Entries Containing All of the Phrases «oconee county» AND «georgia»

By David Seibert, May 17, 2014

E. D. Stroud School Marker

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1 ► Georgia, Oconee County, Watkinsville — 108-2 — E. D. Stroud School — A Georgia Equalization School —

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

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2 ► Georgia, Athens-Clarke County, Athens — 029-16 — Ben T. Epps — Georgia's Pioneer Aviator — 1888-1937 —

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

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3 ► Georgia, Athens-Clarke County, Athens — 29-5 — First Flight in Georgia — Site of Ben Epps' Garage —

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

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4 ► South Carolina, Oconee County, Walhalla — 37-9 — Newberry College — 1868-1877 —

[Front]: 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

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5 ► Georgia, Athens-Clarke County, Athens — Oconee River — Description and Historic Views —

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

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6 ► Georgia, Oconee County, Bishop — Oak Branch Fairgrounds, Racetrack and Branch Family Home —

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

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7 ► Georgia, Oconee County, Bishop — Bishop Historic District —

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

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8 ► South Carolina, Oconee County, Walhalla — Oconee Station / Oconee County —

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

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9 ► Georgia, Oconee County, Athens — William Daniell House —

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m277878) HM

10 ► North Carolina, Buncombe County, Black Mountain — P-21 — André Michaux —

French botanist, pioneer in studying flora of western North Carolina, visited Black Mountains, August, 1794. — — Map (db m56096) HM

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