Near Warm Springs in Meriwether County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Longleaf Pine Planting

Photographed by David Seibert, August 25, 2009

1. Longleaf Pine Planting Marker

Inscription. In the early years of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s sojourn in Meriwether County, he observed that no great effort was made to replace trees on cut-over or burnt areas not suitable for agriculture.

As a demonstration of replacement, together with erosion and water-shed control, he devoted a little over five acres of his farm to the planting of 5000 longleaf pine seedlings, in the winter season of 1929-1930.

The plantings were made in the area immediately south of this marker. A tornado in 1954 destroyed about half the original stand.

Erected 1957 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 099-6.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Horticulture & Forestry. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #32 Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Georgia Historical Society series lists.

Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 32° 50.949′ N, 84° 42.075′ W. Marker was near Warm Springs, Georgia, in Meriwether County. It was on U.S. 190 0.1 miles west of White House Parkway (Route 85W), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Warm Springs GA 31830, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Georgia’s Piedmont.

It was also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Roosevelt Farm (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dowdell's Knob (approx. 2.2 miles away); Franklin Delano Roosevelt (approx. 2.4 miles away); The Little White House (approx. 2.4 miles away); Franklin D. Roosevelt (approx. 2.6 miles away); This Was His Georgia (approx. 2.6 miles away); Georgia Warm Springs Foundation (approx. 3 miles away); a different marker also named Franklin D. Roosevelt (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Warm Springs.

Another marker is no longer nearby. “This Was His Georgia” (was approx. 2.6 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Additional commentary.
1. Missing marker
Marker is missing. Post remains in place.

— Submitted May 21, 2024, by Sharon Steele-Smith of Sandy Springs, Georgia.

Photographed by David Seibert, August 25, 2009

2. Longleaf Pine Planting Marker

Looking west on Georgia Highway 190 toward Dowdell's Knob

Photographed by David Seibert, August 25, 2009

3. Longleaf Pine Planting Marker

Looking east, toward the intersection with Georgia Highway 85W, the road to the Little White House and Warm Springs

Photographed by David Seibert, August 25, 2009

4. Longleaf Pine Planting Marker

A trail leads from Highway 190 into the remains of the Longleaf Pine stand

Credits. This page was last revised on May 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 4, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,535 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 4, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.