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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y3A_horace-king-1807-1885-historical_LaGrange-GA.html
Born a slave, Horace King became a master builder who constructed covered bridges over every large river between western Georgia and eastern Mississippi. King gained his freedom in 1846 through the Alabama legislature with the aid of his master, J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y38_lynching-in-america-raising-a-voice-against-racial-violence-historical_LaGrange-GA.html
Lynching in America
Thousands of black people were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to intimidate b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y36_mulberry-street-cemeteries-historical_LaGrange-GA.html
The Mulberry Street cemetery complex served the people of LaGrange and the South between 1863 and at least the 1930s. The oldest section is the Stonewall Jackson Confederate Cemetery where soldiers from all thirteen Southern states are buried. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CVR_troup-county_LaGrange-GA.html
The Georgia State Legislature established Troup County and four other counties in West Georgia in 1826. After choosing a location near the geographic center of the county, local leaders named the new county seat after Chateau de Lagrange the Frenc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CDS_lafayette_LaGrange-GA.html
Born at the Ch?teau de Chavaniac Auvergne, France, on September 6, 1757, Gilbert Motter De Lafayette became at age 19 a Major General on Georgia Washington's staff. He Played a vital role in the defeat of GeneralCharles Cornwallis at Yorktown, Oct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM143B_more-enduring-than-marble_West-Point-GA.html
East Face of Monument:
More enduring than marble shall be the memory of the Confederate patriot in whose life fidelity to principle found loftiest expression.
West Face of Monument:
A tribute of love from the women of the south to the her…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM143A_fort-tyler_West-Point-GA.html
Dedicated to the memory of Brig. Gen. Robert C. Tyler
Reconstructed 1996-1997Fort Tyler Association, Inc.Dedicated April 18, 1998
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOU5_bellevue-home-of-sen-benjamin-harvey-hill_LaGrange-GA.html
Benjamin Harvey Hill, one of the first to proclaim the New South industrial rather than agricultural, was born at Hillsborough, Jasper County, Sept. 14, 1823. Reared on a farm at Long Lane, Troup County, graduated with first honors at the Universi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOSE_fort-tyler_West-Point-GA.html
125 yards northwest, at crest of hill, stood Fort Tyler - last Confederate fort to fall in War Between the States. Fort Tyler was of earthwork construction 35 yds. square surrounded by ditch 12 feet wide, 10 feet deep and enclosed by wooden abates…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQQ_lagrange-college-1831_LaGrange-GA.html
LaGrange College is the oldest non-tax supported institution of higher education in Georgia. It was chartered in 1831 as LaGrange Female Academy. The charter has been changed three times as the trustees altered the name to LaGrange Female Institut…