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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8HX_alexis-de-tocqueville_Milledgeville-GA.html
The 25 year-old French aristocratand author of Democracy in America visited this areaduring his 1831-1832 tour of America
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8HW_brown-stetson-sanford-house_Milledgeville-GA.html
This Milledgeville Federal-style house was built c. 1825 on North Wilkinson Street for George T. Brown by English-born builder-architect John Marlor. It was operated as the U.S. Hotel and then the Beecher-Brown Hotel to serve visitors and legislat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8HV_fort-wilkinson_Milledgeville-GA.html
Three hundred yards east of this point stood Ft. Wilkinson, established in 1797 on Georgia's Indian boundary. Garrisoned by soldiers whose families lived outside the stockade, it was an early trading house where Creek Indians were provided agricul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8HU_provost-guard-campsite_Milledgeville-GA.html
The 3rd Wisconsin and the 107th New York Regiments, having been detailed for provost duty, encamped on this square, November 22-25, 1864. The State Arsenal on the north side of the square was burned. The magazine, which stood on the opposite side,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8HT_john-clark-house_Milledgeville-GA.html
This house, now the Du Bignon home, was once the home of John Clark, Governor of Georgia. At the age of 16, John Clark fought with his father, General Elijah Clark, distinguished Revolutionary soldier, at the decisive Battle of Kettle Creek. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8HS_howell-cobb-plantation_Milledgeville-GA.html
Site of the large Baldwin County plantation of Howell Cobb, one of the 'Great Georgia Triumvirate' of Stephens, Toombs and Cobb, and his wife, the formerMary Ann Lamar. Born at Cherry Hill in Jefferson County, Georgia Sept. 7, 1815, he graduated c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8HR_cobbs-quarter-shermans-campsite_Milledgeville-GA.html
Marching toward Milledgeville via Covington, Shady Dale and Eatonton Factory, the Union Army's 14th Corps reached this crossroad on the night of November 22, 1864. General Sherman camped at the Howell Cobb place, a few yards north of this point. C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8HQ_milledgeville-state-hospital_Milledgeville-GA.html
In 1837, largely through the influence of Tomlinson Fort and William A. White, the legislature appropriated $20,000 for a dormitory nearMilledgeville where the state's mentally ill could receive custodial care. A four-story building was opened on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6Y8_old-oglethorpe-university_Milledgeville-GA.html
This is the site of the antebellum college established in the community of Midway by the Hopewell Presbytery in 1833. Its first president, Carlisle P. Beman, was succeded by Samuel K. Talmage. In 1861, students and faculty entered Confederate serv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5P6_flannery-o-connors-andalusia-farm_Milledgeville-GA.html
Andalusia was the home of writer Flannery O'Connor from 1951 until her death in 1964. Born in Savannah in 1925, O'Connor and her family moved to Milledgeville in 1940. O'Connor left Georgia for a time, but returned to Milledgeville in 1951 after b…
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