On 14th Street at Broadway, on the right when traveling west on 14th Street.
George Parker Swift, I, pioneer cotton manufacturer of Georgia, was born Sept. 1, 1815, in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. He moved to Georgia in the early 1840’s and started the Tribune Mills at Waymanville, Upson County, first making cotton thread and . . . — — Map (db m42159) HM
A native of Upson County, Georgia, and a Major General, Confederate States Army, was one of General Lee's most trusted and outstanding officers. He brilliantly led his devoted men in every engagement in which the Army of Northern Virginia . . . — — Map (db m64831) HM
On Washington Street SW at Martin Luther King Jr Dive NW, on the left when traveling south on Washington Street SW.
John Brown Gordon, son of the Rev. Zachariah Herndon Gordon and Mrs. Malinda Cox Gordon, was born in Upson County Feb. 6, 1832. He attended a rural school in Walker County, Pleasant Green Academy in Lafayette, and the University of Georgia. He . . . — — Map (db m86837) HM
On Trice Road (County Route 199) at Trice Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling east on Trice Road.
Trice cemetery, the largest family burial round in Upson County, Georgia, was established by William and Jane Tamplin Trice whose house once stood 300 yards west of the cemetery. William (1789- 1858) and Jane (1794- 1856), both buried here, were . . . — — Map (db m14560) HM
On U.S. 19 at Georgia Route 109, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 19.
In 1823, the Pike County Justices of the Inferior Court selected the center lot in the county, near here, as the site for the county seat. The legislature chose Samuel Mitchell; William Mitchell; William Myrick, who was also Clerk of the Inferior . . . — — Map (db m264483) HM
Near 14th Street north of Front Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Mills
The entrepreneurs who lived in this mansion were leaders in initiating and
financing the development of the city's most precious asset - the falling water
of the Chattahoochee River. This incredible falls represented a . . . — — Map (db m218042) HM
On Commerce Street west of South Johnson Street, on the left when traveling west.
A native of Upson County, Georgia, Cadwell Walton Raines (1839-1906) contributed to Texas history as a Methodist preacher, schoolteacher, attorney, newspaper publisher, county official, historian and state librarian. He first came to this state in . . . — — Map (db m138988) HM
On South Center Street (U.S. 19) north of West Gordon Street (Georgia Route 74), on the left when traveling north.
In memory of America's Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Upson County, Georgia
1775-1783
William Carraway •
Henry Kendall, Sr. •
Valentine Horsley •
Richard Respress •
James Walker •
Benjamin Hamrick — — Map (db m264516) WM
Near Capitol Avenue Southwest south of M.L.K. Junior Drive Southeast, on the left when traveling north.
Expelled Because of Color” is dedicated to the memory of the 33 Black state legislators who were elected, yet expelled from the Georgia House because of their color in 1868.
The cinder block forms at the base of the sculpture symbolize the . . . — — Map (db m130191) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
