On Ocmulgee National Park Road, on the right when traveling east.
17,000 Years of Continuous Human Habitation
Descendants of Ocmulgee's early inhabitants, the Muscogee (Creek) people,
continue to hold these lands sacred in keeping with their traditions.
Archeological investigations conducted on this . . . — — Map (db m244420) HM
Governor of Georgia (1877-1882), U.S. Congressman (1853-1855), U.S. Senator (1883-1894), Major U.S. Army in the Mexican War, Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army, Alfred Holt Colquitt is buried here. Born in Walton County, Georgia, April 20, . . . — — Map (db m25393) HM
Near Willie Smokie Glover Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Year Played in Macon: 1995
Years Played in MLB: 1996-2012
Andruw Jones is a former Major League Baseball All-Star. Jones played in Macon for the Macon Braves (Atlanta affiliate) during the 1995 season. After one year in Macon, Jones was . . . — — Map (db m186768) HM
Near Park path north of Ocmulgee National Park Road, on the right when traveling east.
Archaic Period 8000 B.C.E. - 1000 B.C.E.
The word Archaic means "very old". During the archaic period, the people
were hunters and gatherers who lived in small mobile bands. They lived in base
camps along creeks and rivers for short . . . — — Map (db m244485) HM
On Buford Place at Vineville Avenue (Business U.S. 41), on the left when traveling north on Buford Place.
Neel Reid, architect
Built in 1915
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m186596) HM
On Anthony Road just east of Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling east.
This marker represents the establishment of a comprehensive high school for black people in Macon-Bibb County. The name is a merger of the Ballard High School and the Hudson High School. This public high school was supported by the Bibb County Board . . . — — Map (db m61189) HM
On Anthony Road at Stephens Street, on the right when traveling east on Anthony Road.
Ballard-Hudson Senior High School was built in 1949 as the only high school in Macon for African Americans in grades nine through twelve. The school
represents the merger of two schools: Ballard High School, a private school with roots in Lewis . . . — — Map (db m38198) HM
On Ocmulgee National Park Road, 0.2 miles Emery Highway (Georgia Route 80), on the right when traveling south.
On July 30, 1864, Gen. Stoneman with 2,500 cavalry crossed Walnut Creek & placed his cannon on a ridge on the Dunlap farm. He attacked Macon to capture the gold in the Confederate Depository; to destroy the Armory, Arsenal & Laboratories, the . . . — — Map (db m98661) HM
On Mulberry Street at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on Mulberry Street.
Bibb County was created by Act of Dec. 9, 1822 from Houston, Jones, Monroe and Twiggs Counties. It was named for Dr. William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) of Elbert County. Dr. Bibb, physician, legislator, Congressman, Senator, was appointed Governor of . . . — — Map (db m44892) HM
Sidney Lanier, poet, linguist, musician, mathematician & lawyer, was born in this cottage, Feb. 3, 1842. He graduated from Oglethorpe Univ. then at Milledgeville, served as a private in the Confederate Army and was captured while commanding a . . . — — Map (db m664) HM
On 7th Street north of Bay Street, on the left when traveling north.
After the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, on April 6 & 7, 1862, the Confederate government selected Macon as a Federal prisoner-of-war camp site. The Macon Fair and Parade Grounds was used to incarcerate 900 prisoners-of-war later that spring. Named . . . — — Map (db m110167) HM
On Joe Tamplin Industrial Boulevard, 0.1 miles west of Riggins Mill Road, on the right when traveling west.
Camp Wheeler was an army training camp during 1917-19 and 1940-46. It was named for Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906), Confederate Lt. Gen. who was born in Augusta, Ga.
The tent camp was established in 1917 after efforts of local businessmen brought . . . — — Map (db m12415) HM
On Shurling Drive, 0 miles west of Gray Highway (U.S. 129), on the right when traveling west.
Founded in October 1899 by the Reverend E. K. Love under the auspices of the Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia, Central City College served as a co-educational institution of learning for African-American students at both the high school and . . . — — Map (db m23065) HM
Near Willie Smokie Glover Drive south of Riverside Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Central City Park
Historic site of Georgia Tech’s first football game played versus Mercer University November 5, 1892 Mercer 12 · Georgia Tech 0 “The game, while not brilliant, was full of earnest and determined effort, and this sort of . . . — — Map (db m236973) HM
Near Willie Smokie Glover Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Year Played in Macon: 1991
Years in MLB: 1993-2012
Larry “Chipper” Jones is a Major League Baseball Hall of Famer. Jones played in Macon for the Macon Braves (Atlanta affiliate) during the 1991 season. After one year in Macon, Jones moved . . . — — Map (db m186771) HM
On Walnut Street, 0 miles east of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Reverend Lot Jones, while on a missionary tour of Georgia, founded Christ Episcopal Church on March 5, 1825. It was the first congregation organized in Macon. On December 26, 1826, the Georgia General Assembly enacted, “that Christopher B. . . . — — Map (db m49579) HM
On D. T. Walton Sr. Way at Poplar Street on D. T. Walton Sr. Way.
The Macon City Hall, built in 1837 for the Monroe Railroad & Banking Co. and since remodeled, served from Nov. 18, 1864 till March 11, 1865 as temporary Capitol of Ga. Here Gov. Brown had his office and convened the last session of the Ga. . . . — — Map (db m60529) HM
On Mulberry Street east of Spring Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1860 the population of Bibb County was 16,289. The 6,790 slaves and free persons of color were the backbone of “King Cotton.” There were at least three slave depots (markets) on Poplar Street. Many slaves and freedman worked as . . . — — Map (db m99469) HM
On College Station Drive, 0 miles south of Columbus Road, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
Colonial Trading Path or “Lower Path” joined the heart of the Creek Nation on the Chattahoochee River to the English Trading Post in Ocmulgee Old Fields, now Ocmulgee National Monument. Here the chief towns of the ancient Creek Confederacy stretched . . . — — Map (db m206104) HM
On Thursday, April 26, 1866, the graves of Confederate soldiers in Rose Hill Cemetery and in the cemetery at 7th and Cherry Streets were decorated with flowers by the members of the Ladies’ Memorial Association, organized in March 1866 with Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m37572) HM
On Vineville Avenue (U.S. 41) at Vista Circle, on the right when traveling north on Vineville Avenue.
Approximately 100 feet south of this point stood the Confederate States Central Laboratory. Erected between 1862 and 1865, this laboratory-factory complex spread over 145 acres purchased December 2, 1862. It was intended as permanent facility and . . . — — Map (db m168256) HM
Near Park path south of Ocmulgee National Park Road, on the right when traveling south.
Cornfield Mound and Prehistoric Trenches
During the excavation of the Cornfield Mound, archeologists discovered charred corncobs and a layer of rolling topsoil under the mound. The parallel rows indicated a cultivated field used by the . . . — — Map (db m244432) HM
On Bond Street, 0.2 miles south of Orange Street, on the right when traveling south.
This impressive home was already more than a quarter century old when Union Major General James Harrison Wilson occupied it in 1865. It is a masterpiece of one of Macon's most notable early master-builders, Alexander Elam who designed this house for . . . — — Map (db m103212) HM
On Willie Smokie Glover Drive, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
In May 1539 Hernando de Soto landed in Florida with over 600 people, 220 horses and mules, and a herd reserved for famine. Fired by his success in
Pizarro's conquest of Peru, De Soto had been granted the rights, by the King of Spain, to explore, . . . — — Map (db m27272) HM
On Mulberry Street (Georgia Route 49) at 2nd Street Lane, on the right when traveling east on Mulberry Street.
Built in 1859 for Dr. George Emerson, the building is a prominent example of Italianate architecture. The 23 foot wide Brownstone was designed by New York architects, T. Thomas & Sons, who are also renowned for the Hay House. Listed on the National . . . — — Map (db m186752) HM
On Mulberry Street Parkway at Mulberry Street on Mulberry Street Parkway.
This fencing was manufactured c. 1856 at the Findlay Foundry and once enclosed the Robert Findlay estate. The Findlay Foundry was operated by the Confederate States Ordnance Bureau as the Macon Arsenal from 1862 -1865. — — Map (db m110385) HM
On 3rd Street, 0 miles north of Cherry Street, in the median.
After a revival of interest in camellias, the first public Camellia Show in the U.S. was held Feb. 5, 1932 at Burden-Smith & Co. At the suggestion of Henry T. Conner, immediately after the show, the Azalea and Camellia Soc. of America, forerunner of . . . — — Map (db m49669) HM
On Woolfolk Street east of Womack Street, on the right when traveling east.
During the early 1800s, Georgia grew through a series of treaties with the Creek Indians. After the Louisiana Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson authorized Benjamin Hawkins, Agent for Indian Affairs, to negotiate the 1805 treaty to expand Georgia . . . — — Map (db m103214) HM
On Woolfolk Street at Smith Street, on the right when traveling west on Woolfolk Street.
Fort Hawkins was established at this site in 1806 on the eastern bank of the Ocmulgee River at the border of the Muskogee Creek Nation. The location was chosen by the fort’s namesake, Benjamin Hawkins, who served as the U.S. Agent for Indian Affairs . . . — — Map (db m59564) HM
On Mulberry Street, 0 miles east of 3rd Street, in the median.
Freemasonry came to Macon in 1824 when the city was in its infancy. Macon Lodge No. 5, F. &A.M., was organized in 1824 and chartered by the Grand Lodge of Georgia in 1825. Historians have referred to Macon lodge as being the “First society in . . . — — Map (db m54733) HM
On Woolfolk Street at Smith Street, on the right when traveling east on Woolfolk Street.
In Ocmulgee Fields camped Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe and his men on their way to Coweta Town for the purpose of making the treaty with the Creek Confederacy in 1739 — — Map (db m59596) HM
Edward D. Tracy, Jr., was born in Macon, Georgia, on Nov. 5, 1833. His father served as Macon’s second Mayor (1826-1828), a Judge of Superior Court, and hosted General Lafayette during his visit to Macon in 1825. The younger Tracy graduated from the . . . — — Map (db m25388) HM
On Poplar Street (Business U.S. 41) at High Place, on the right when traveling north on Poplar Street.
Maconites were shocked on April 16, 1862, with the arrival of fifteen train carloads of wounded soldiers from the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee. Dr. James Mercer Green assumed overall charge and prepared Macon's hospital program while the women of . . . — — Map (db m186792) HM
On Buford Place north of Vineville Avenue (Business U.S. 41), on the right when traveling north.
This property
is listed in the
National Register of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Vineville Historic District — — Map (db m186599) HM
On Orange Street, 0.1 miles north of Georgia Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
This property
is listed in the
National Register of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Macon Historic District — — Map (db m186646) HM
On Nottingham Drive, 0 miles west of Masonic Home Road, in the median.
In Memory of J. Wilson Parker
June 26, 1895 ------ July 27, 1966
Grand Master 1940
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Masonic Home of Georgia, 1946-1966
Raised in Fairburn Lodge No. 180, F. & A. M., 1920; Worshipful Master 1923 and . . . — — Map (db m49146) HM
On Nottingham Drive, 0.1 miles west of Masonic Home Road, in the median.
Worshipful Master of Cherokee Lodge No. 66, F. & A. M., Rome, 1885-1923; Worshipful Master of the Seventh District Masonic Convention, 1897-1923; Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia 1900-1907; High Priest Rome Chapter No. 26, R.A.M; . . . — — Map (db m49193) HM
On Georgia Avenue at Bond Street, on the right when traveling west on Georgia Avenue.
Here ex-president Jefferson Davis, Mrs. Davis and their two daughters Mrs. Margaret Hayes and Varina Ann (Winnie) Davis were the house guests of Capt. and Mrs. Joseph Marshall Johnston from Oct. 24 to Nov.2, 1887, coming to attend the Confederate . . . — — Map (db m186638) HM
On Mulberry Street, 0 miles east of 2nd Street, in the median.
On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (100 miles NE), where he performed what proved to be his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed . . . — — Map (db m25409) HM
On Willie Smokie Glover Drive east of Riverside Drive, on the left when traveling east.
While in the city to attend a reunion
of Confederate veterans, Jefferson Davis, ex-president of the Confederate States
of America, addressed the veterans from
this speakers stand on Wednesday, October 26, 1887. On the following Saturday, Mr. . . . — — Map (db m236924) HM
Col. John Basil Lamer, aide-de-camp of General Howell Cobb, his brother-in-law and close friend, was mortally wounded on September 14, 1862 while vainly trying to rally Cobb’s Brigade at Crampton’s Gap, Maryland. After temporary burial in Charles . . . — — Map (db m25121) HM
Near Willie Smokie Glover Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Hometown: Macon, Georgia
Years in MLB: 1964-1976
John “Blue Moon” Odom is a Macon native and attended Ballard Hudson High School where he won two state championships and threw eight no-hitters, His professional baseball debut was at Luther . . . — — Map (db m186770) HM
This house, built in 1853 by Judge Asa Holt, was struck by a cannon ball from Gen. Stoneman's guns in East Macon during the Battle of Dunlap's Hill. July 30, 1864, when the Union army tried unsuccessfully to take Macon. The ball, now in the . . . — — Map (db m23376) HM
Near Willie Smokie Glover Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Hometown: Macon, Georgia
Years in MLB: 1986-2005
Kevin Brown was born in Milledgeville, Georgia. Brown attended Wilkinson High in Irwinton, where he lettered in three sports. Brown would go on to play college baseball in his home state at . . . — — Map (db m186764) HM
On Mulberry Street at New Street, on the right when traveling west on Mulberry Street.
The first Masonic meeting in Georgia was held in 1734 at the town of Sunbury in what is now Liberty County, with General James Edward Oglethorpe serving as Worshipful Master. This was just seventeen years after the formation of the Grand Lodge of . . . — — Map (db m49663) HM
On Poplar Street east of DT Walton Sr. Way, on the right when traveling east.
Dedicated to the veterans of all wars from Macon and Bibb County on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the American Legion March 15, 1969 Joseph N. Neel, Jr. Post No. 3 ∙ The American Legion L.R. Underwood ∙ Post Commander . . . — — Map (db m236915) WM
On Poplar Street at DT Walton Sr. Way, on the right when traveling east on Poplar Street.
The building that houses Macon’s City Hall was constructed in 1837 as headquarters for the Monroe Railroad and Banking Company. In 1845, the Greek Revival temple-style building was converted into Macon’s first “fire-proof” cotton warehouse. It was . . . — — Map (db m99439) HM
On 1st Street at Mulberry Street, on the left when traveling west on 1st Street.
On his first Sunday in Macon in 1864, artillery officer Captain Thomas Key from Alabama visited the largest church in the city.
The Presbyterian Church (2 see map) on Mulberry with seating for 800 was built in 1858, having been relocated twice . . . — — Map (db m236725) HM
Military earthworks, also variously called redoubts, lunettes, entrenchments and breastworks, have been used for centuries as points of lookout and defense. Early in the Civil War, soldiers learned to dig a simple trench behind an earthen parapet . . . — — Map (db m103297) HM
On Mulberry Street, 0 miles east of 3rd Street, in the median.
The Reform Medical College of Georgia, Middle Georgia’s first medical school was founded in Forsyth, in 1839. The School moved to Macon in 1845 and remained here for 50 years before moving to Atlanta. Scores of physicians received their medical . . . — — Map (db m54940) HM
On Forsyth Street at New Street, on the left when traveling east on Forsyth Street.
This mural is dedicated to Mama Louise Hudson, Inez Hill, Jerry Davis and the entire H&H family. Mama Louise is and always will be the mama of Southern Rock. She nurtured countless bellies and souls inside these walls and will forever be . . . — — Map (db m236905) HM
On Poplar Street (U.S. 41) at 1st Street, on the right when traveling east on Poplar Street.
Medal of Honor
Reverse
Sgt. Rodney Maxwell Davis
United States Marine Corps
April 7, 1942 Sept. 6, 1967
Macon, Georgia Quang Nam Province, Vietnam
For conspicious gallantry and intrepidity at the . . . — — Map (db m53214) HM WM
On Coleman Avenue at College Street, on the right when traveling east on Coleman Avenue.
Founded in Penfield, Georgia, January 14, 1833, as Mercer Institute, Mercer University, the “oldest child” of the Georgia Baptist Convention, has been the chief source of Baptist ministerial and lay leaders through the years. Among the . . . — — Map (db m44946) HM
Near Park path north of Ocmulgee National Park Road, on the left when traveling north.
Mississippian Period 900-1600
People from the Mississippi Valley area came here around 900 and drove the Woodland
Indians away from this region. The Mississippians had a highly complex society based on
horticulture. This stratified society . . . — — Map (db m244481) HM
On Mulberry Street west of 1st Street, on the right when traveling west.
Mulberry Street Methodist Church Mother Church of Georgia Methodism
Organized 1826 ∙ First Building 1828
Second Building 1850 ∙ Third Building 1883
Present Building 1928 Georgia Conference organized here Jan. 1831 No . . . — — Map (db m236727) HM
On Mulberry Street at 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on Mulberry Street.
This church, organized in 1826, is on land deeded to it by the Georgia Legislature in the same year. In 1828, the first church building in Macon was erected on this site. The first appointed pastor was Thomas Darley, who had been ordained by Bishop . . . — — Map (db m29210) HM
Near Park path south of Ocmulgee National Park Road, on the right when traveling south.
Muscogee (Creek) 1600-1826
English traders moved into this area in the late 1600s, and established a trading post near a
Creek village on the Ocmulgee River. The English called the Ocmulgee River, "Ochese
Creek." The natives living near . . . — — Map (db m244437) HM
On Madison Street north of Riverside Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Oak Ridge Cemetery, also a part of Rose Hill Cemetery, was set aside for Negro slave burials of many prominent Macon families. Many affluent descendants of slaves such as doctors, teachers, and businessmen are also buried here. — — Map (db m103153) HM
On Madison Street north of Riverside Drive (U.S. 23), on the left when traveling north.
Macon native Simri Rose, for whom Rose Hill Cemetery is named, established these grounds in 1840. Rose set aside ten acres of the property for slave owners to purchase and bury enslaved people and to bury city-owned enslaved people. On September 12, . . . — — Map (db m103166) HM
Near Madison Street, 0.2 miles north of Riverside Drive (U.S. 23).
After the Civil War, the three distinct sections present in Oak Ridge today began to form. In addition to the antebellum and Civil War burials of enslaved people, a portion of Oak Ridge was sold to William Wolff in 1879 as a burial ground for Temple . . . — — Map (db m103179) HM
On Ocmulgee National Park Road, on the right when traveling east.
Ocmulgee National Monument
Ocmulgee has 17,000 years of continuous human history, from Ice Age hunters to the Muscogee (Creek) people. The Mississippian Culture was the most complex and left the greatest influence here by building mounds and . . . — — Map (db m244418) HM
Near Park path south of Ocmulgee National Park Road, in the median.
Ocmulgee's Earth Lodge - America's Oldest Ceremonial Lodge
This extraordinary piece of Mississippian architecture, the ceremonial Earth Lodge, remained buried at Ocmulgee Old Fields for 800 years until it was discovered during major . . . — — Map (db m244429) HM
Near Park path south of Ocmulgee National Park Road, on the right when traveling south.
Paleo Indian Period 15000 B.C.E. - 8000 B.C.E.
The word Paleo means "ancient or pre-historic." Archaeologists generally agree that Paleo Indians came to North America around 17000 years ago by crossing a land bridge connecting Siberia with . . . — — Map (db m244435) HM
Near Willie Smokie Glover Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Year Played in Macon: 1962
Years in MLB: 1963-1986
Pete Rose is a three-time World Series Champion and holds the Major League Baseball record for most hits in a career. Rose played in Macon for one season with the Macon Peaches (Cincinnati . . . — — Map (db m186761) HM
On Third Street Parkway at Cherry Street, in the median on Third Street Parkway.
We of the American Legion honor those men who lost their lives in the Viet-Nam Conflict Aug. 5, 1964 to Aug. 15, 1973 from Bibb County, GA.
* ARMY * *MARINES* *AIR FORCE*
Baker, J. W.
Betleyoun, G. C.
Brown, . . . — — Map (db m53432) HM
On Coleman Avenue west of College Street, on the left when traveling west.
[Top plaque]
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
[Bottom plaque]
The R. Kirby Godsey
Administration Building
This . . . — — Map (db m186828) HM
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