This house, about 150 years old, was the birthplace of Bishop Atticus Green Haygood in 1839 and his sister, Laura Askew Haygood, in 1845. Bishop Haygood was chaplain and missionary to the Army, 1861-65; President of Emory College, 1876-84; editor . . . — — Map (db m21428) HM
Commemorating the self-sacrifice of the Confederate soldier whose valor is engraved upon the heart of the South, enduring as time, exciting and compelling the admiration of all nations and all peoples. — — Map (db m276667) WM
In August 1864 Union cavalry forces seized local residents Jacob Klutts and George Jarrell and attempted to use them as guides. Klutzy and Jarrell led them into an ambush at Barber's Creek where entrenched Athens Home Guard repelled them. The . . . — — Map (db m197823) HM WM
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
Eagle Tavern, or Hotel, was the center of social and political life in Watkinsville for more than a hundred years. It was saved from destruction in 1934 by Lanier Richardson Billups of Decatur, Georgia, who deeded it to the State in 1956.
The . . . — — Map (db m14081) HM
Built in 1897 by Nathaniel Richardson, this 99-foot-long bridge originally carried the Watkinsville-Athens Road over Calls Creek. It was moved here to
Rose Creek in 1924 and the road was relocated to its present site. The nearby c. 1900 grist mill . . . — — Map (db m14945) HM
In honor of our Revolutionary War Patriots whose sacrifices in the pursuit of freedom delivered American independence.
1775-1781 — — Map (db m213879) WM
American sculptor Abbott Pattison created Iron Horse, also known as, "Pegasus Without Wings", in 1954. The Curtis family rescued Iron Horse from storage in 1959 and relocated it from Athens, Georgia, to a prominent location on their . . . — — Map (db m276042) HM
Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973) was the first woman to serve in Congress: being elected from Montana in 1916 before women had the right to vote in other states. She was active in women's suffrage and was a peace advocate who opposed all war. She was . . . — — Map (db m14079) HM
Killed in Action
Korean War
PVT Donald I. Bell• CPL Thomas R. Hardy
Vietnam War
PFC Lawrence A. Stalnaker• SPC William T. Pittman• SPC John T. Walls
Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)
1st SGT Luke . . . — — Map (db m208290) WM
This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 25, 1875, is named for the Oconee River which forms its eastern boundary. In 1801 Watkinsville was made County Site of Clarke County but in 1875 the Clarke County Site was changed to Athens. As . . . — — Map (db m21407) HM
Dedicated to our men of Oconee County who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II
Roll of Honor
Lemuel H. Verner
Henry A. Huff
Raymond O. Marshall
Hershel H. Burger
Walter L. Wood
Robert E. Branch 3rd
Arthur C. . . . — — Map (db m277877) WM
Erected by Georgia D.A.R & Elijah Clarke Chapter Athens, Ga. The site of a frontier blockhouse for protection from against Indians in 1785. Used as Eagle Tavern continuously from 1801 to present day
Mar 10, 1926 — — Map (db m197838) HM
Closing in on Atlanta in July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman found it “too strong to assault and too extensive to invest.” To force its evacuation, he sent
Maj. Gen. Geo. Stoneman's cavalry [US] to cut the railway to Macon by which its . . . — — Map (db m14084) HM
World War I
Killed in Action
PVT Dilmus Brown• PVT Fred Foster•
PVT Edgar Coots• PVT Willie H. Davis•
PVT Lewis S. Fields• PVT Manus Sanders•
PVT Andrew Jacks• PVT Lincoln Jackson•
PVT Pencila W. Thomas
In Flanders Fields by John . . . — — Map (db m207880) WM
World War II
Killed in Action
1LT Douglas M. Campbell• Staff SGT Roy V. Daniell•
PFC Henry A. Huff• PFC Charles H. Hanson•
Technician 5th Grade James O. Hardigree Jr. •
PVT John E. Jackson• SGT Erskine O. Marshall•
PVT Raymond O. . . . — — Map (db m208288) WM
