What an exciting discovery to come across an elk roaming the fields and woodlands of the Buffalo River country. Once again these large members of the deer family can be found grazing or resting in clearings and open spaces.
Native to the hardwood . . . — — Map (db m61755) HM
When establishing Buffalo National River in 1972, Congress recognized the need to preserve the valley’s culture as well as its free-flowing river. Here in Boxley Valley, a traditional farm community is being perpetuated within the borders of Buffalo . . . — — Map (db m61757) HM
Civil War in Newton County Several military actions took place in Newton
County during the Civil War. On Jan. 10, 1863, Union
troops attacked and destroyed a large saltpeter
works on the Buffalo River. Skirmishes were fought
June 14 and Nov. . . . — — Map (db m225345) HM
Jasper, the county seat of Newton County, was designated as such soon after the creation of the county, December 14, 1842. It was named in honor of Thomas W. Newton. — — Map (db m155497) HM
In memoriam
Newton County veterans of all wars who gave
their lives in the service of their country
N.W. Armer • Frank Bickner • Caldin Bolen • C.H. Clark • Emory Collins • Albert Cooper • Quenton Criner • Loyd Dixon • Raymond Dollar • . . . — — Map (db m225349) WM
Settling Along the Buffalo Abraham Villines and his children were among the earliest pioneer families in the Buffalo River valley. Abraham’s grandson William built this log house in 1850 for his new bride, Rebecca. Four years later their son . . . — — Map (db m61752) HM
This is the site of the Old Buffalo River Bridge also known
as the Pruitt Bridge. The Arkansas Highway Department
designed the bridge in one day. Fred Luttjohann of Topeka,
Kansas built it in 1931 for a contract bid of $55,226.09.
The Virginia . . . — — Map (db m225343) HM
In 1958, the school building, so well loved by so many, was demolished and replaced by long needed municipal building. It housed the administrative offices, the fire department, the police department and jail. In 1996, the building was refurbished . . . — — Map (db m50173) HM
Here sleep 67 known and 8 unknown Confederate heroes, men who died of disease and wounds in the several Confederate hospitals located here. Many of those who died were reburied elsewhere.
In 1862, 1863, 1864, the Hill, Hood, Lumpkin, and . . . — — Map (db m49465) HM
The old Female College building served the City of Covington Public School system until 1896 when a new building replaced the old structure. At the turn of the century measures to improve public education were begun. A 9-month term was instituted. . . . — — Map (db m50174) HM
On Friday, July 22, 1864, while the Battle of Atlanta raged about 25 miles to the west, Union Brigadier General Kenner Garrard and about 3,500 cavalrymen were in Covington. They had been ordered by Major General William T. Sherman to disrupt the . . . — — Map (db m103344) HM
This site represents a typical rural medical practice 1881 - 1921. Dr. James T. Gibson began his practice in Porterdale, Newton County at age 24. He made his calls on horseback, often staying overnight until the patient´s fever broke or a baby was . . . — — Map (db m108633) HM
This area represents one of Georgia’s earliest experiences in advanced water-powered industrialization technologically unsurpassed in the U.S.
Archaeological remains of 5 mills ranging from large textile factories to small grist mills exist . . . — — Map (db m34594) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m20477) HM
Here was located the office in which L.Q.C. Lamar, Statesman and Jurist, practiced law at two intervals from 1847 to 1854, thence moving to Macon and Mississippi. His family located at Covington after his father's death in 1834, and at nearby Oxford . . . — — Map (db m7119) HM
This site is said to have been used by the Presbyterians as a place of worship prior to their relocation to Bethany Church c. 1847.
Graves of the Cary Wood family (early pioneers) were moved to the Covington Cemetery. The graveyard site and a . . . — — Map (db m197763) HM
Can you imagine living and growing up at the jail? When Newton County completed its new jail in 1901, the front half had been designed as a home for the sheriff or a staff member and his family, an arrangement typical of this period. The sheriff was . . . — — Map (db m197740) HM
In Loving and Grateful Memory of Those Citizens of Newton County Who Gave Their Lives In The Defense Of Our Country
{Honor Roll of World War I, II, Korean War, Vietnam & Gulf War dead of Newton County, Georgia} — — Map (db m103366) WM
Ramsey's Furniture Company, Inc. was founded in Covington, Georgia in the fall of 1919 by C.D. Ramsey. For 100 years, Ramsey's Furniture Company has been home to the Covington area's largest selection of fine home furnishings. Serving people they . . . — — Map (db m197743) HM
Red Oak Church was established between 1803, when the Indians left this area, and late 1821, when Newton County was formed. The church grounds originally contained 4 acres, including the spring behind the church. The first building, between the . . . — — Map (db m24383) HM
On Nov. 18, 1864, Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi [US], Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, were established here at “Harris´ Quarters,” the overseer’s house and negro cabins of a large plantation owned by Judge John Harris of Covington. . . . — — Map (db m34208) HM
Water power, fertile land and excellent fishing were major attractions. Early settlers built a sawmill, grist mill and other small industries. The town developed on both sides of the river and flourished in the 1900´s. In 1936 Snapping Shoals Power . . . — — Map (db m108635) HM
Erected late in the nineteenth century by T. C. Swann to house his general mercantile business. It incorporates the ante-bellum building which housed the store of pioneer citizen Cary Wood. — — Map (db m197744) HM
On July 22, 1864, Union Cavalry from Wilder's and Minty's Brigades, armed with Spencer repeating rifles, entered Covington under orders of General Kenner Garrard. As the Battle of Atlanta raged to the west, Covington was unprotected by Confederate . . . — — Map (db m14989) HM
This private institution, although undergoing several trusteeships and name changes, continuously functioned as an exclusive female school for over 50 years. It attracted students from southern states as well as local young ladies. Out of town . . . — — Map (db m50175) HM
On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah -- the March to the Sea. He divided his army [US] into two wings. The Right Wing . . . — — Map (db m20480) HM
In July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman’s army [US] closed in on Atlanta. Finding its fortifications “too strong to assault and too extensive to invest,” Sherman sought to force its evacuation by sending Maj. Gen. Geo. Stoneman, with three . . . — — Map (db m20478) HM
West side
Their gallant and heroic deeds
like monumental shafts arise
from out the graveyard
of the past,
and mark the tombs
where valor lies.
_______
South side
No sordid or mercenary
spirit animated the . . . — — Map (db m103368) WM
In 1889 Washington Street School was established under the Covington City School system. The old building burned in 1939. Students and faculty met for two years in Black Churches.
1941 -- A new brick school house was completed. The name and . . . — — Map (db m49807) HM
Sherrod Malone Smith (1891-1949) played 23 years of professional baseball including 14 seasons in the major leagues. Babe Ruth, another left-hander, said
that he was, "the greatest pick-off artist who ever lived." He played in Pittsburgh, Brooklyn . . . — — Map (db m12260) HM
Mansfield’s first school was Center Grove Academy built prior to 1860. The Green Schoolhouse was established in 1890. Mansfield High School was moved to this site in 1908. — — Map (db m108638) HM
Settlement began after the 1807 Land Lottery. R. Fretwell, W. Burge, J. Hartwell & S. Gay moved to the area c. 1809. A log church was built for the Methodist in 1820. Rufus Broome, Nestor & John W. Pitts settled with the idea of developing a town. . . . — — Map (db m190801) HM
Kitty’s cottage was built in 1842 by Bishop James O. Andrew for an inherited slave who could not be freed and still live in Georgia; Kitty preferred to remain with the Andrew family rather than be sent to Africa. In 1938 Kitty’s cottage was bought . . . — — Map (db m48584) HM
Built in 1841 as a Methodist meeting house, Old Church was designed in the Greek Revival style with 14 rows of stark wooden pews and two separate front doors for men and women. During the Civil War, Old Church and several buildings on the Emory . . . — — Map (db m113296) HM
Old Church was the first Chapel of Emory College, and a church for Methodists in Oxford, a pulpit for scholar--preachers. It was the center of Methodism in the South when the issue of slavery split the Church in 1844, contributing to the succession . . . — — Map (db m48536) HM
Dedicated by Bishop William Capers.
A Confederate Hospital 1862-1864.
Wings and Stage added by Bishop A.G. Haygood 1878.
Restored 1932 by Bishop W.A. Candler — — Map (db m245696) HM
Restored 1949 under direction of
Bishop Arthur J. Moore
A symbol of our father's faith
Scene of many historic occasions
Loved by generations of Emory students
It was for many, another Bethel-
House of God, the Gate of Heaven . . . — — Map (db m113285) HM
Emory College was chartered December 19, 1836 when Georgia Methodists expanded their educational program. Named in honor of Methodist Bishop John
Emory (1789-1835) who helped organize several northern colleges and presided over the Georgia . . . — — Map (db m11217) HM
(Front): In 1836 the Georgia Methodist Conference founded Emory College, named in honor of Bishop John Emory who had died the year before. Early in 1837. 1452 acres of land were purchased with 330 acres being set aside for the college town . . . — — Map (db m19732) HM
The General Store and residence of Martin Kolb was named by the Georgia General Assembly as the temporary meeting place for elections and courts of the newly formed Newton County.
The first justices of the inferior court were George . . . — — Map (db m34543) HM
In the early 1830's mercantile business occupied this site. It was first owned and operated by George Leak, then successively, John W. Starr, C.C. Epps & Co., Benton & Cook, L.H. Cook & Son, Wilson Walton and Mrs. E. A. King.
A two story wood . . . — — Map (db m197746) HM
Humorist George Ade gained prominence during the Golden Age of Indiana Literature (c. 1880-1920) for his wit and use of the vernacular. The Kentland native worked as a columnist at the Chicago Record and published collected essays such as . . . — — Map (db m231149) HM
Republican presidential candidate William Taft toured the country by train in 1908, a change in strategy from earlier “front porch” campaigns. The tour began with a September 23 stop at the “Hazelden” estate of journalist and playwright George Ade, . . . — — Map (db m231147) HM
In memory of the founder and father of Goodland, William Foster Born Litchfield, N.Y. Oct. 10, 1813 Died Goodland, Ind., Jan. 24, 1901 A true pioneer active in the building of two railroads here Prominent in the early . . . — — Map (db m241298) HM
In 1821 the Indiana-Illinois state line was surveyed by General John Tipton for Indiana and Samuel McClintoc for Illinois. They ran the line and marked each mile of it from Vincennes to Lake Michigan. — — Map (db m64156) HM
McCray worked in banking and grain dealing and later bred Hereford cattle at his Orchard Lake Stock Farm in Newton County. He served on state charitable and agricultural boards, before entering state politics in 1915 as a Republican gubernatorial . . . — — Map (db m231146) HM
Located 5 feet north To be opened July 4, 2076 Dedicated November 15, 1976 Newton County Bicentennial Committee County Board of Commissioners “Pun’kin Vine” Fair Board — — Map (db m237798) HM
1866 Born February 9th on This Site 1899 "Fables in Slang" Published 1902 Originates the Musical Comedy on Broadway with the Premier of "The Sultan of Sulu" 1904 Has 3 Broadway Plays Running Simultaneously 1908 . . . — — Map (db m232940) HM
Site of former Newton County Home for indigent residents. Wood structure built 1891, burned 1910. 40-room brick building erected 1911 and used until 1983, then subsequently demolished. — — Map (db m231143) HM
In the grove of trees northeast was
site of original Patron & Farmer's Agricultural Fair "Pun'kin Vine Fair"
1882-1888
Located on farm of George Herriman
Dedicated by Herriman Family - 2012 — — Map (db m240727) HM
Baseball Hall of Famer Sam Rice was born near Morocco, Indiana. In 1912, while away at a tryout, most of his family died when a tornado tore through the area. The following year he enlisted in the Navy, and in 1915 made his professional baseball . . . — — Map (db m231139) HM
American Eagle Flight 4184
October 31, 1994
American Eagle Flight 4184 departed Indianapolis at 2:55 PM CST on October 31, 1994, en route to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. There were 64 passengers and 4 crew members aboard the . . . — — Map (db m231129) HM
On February 19, 1863, a train carrying Confederate soldiers and civilians left Meridian heading west. Near Hickory, the locomotive ran off the trestle and submerged the train in the Chunky River. A rescue effort was led by the First Battalion of . . . — — Map (db m215195) HM
Medgar Wiley Evers, born in Decatur July 2, 1925, was a graduate of Newton Vocational High School and Alcorn College. After serving in the military in WWII, he returned to Decatur and, along with his brother, Charles, attempted to register to vote . . . — — Map (db m51168) HM
During the Meridian Expedition, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman ordered the XVI Corps to move east while he waited with one infantry regiment at Decatur Crossroads. As Sherman retired for the night, the regiment mistakenly left him unguarded. Seeing an . . . — — Map (db m51160) HM
So called in honor of "Old Hickory," Andrew Jackson. His name given to military road built, 1817-1820, connecting New Orleans with Nashville & passing through this location. — — Map (db m111026) HM
Lynching in America
Over 6,500 African Americans were victims of racial terror lynching in the United
States between 1865 and 1950. Following the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil
War, many white Americans remained committed to . . . — — Map (db m234969) HM
Beulah Hubbard School was established on this site in 1929. The school was the consolidation of Beulah, Witt, Oakland, Rock Branch, Little Rock, Hebron, Greenland, Hopewell, Center Ridge, Duffee and Battlefield schools. The school’s name refers to . . . — — Map (db m179037) HM
In 1863, Willis R. Norman received a Confederate Government contract to construct a hospital in Newton. The hospital complex, which is said to have consisted of 7 hospital and commissary buildings, was built on this site. Approximately 1,000 . . . — — Map (db m77267) HM
In this cemetery, which has been maintained by Doolittle family since antebellum times, are buried about 100 Confederate soldiers who died at military hospital during siege of Vicksburg. — — Map (db m51169) HM
Here at Newton Station, on April. 24, 1863, Federals under General Benjamin H. Grierson struck the Vicksburg-Meridian rail route, tore up tracks, & burned depot. — — Map (db m77265) HM
Originally built for Marine M. Watkins, this one-story, center-hall-plan house was purchased in 1871 by Dr. J.С. McElroy, a physician and state representative. In 1891, Mrs. Bettie Russell Hoye, the widow of M.J.L. Hoye, a local merchant who . . . — — Map (db m138574) HM
Newton County has a dual claim to blues fame, first as the birthplace of several historical figures and later as the site of an important blues event, the Chunky Rhythm & Blues Festival. Newton County natives include record businessman H.C. Speir . . . — — Map (db m141357) HM
Immediately after George Washington Carver’s death in 1943, the United States Congress recognized the importance of keeping his memory alive by establishing Carver’s birthplace as a national monument.
George Washington Carver first made an . . . — — Map (db m42009) HM
The cabin site offers an impression of the slave cabin in which Carver was born. Its mysteries reflect the confused circumstances of Carver's early life.
The log cabin in which George Washington Carver was born was not built with the . . . — — Map (db m42011) HM
Right Road
…how can I be sure that I’m on the right road?… “In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” Now you must learn to look to Him for direction and then follow, and you will never go wrong.
George . . . — — Map (db m42892) HM
As an impressionable young boy, George Washington Carver looked on as friends and neighbors were interred in the Moses Carver Family Cemetery. The cemetery may contain as many as 40 graves dating as far back as 1835, but only 21 of the graves have . . . — — Map (db m42033) HM
This spring was the closest drinking water for the Carver household in the 1860s. Accoring to George, he was too frail for field work. His guardian, Susan Carver, gave him many household chores including drawing water from this spring. As a typical . . . — — Map (db m42030) HM
The farm on which George Washington Carver grew up was owned by Moses and Susan Carver. While George’s path in life took him far from here, he considered this farm his first home.
In the 1830s, Moses and Susan Carver moved from Sangamon . . . — — Map (db m42007) HM
George, like most children, was supposed to stay in after dark. He later recalled, "...my brother and I would sometimes steal out to the persimmon tree. And when we went into the house there was Mrs. Carver waiting for us beside a jar of willow . . . — — Map (db m42032) HM
Sometime near the end of the Civil War, a slave was born here in a cabin. His mother, Mary, named the baby - her second son - George. Moses Carver had purchased Mary as an enslaved person back in 1855, when she was about 13 years old.
Years of . . . — — Map (db m42028) HM
William Williams married Moses Carver's niece, Sarah Jane Carver, in 1853 and they built their home beside this spring. Their two children, Daniel and Martha, played with George Washington Carver as they grew up on the farm.
During the 1930's . . . — — Map (db m42031) HM
This capstone was taken from the west entrance of the building razed in 1977. It is set in the original brick used from the building. Through these portals passed many generations, the last 42 years under the guidance of Supt. H. W. Smith. May . . . — — Map (db m229823) HM
Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker, Buck and Blanche Barrow and W.D. Jones rented this apartment and holed up inside for several months. On April 13, 1933, law officers from the Joplin Police Department and from Newton County, seeking suspected . . . — — Map (db m170321) HM
This point was established in 1857 by an 800 member expedition starting at the southwest corner of Missouri and working north. The party included soldiers, teamsters, cooks, astronomers and surveyors. The expedition took nearly six months, being . . . — — Map (db m143500) HM
The presence of large deposits of limestone and running water make Big Spring Park an ideal location for caves such as Stairstep Cave. However, there is another cave that lives in the memories of the elders of Neosho.
In 1946 J.W. Abbott left . . . — — Map (db m43033) HM
Neosho was the Confederate Capitol of Missouri, when, on October 8, 1861, in the old Masonic Building on the northeast corner of the Square, the legislature passed the Ordinance of Secession, separating Missouri from the Union. — — Map (db m42036) HM
A former slave boy, George Washington Carver came to Neosho in the 1870s seeking an education. At Neosho’s Lincoln School, he began his long climb out of ignorance. This was his first step toward becoming a world-famous scientist and teacher at . . . — — Map (db m43025) HM
In 1898, Edward Haas built this four story warehouse to house his wholesale grocery. The warehouse has an electric belt driven elevator and automatic sprinkler system. His business was the center for the entire region for canning and shipping. The . . . — — Map (db m42915) HM
Herman Jaeger, a Swiss immigrant, settled six miles east of Neosho in 1865 and started a vineyard. He located superior wild grapes in the area. Some of these local disease resistant varieties he sent to France in the 1870’s. They were used to . . . — — Map (db m43027) HM
James S. Scott, composer of about 30 Ragtime pieces, was born in Neosho February 12, 1886. He was one of the greatest Ragtime composers of all time. Among his best known compositions are “Frog Legs Rag,” “Kansas City Rag,” . . . — — Map (db m43028) HM
I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic for which it stands,
one Nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
United States Army • United . . . — — Map (db m224844) WM
“In honor of the men and women
of Newton County who
serve their country in
World War II.”
1941
“Erected by the Neosho
Junior Chamber of Commerce
through the sale of
scrap metal donated by
the People of Newton . . . — — Map (db m42986) HM
This memorial is dedicated to the men and women of Rocketdyne Neosho whose tireless efforts and relentless pursuit of quality resulted in the world's finest liquid rocket engines. Neosho's engines powered Jupiter, Redstone, Mercury, Atlas, Gemini . . . — — Map (db m43034) HM
Directly in front of this marker, at the corner of Washington and Spring Streets, there stood in 1861 a two-story frame building that served as a Masonic Hall. In this building, known as Missouri's "first Confederate Capitol," there occurred a . . . — — Map (db m45775) HM
Thomas Hart Benton was born at 214 East McKinney St., Neosho, on April 15, 1889, the son of Congressman M. E. Benton, and grand nephew of Missouri’s first senator, Thomas Hart Benton.
Tom’s early years were shared by listening to court house . . . — — Map (db m42992) HM
Neosho is named from the Osage Indian word, Ni-u-zhu (Main River). Settled about 1833 near 3 large springs, Neosho became the seat of Newton County, 1839. Upon the Ozark tableland prairies of the area, an "Eden of Fertility," settlers from many . . . — — Map (db m248636) HM
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