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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1457_paul-anderson_Toccoa-GA.html
"World's Strongest Man"Lifted greatest weightever listed by a humanbeing: 6,270 pounds ina backlift. (Guinness Bookof World Records)Weightlifting1956Olympic Gold MedalistSuper Heavyweight(Olympic Emblem)Founder ofPaul Anderson YouthHomes for Homel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13ZD_george-washington-hitt_Toccoa-GA.html
"An unforgettable personality whose courage shone with such crystal brilliance as to brighten the world about him and uplift the spirits of those even more fortunate, but not fashioned of such heroic fibre. His is a name to remember when the going…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13XW_tugalo-baptist-church-and-cemetery_Toccoa-GA.html
Tugalo Baptist Church, established before 1789, was first known as the Tugalo River Church. Founded by the Rev. John Cleveland, a Revolutionary Soldier, Tugalo is the oldest church in what was then Franklin County. The county covered an area in Ga…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13W6_the-old-toccoa-falls-power-plant_Toccoa-GA.html
The Old Toccoa Falls Power Plant is an outstanding example of the early hydroelectric generating facilities that served America's rural communities. Built in 1899 by E. Palmer Simpson of Toccoa, the plant was franchised in that year by the Toccoa …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13V8_stephens-county_Toccoa-GA.html
This County, created by Act of the Legislature August 18, 1905, is named for Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy. A state legislator and Senator he was elected to Congress at 31, serving from 1843 to 1859. Elected to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ86_historic-travelers-rest_Toccoa-GA.html
Historic Traveler's Rest was built upon land granted to Major Jesse Walton in 1775. Walton, a Revolutionary soldier and political leader, was killed by Indians near here in 1789. The Walton family sold the land to James Rutherford Wyly who built t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6G7_old-tugaloo-town_Toccoa-GA.html
North of this marker, in the center of the lake, once stood an important Indian town. The area now marked by a small island was settled around 500 A.D. and occupied by Cherokee Indians around 1450. Traders were coming to the town by 1690. In 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6BN_the-col-robert-sink-memorial-trail_Toccoa-GA.html
In Memory of "Col. Bob" Sink, First Commanding Officer of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, July 1942 - December 1945. Dedicated by the "Five-O-Sinks" The 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Association, November 4, 2000, at Toccoa, Georgia.…
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