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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMJ0_byron-herbert-reece_Blairsville-GA.html
Renowned Appalachian poet, novelist, and farmer, Byron Herbert Reece lived most of his life near this site. Here he composed, to critical acclaim, four volumes of poetry and two novels, Better a Dinner of Herbs and The Hawk and the Sun. Reece was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMD4_union-county_Blairsville-GA.html
Union County was created by Act of Dec. 3, 1832 from Cherokee. Originally, it contained part of Fannin and Towns Counties. In 1832 there was much discussion over Union and States' rights. John Thomas, chosen by the people as a representative for t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMCU_track-rock-gap_Blairsville-GA.html
One of the best-known of the petroglyph, or marked stone, sites in Georgia. The six table-sized soapstone boulders contain hundreds of symbols carved or pecked into their surface. Archaeologists have speculated dates for the figures from the Archa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM8X_homesite-of-joseph-emerson-brown_Suches-GA.html
Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894), born in Pickens District, South Carolina, moved to Union County, Georgia, as a boy. The old Brown home was on the present site of the Woody Gap School, opened in 1941 for mountain students. Brown worked on his fat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM2O_davenport-mountain_Blairsville-GA.html
Davenport Mountain in view to the east was named for John Davenport who came to this section in 1838. He built his 40 foot long log house 1/2 mi. to the east, over the peak of the mountain. It survived until removed in 1942 to make way for Nottely…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8RA_fort-barrington_Ludowici-GA.html
Approximately ten miles west of here on the banks of the Altamaha River stood Fort Barrington, a stronghold whose origin dates back to earliest Colonial times. It was built as a defense against the Spaniards and Indians and was called Fort Barring…