South at Stone Mountain Emanuel Kiwanis Pine Tree Festival – first week Franklin Heritage Day Franklin Bluegrass Festival Glynn Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet – Mother's Day weekend Gordon Battle of Resaca Reenactment – third weekend, 706-625-3200 Grady Great Southern Antique Car Rally Gwinnett Sheep Shearing Saturday at Yellow River Game Ranch – 770-972-6643 Gwinnett Snellville Days – 770-985-3535 Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 197 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Gwinnett Spring Garden Festival at Vines Botanical Gardens – 770-466-7532 Habersham Mountain Laurel Festival Hall Butterfly Release – 770-536-1131 Hall Rainbow Festival – 770-536-0743 Haralson Fair on the Square – third Saturday Henry Geranium Festival – third Saturday Jones War Days Reenactment and Encampment – first weekend Lincoln Lewis Family Homecoming and Bluegrass Festival Lincoln Mayfest at Elijah Clark State Park Mitchell Gnat Days McDuffie Blues Festival McDuffie Thomson Rose Show McDuffie Thomson Daylily Show Murray Old Fashioned Plow Days Peach Battle of Byron – first weekend Richmond Riverwalk Bluegrass Festival Richmond A Day in the Country Stephens Currahee Arts In the Park Sumter Andersonville Antiques Fair Tattnall Glennville Sweet Onion Festival Terrell Sasser Flea Festival Tift Love Affair Fine Arts Festival – 229-386-3558, performers, heritage craft demonstrations, art for children, international pavilions, etc. Towns Rhododendron Festival – 706-896-4191 Upson Emancipation Proclamation Celebration – fourth Saturday Walker Down Home Days Walker Founder's Day Wayne Georgia Sweet Carrot Festival White Alpine Spring Fling Wilcox Ocmulgee Wild Hog Festival

June

Bartow Rock Fest – Weinman Mineral Museum, 770-386-0576 Bibb Midsummer Macon (arts education, participation, and exhibition) – 478-477-1110 Butts Indian Springs Scottish Festival – first Saturday, Website: www.geocities.com/heartland/village/1954 Carroll Thomas A. Dorsey Gospel Music Heritage Festival – Saturday closest to July 4 Clinch Reptile Weekend at Stephen C. Foster State Park Cowetta Magnolia Blossom Arts and Crafts Festival Douglas Native American Festival – 770-732-5871 Lumpkin Bluegrass Festival – 706-864-3711 Peach Georgia Peach Festival – second weekend Richmond June Jazz Candlelight Series Upson Aviation Expo Upson Star Spangled Celebration at the Rock Ranch – Saturday before July 4

Banks Annual Sunday School Celebration – 800-638-5004, Website: www.bankscountyga.org This celebration held on the courthouse grounds is over 100 years old. Crisp Watermelon Days Festival Fannin Old Timers Day – Saturday closest to July 4 Fannin Miners Homecoming – July 4 weekend Flyod Cave Springs Christmas in July – last weekend, 706-777-0523 Fulton Civil War Encampment Fulton National Black Arts Festival – 404-730-7315, Website: www.nbaf.com celebrating the creative and artistic talent of African Americans McIntosh Cannons Across the March at Forth King George – July 4, 912-437-4770 Monroe Ole Time Celebration at the Jarrell Plantation – 478-986-5172 Morgan Madison Fest-on-the-Square summer Murray Appalachian Wagon Train Festival Murray Vann House Days Polk Polk County Homespun Festival – second weekend Tift Old-Fashioned July Fourth Celebration Towns Georgia Mountain Fair – 706-896-4191, Website: www.georgia-mountain-fair.com, may be held in August

August

Baldwin Hamp Brown Bottom Festival – African American festival 800-653-1804, Website: www.milledgevillecvb.com Borrow Summer's End Festival Bulloch Brooklet Peanut Festival Carroll Founder's Day Clayton Evacuation of Jonesboro (reenactment of the exodus of the city during the Civil War) Dawson Summer's End Trading Festival Fulton Old Soldier's Day Parade – 678-297-6078, Website: www.alpharetta.ga.us Glynn Coastal Heritage Festival Glynn Georgia Sea Island Festival Jackson Cold Sassy Days Fall Festival Tift Brooklet Peanut Festival Towns Georgia Mountain Fair – 770-896-4191 Union Old Timers Day Walton Crepe Myrtle Festival

September

Banks Banks County Festival – 800-638-5004, Website: www.bankscountyga.org Bibb Georgia Music Week and Macon Music and Heritage Festival – 478-750-8555 Bibb Georgia State Fair – 478-746-7184 (held in the fall) Bibb Ocmulgee Indian Celebration – 478-752-8257

Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 199 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Butts Indian Springs Native American Festival – second weekend, Website: www.geocities.com/heartland/village/1954 Camden Annual Labor Day Catfish Festival Carroll Villa Rica Gold Rush Days – second weekend Clarke Insectival Clarke North Georgia Folk Music and Harvest Festival Cobb Acworth Pioneer Days Coweta Homemade Ice Cream Festival Coweta Powers' Crossroad County Fair and Arts Festival – 770-253-5011 DeKalb Yellow Daisy Festival – 770-498-5633, Website: www.stonemountainpark.com Fannin Wildlife Festival of the Arts Floyd Running Water Pow-Wow – Labor Day weekend, 706-232-1714 Fulton Sandy Springs Festival Greene Cruise-In Habersham Chattahoochee Mountain Fair -800-835-2559 Hall Flowery Branch Fall Festival – 770-536-2575 Haralson Buchanan Fall Festival Haralson Waco Fest Henry Hampton Fall Festival held in the fall Jackson Art In the Park Jefferson Founders Day Festival – 706-547-3000 Lanier Flatlander's Fair – Labor Day weekend Lumpkin Bluegrass and Folkways Festival – 800-231-5543, Website: www.dahlonega.org Monroe Labor Day Folklife Celebration at Jarrell Plantation – 478-986-5172 Morgan Botswick Annual Cotton Gin Fair Richmond Arts in the Heart of August Festival Richmond Boshears Memorial Fly-In Richmond Evening of Jazz Stewart Fiddlers Contest – 888-733-1850, Website: www.westville.org , 1850s activities Sumter Plains Peanut Festival Taliaferro Civil War Reenactment, A.H. Stephens State Park Walker War Between the States Days – 800-487-4728 Website: www.gordon-leemansion.com White Oktoberfest – 800-858-8027, Website: www.helenga.org Bavarian music, German food, polka dancing Whitfield Battle of Tunnel Hill Reenactment Wilkes Upper Rooms Historical and Architectural Tour – last Saturday, every odd year

October

Appling Surrency Day – second Saturday, Website: www.baxley.org Bacon Mule Round-Up – first weekend, 888-426-3334 Bryan Memorial Health's Great Ogeeshee Seafood Festival at J.F. Gregory Park - third weekend, Website: www.richmondhillcvb.org Burke Pumpkin Parade Butts Civil War Days – weekend of the 31st Camden St. Marys Rock Shrimp Festival Carroll Cherokee Rose Storytelling Festival Carroll McIntosh Reserve Fall Festival – last full weekend Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 200 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Chatham Coastal Empire Fair - Website: www.coastalempirefair.com Chatham Savannah Greek Festival – 912-236-8256 Charlton Cherokee of Georgia Pow Wow – first weekend Cherokee Southern Heritage Festival Clarke North Georgia Folk Festival Clayton Reenactment of the Battle of Jonesboro – 770-473-0197, Website: www.gwtw-jonesboro.org Colquitt Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition – third Tuesday-Thursday, 229-985-1968 Columbia Oliver Hardy Festival DeKalb Scottish Festival and Highland Games at Stone Mountain – 770-498-5690 Dooly Big Pig Jig Douglas Pioneer Days Early Kolomoki Festival – second Saturday Emanuel Arts and Crafts Festival in George L. Smith State Park Floyd Chiaha Harvest Festival – 800-444-1834, Website: www.romegeorgia.com Floyd Heritage Holidays – third weekend, 800-444-1834 Website: www.romegeorgia.com, Celebrating the heritage of Rome Franklin Harvest Festival Franklin Royston Autumn Festival Gilmer Georgia Apple Festival and Arts and Crafts Fair – second and third weekends Gwinnett American Indian Festival – 770-963-6522 Gwinnett Elijah Winn Fair of 1812 at Elisha Winn House – 770-822-5174 Habersham Big Red Apple Festival – 706-778-8385 Hall Great Pumpkin Festival Hall Corn Tassel Festival Hancock Pine Tree Festival – last weekend Haralson Bremen Town Festival – third weekend Harris Ossahatchee Indian Festival and Pow-Wow – 706-628-7653, 800-441-3502, Website: www.ossahatchee.org Houston Mossy Creek Barnyard Festival – 478-922-8265, Website: www.mossycreekfestival.com pioneer demonstrations, art, music, etc. Irwin Sweet Potato Festival – last Saturday Jeff Davis Mama's Quilt - Website: www.hazlehurst-jeffdavis.com Lincoln Old Timers Day at Elijah Clark State Park Lowndes Honey Bee Festival Lumpkin Gold Rush Days – 706-864-7247, 800-231-5543, Website: www.dahlonega.org Madison Agricultural Fair McDuffie Peach State Archeological Show McIntosh Sapelo Cultural Day – third Saturday, 912-485-2197 Meriwether Cotton Pickin' Festival – 706-538-6814 Meriwether Harvest Hoedown – 800-337-1927 Meriwether Railroad Days – third weekend, 800-225-5292 Pickens Georgia Marble Festival and Fine Art and Sculptor Exhibit – first weekend Pickens Talking Rock Heritage Days Festival – third weekend Polk Big Spring Native American Festival – 770-749-1652 Richmond Oktoberfest Seminole Harvest Festival – third weekend Stewart Fair of 1850 – 888-733-1850, Website: www.westville.org Sumter Andersonville Historic Fair Talbot Classic Car Show and Fall Line Festival – 706-665-8079 Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 201 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Terrell Parrott Festival – 877-616-4123, Website: www.parrottga.com Thomas Antique Aircrat Fly-In Thomas Art On the Bricks Thomas Evening with Edgar Allan Poe at Lapham-Patterson House Historic Site Tift Tifton Intertribal Pow Wow – 229-787-5180, Website: www.nativewayproductions.com Towns Georgia Mountain Fall Festival – 706-896-4191 Troup Hummingbird Festival – 706-884-8671 Union Indian Summer Festival – 706-747-2401, Website: www.suches.com Union Sorghum Festival Upson Chitlin' Hoedown – fourth weekend Walker Grape Stomp Washington Kaolin Festival – second Saturday, 478-552-3288, Website: www.washingtoncounty-ga.com Wayne Altamaha River Heritage Festival – third weekend Wayne Odum Day Celebration – first Saturday Wilkes Mule Day Heritage Festival at Callaway Plantation Worth Sylvester Peanut Festival

November

Appling Piney Bluff Festival – weekend before Thanksgiving, Website: www.baxley.org Baldwin Fest of Ville - second weekend, 478-445-1928 Banks Maysville Festival Barrien Alapaha Station Celebration - Website: www.alapahastation.com Bartow Stilesboro Chrysanthemum Show – 770-382-7773, Website: www.notatlanta.org Burke Cotton Country Festival Calhoun Calhoun County Harvest Festival Carroll On the Square Arts and Crafts Clay Christmas at the Fort – Frontier Village, 229-768-2248 Crisp Central Georgia Fair – Veterans Day Celebration Cobb The 1940s Radio Hour Coffee Pioneer Skills Day – third Saturday, Website: www.douglasga.org Dawson Fall Forest Decatur Swine Time – 229-246-3300, 229-246-4774, Website: www.swinetimefestival.com Franklin Pioneer Skills Days Grady Mule Day – 229-377-3663, 229-377-MULE, Website: [email protected] Greene Meadowcrest Jackson Crawford Long Days Jasper Deer Festival – 706-768-8994, Website: www.monticelloga.org Lincoln Pioneer Days at the Historical Park Lincoln Holidays in Olde Lincoln Towne (November-December) Lincoln Christmas at the Covered Bridge (November-December) McDuffie Belle Meade Hunt "Blessing of Hounds" Monroe Syrup Makin' and Storytellin' at Jarrell Plantation – 478-986-5172 Peach Middle Georgia Camellia Show at Massee Lane Gardens Pierce Pecan Festival – first Saturday Rabun Christmas in the Mountains – 706-746-5716 Richmond Festival of Lights Exploring Georgia: The Field Trip Guide 202 © 2003 The Notgrass Company Rockdale Atlanta Campaign Civil War Reenactment – 888-860-4224, Website: www.conyersga.com Thomas Old South Day, Ochlocknee Thomas Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival Truetlen Million Pines Festival – first full weekend in November, 912-529-6611 White Appalachian Christmas at Babyland General Hospital – 706-865-2171

December

Barrow Christmas at the Old Fort Ben Hill An 1860s Chirstmas at Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site – 229-831-2335 Burke Christmas on Liberty Square – 706-554-5451, Website: www.burkecountyga.net Clarke Chirstmas in Athens – 706-357-4430. Website: www.christmasinathen.org Clayton Christmas 1863 – 770-473-9855, Website: www.gwtw-jonesboro.org DeKalb "An Old-Fashioned Christmas" Holiday Festivities at Stone Mountain – 770-498-5690 Fannin Light Up Blue Ridge Christmas Festival – first Saturday, 706-632-2144 Glynn Holiday Island – Jekyll Island, 912-635-4070 Haralson Festival of Trees – first weekend Haralson Festival of Lights Richmond A Christmas Afternoon at Sacred Heart Richmond Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Stephens Christmas for Travelers at Traveler's Rest State Historic Site – 706-886-2256 Thomas Metcalf Farm Day Festival Thomas Victorian Christmas at Lapham-Patterson House Historic Site Tift 1890s Victorian Christmas Celebration; Cane Grinding Party – 229-386-3344, Website: www.agrirama.com