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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB1N_garrards-cavalry-raid_Lawrenceville-GA.html
On July 20, 1864, Union forces under Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, were closing in on Atlanta. Hq. 2nd Cavalry Division [US], Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard, was in Decatur, 6 miles E of Atlanta. Garrard's three brigades were guarding bridges over the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB1E_button-gwinnett_Lawrenceville-GA.html
Button Gwinnett, for whom this county was named, was born in Gloucestershire, England, in 1735, the son of a Church of England minister. He worked in the store of his father-in-law in Dexter for two years, then as an importer and exporter for thre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM95L_brunswick-hotel_Norcross-GA.html
On this site in 1870, the Brunswick Hotel was constructed. The Hotel was three stories high with wide porches on the first two stories. It had 29 rooms and a restaurant. The Hotel was a destination spot for vacationing Atlantans wanting to escape …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM95F_birthplace-of-bill-arp_Lawrenceville-GA.html
The beloved Charles Henry Smith, was born here June 15, 1826. He married Mary Hutchins of Lawrenceville in 1849; began his law practice and moved to Rome in 1851. Major, Confederate Army. His Nom de plume, "Bill Arp," was first used in 1861. Appoi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8BD_thrasher-park_Norcross-GA.html
Norcross was chartered in 1870 through its founder, J.J. "Cousin John" Thrasher, and named for his good friend, Jonathon Norcross, the fourth mayor (1851) of Atlanta. "Cousin John" purchased tracts of land which he subdivided and sold as lots alon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM65B_aviation-tragedy_Suwanee-GA.html
In the evening hours of December 6, 1953 four F-84D jet aircraft of 128th Fighter Bomber Squadron of the Georgia Air National Guard crashed near this site. They were returning from a routine weekend training flight from the Miami area when they en…