On Colham Ferry Road at Morrison Street, on the right when traveling south on Colham Ferry Road.
E.D. Stroud School was established in 1956 as part of a statewide “equalization” effort for Georgia’s African-American public schools. As part of Georgia’s massive resistance to federally mandated school integration, politicians and . . . — — Map (db m108666) HM
On Ben Epps Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Ben T. Epps - Georgia's First in Flight -- designed, built and in 1907 flew the first airplane in the State of Georgia. He was born in Oconee County, educated in Clarke County, and attended Georgia Tech. A self-taught aviator, aircraft designer, and . . . — — Map (db m11754) HM
On E. Washington Street 0 miles east of North Lumpkin Street, on the left when traveling west.
Georgia’s pioneer aviator, Benjamin Thomas Epps, was born in Oconee County in 1888. He opened Athens’ first automobile repair garage at this location on East Washington Street in 1907. That same year, nineteen-year-old Epps designed and built his . . . — — Map (db m11755) HM
On East North Broad Street, on the right when traveling north.
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Newberry College, founded in 1856, moved here from Newberry in 1868 and remained in Walhalla until 1877, returning to Newberry for the opening of the 1877-78 academic year. The Lutheran college struggled during the Civil War and . . . — — Map (db m13991) HM
Near South Poplar Street north of Oak Street, on the left when traveling north.
Run -off water from the upper piedmont forms the Oconee (a Native American word meaning "river").
Below the Appalachian Mountains of North Georgia, the Oconee River headwaters begin in the rolling hill country of Hall and Gwinnett Counties . . . — — Map (db m207633) HM
On Price Mill Road 0.4 miles south of Freeman Creek Road, on the right when traveling south.
The historical 1/2 miles harness racing track extant a short distance northwest of here was built in 1893 by Robert E. Branch. A fourth generation descendant of the Branch family of Oconee County, he lived in the adjacent house from 1888-1929. In . . . — — Map (db m265080) HM
On Macon Highway at Crossover Road, on the left when traveling south on Macon Highway.
Between ceded Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee territories lies the Bishop Historic District. Deed records of the period demonstrate that in the 1870s and early 1880s, the crossroads area was a place at which several plantations came together. Prior to . . . — — Map (db m283274) HM
Oconee Station
The South Carolina Frontier Experience
Oconee station & the William Richards House
This site was a frontier outpost and a meeting place between European American and Cherokees of this region during the late . . . — — Map (db m14372) HM
