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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12GD_cash-crops_Plains-GA.html
This fields is a small part of several hundred acres that earned a living for the Carters and the other families who lived here. Like his neighbors throughout southwest Georgia, Earl Carter mixed his plantings of cotton, corn, watermelons, sugar c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12GC_never-far-from-home_Plains-GA.html
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.Proverbs 22:6
With a short walk around this farm you can just take a glimpse of the small, enclosed world that nurtured a future president.
Here Jimmy …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12GA_legacy-of-an-outdoor-childhood_Plains-GA.html
"Why do you fish and hunt?" I'm often asked, The easiest answer is : "My father and all my ancestors did it before me. It's been part of my life since childhood, and part of my identity, like being a southern or a Baptist."
I could add that dur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRJP_plains-high-school_Plains-GA.html
Side 1:This school opened in 1921, racially integrated in 1966 and served students from Plains, Georgia until 1979. The school's rich history of distinguished educators and progressive curriculum earned recognition at state and national levels. Gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQZ5_rosalynn-smith-carter_Plains-GA.html
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born in Plains on August 18, 1927 and grew up in this house. Her parents were Edgar and Allie Smith. She had two younger brothers and a sister: Jerry Smith, Murray Smith, and Allethea Smith Wall. Rosalynn graduated from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQVA_wise-sanitarium_Plains-GA.html
Built in 1921 by Doctors Samuel, Thaddeus, and Bowman Wise, sons of Dr. Burr T. and Laura Addy Wise, early settlers of Plains, this innovative hospital was known as "the Mayo Clinic of the South". Originally opening above Plains Pharmacy in 1912 w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME35_president-jimmy-carter_Plains-GA.html
From this depot in 1975, James Earl Carter, Jr. launched a two-year campaign for the presidency of the United States. At first an unknown referred to as "Jimmy Who," Carter was inaugurated as America's 39th President on January 20, 1977.
James …