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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO0W_troup-county-academy_LaGrange-GA.html
The first school in Troup County opened in LaGrange in 1828, just months after the county's organization. Located just east of this spot, Troup Academy shared the lot with Hill View Cemetery. The county owned the building while a Board of Trustees…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMENB_dr-ulrich-bonnell-phillips_LaGrange-GA.html
Dr. Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, historian, author, and teacher, was born Nov. 4, 1877, in or near LaGrange. He graduated from the University of Georgia and Columbia University, earning his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1902. His Ph.D. dissertation, Georgia …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9JJ_fuller-earle-callaway-sr_LaGrange-GA.html
Born in LaGrange July 15, 1870, Fuller E. Callaway was a textile manufacturer, merchant, and philanthropist. In 1888, he established his first business on LaFayette Square just west of this point. Organizing and operating textile mills, banks, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JC_george-michael-troup_LaGrange-GA.html
George Michael Troup was born September 8, 1780 and died April 26, 1856. During Troup's tenure as Governor of Georgia (1823-1827), Troup County was created on December 16, 1826. Boundaries of original Troup County extended from the Flint River on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6R9_confederate-dead_LaGrange-GA.html
About 300 Confederate soldiers are buried here, most of whom died of wounds or disease in the several Confederate hospitals located in LaGrange. Most of these men served in the Confederate Army of Tennessee and participated in many bloody engageme…
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