The Rabun County Courthouse has been on this site since 1908 when it was moved from the original Courthouse Square on Main Street. The 1908 building was demolished in 1967 when a new building was constructed. — — Map (db m99018) HM
Dedicated to the memory of
Robert H. “Bob” Vickers 1908 – 1984
Clayton City Councilman 1945 to 1951
Sole County Commissioner and Judge of the Ordinary 1952 – 1972 Probate Judge 1972 – 1984
With little . . . — — Map (db m28257) HM
Built at the foot of one of the longest and deepest valleys in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Lake Rabun began filling in May 1915 to form a reservoir of over ten million gallons covering 834 acres with a normal water level of 1690 feet above mean sea . . . — — Map (db m43910) HM
Dedicated to the memory of those who lost their life in the Tornado March 1998 Austin W. Simerly • Tonja R. Simerly • Calvin Little Jr. • Bobbie Sue Hoenie • Ronald Underwood • Danny Lee Barham • Ray Edward Foster Jr. • E. Whitney . . . — — Map (db m191193) HM
Mollie Gibson acquired this property from her grandfather in 1873. With husband William T. York, they grew the farm to 400 acres. The two-story chestnut log farmhouse dates to 1846. The inn began in 1896 and was expanded in 1907 to 26 rooms. This is . . . — — Map (db m81198) HM
This County, created by an act of the Georgia Legislature
July 30, 1912, is named for Chief Justice Logan E. Bleckley, of
the Georgia Supreme Court, one of the greatest jurists in the
history of this State. Born in Rabun County in 1827, he . . . — — Map (db m47553) HM
The home of William Rabun, Governor of Georgia 1817-1819. Born in Halifax County, N.C., April 8, 1771, Governor Rabun moved to Wilkes Co., Ga., in 1785. Having the usual backwoods schooling of his day, he acquired by reading and observation, . . . — — Map (db m13347) HM
One of Rabun County’s first college graduates, Andrew Jackson Ritchie received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Harvard University before returning to his native county to devote his life to the education of the mountain people. In 1903 he founded . . . — — Map (db m28008) HM
Construction of Tallulah Falls Railway began in 1871 at Cornelia, GA, reached Tallulah Falls in 1882, and extended to Franklin, NC, by 1907. As the northern terminus of the rail line for over twenty years, Tallulah Falls became a popular resort . . . — — Map (db m21243) HM
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