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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4U5_old-mount-pleasant_Clyo-GA.html
Two miles east of here, on a bluff fronting Savannah River, is the site of Mt. Pleasant, a former Uchee Indian town and English trading post. Even before the foundation of Georgia, the spot was a key point on an arterial Indian path which had long…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RY_effingham-county-veterans-memorial_Springfield-GA.html
[Front]:In grateful memory of those from Effingham County who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of our country that freedom might live and grow and increase its blessings [Along the base of the memorial are the seals for each military s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RX_silk-culture-at-ebenezer_Rincon-GA.html
Silk culture began at Ebenezer in 1736, when each Salzburger was presented with a mulberry tree and two were instructed in the art of reeling. Two machines were soon in operation in Mr. Bolzius' yard near the church, and in 1749, 762 lbs. of cocoo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RR_historic-taverns-on-this-road_Rincon-GA.html
Five miles South on this road, George Washington spent Sunday night, May 15, 1791, at the house of "one Spencer." The occasion was Washington's Southern tour, and he was traveling in his carriage over this road from Savannah to Augusta. Four mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RQ_shermans-left-wing_Springfield-GA.html
On Dec. 8, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman`s army (USA), which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, was moving through Effingham County toward Savannah. Hq. Left Wing, Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QP_old-river-road_Rincon-GA.html
The Old River Road, one of Colonial Georgia's leading thoroughfares and the first highway to connect Savannah and Augusta, passed here. It was initially opened as a horse path by direction of General Oglethorpe in the 1730's. During the early year…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QM_john-adam-treutlen_Rincon-GA.html
(South Face)John Adam Treutlen1733 - 1782First Constitutional GovernorofThe State Of GeorgiaElected May 1777(East Face)John Adam TreutlenHe was a member of the First Provincial Congress Of Georgia, meeting in Savannah July 4, 1775, and was appoint…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Q8_the-rev-john-martin-bolzius-the-rev-israel-christian-gronau_Rincon-GA.html
In this cemetery are buried the Rev. John Martin Bolzius and the Rev. Israel Christian Gronau, ministers who came to Georgia with the first company of Salzburgers. In March 1734, the Rev. Mr. Bolzius was Superintendent of the Latin Orphan House at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Q6_jerusalem-ebenezer-church_Rincon-GA.html
Built in 1767- 69 by Lutheran Protestants who came to Georgia in 1734 after being exiled from Catholic Salzburg in Europe, the church is officially name Jerusalem Church. It stands on the site of a wooden building probably erected soon after the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PU_old-ebenezer_Springfield-GA.html
About .5 miles East on this Road is the site of Old Ebenezer, the first settlement of the Salzburgers in Georgia. They selected this location and named it Ebenezer — the stone of help. General Oglethorpe marked out their town, and soon they …
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