On Jailhouse Alley south of Main Street (Georgia Road 42), on the right when traveling south.
Jailhouse Park
Jailhouse Park is so named because of its proximity to the town jail built c. 1875. The building was constructed on a 40 square foot plot of land owned by Dr. C.H. Richardson and purchased by the commissioners of the city of . . . — — Map (db m198010) HM
On U.S. 41, 0.2 miles south of High Point Way, on the right when traveling south.
In the 1960s, as American culture changed rapidly, new forms of music and performance emerged, including large outdoor rock festivals. From July 3-5, 1970, the Second Atlanta International Pop Festival, one of the largest such events anywhere in the . . . — — Map (db m59520) HM
On South Camellia Boulevard (Georgia Route 49) near Hartley Street, on the right when traveling south.
Here rest -- known but to God -- more than 20 Confederate soldiers, most of whom died in the Confederate hospitals located in Fort Valley in 1864-1865. Some of these men were killed in the wreck of a troop train, three miles north of the city, while . . . — — Map (db m53095) HM
Near John Wesley Davison Court just south of State University Drive.
This garden is dedicated to Fort Valley State University's more than 100 sister historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which since 1837 have planted seeds of knowledge in talented students which have taken root and blossomed into an . . . — — Map (db m227397) HM
Near John Wesley Davison Court just south of State University Drive.
The three pillars of the Hunt-Bond-Troup Memorial pay tribute to three men whose continuity of vision and leadership forged the foundation of Fort Valley State University: Henry Hunt, Fort Valley High and Industrial School (FVHIS) principal from . . . — — Map (db m191000) HM
On West Church Street, 0 miles west of Anderson Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Here on the Indian Path that connected two Indian Trails, from Hartford to Fort Hawkins and from Barnard’s Crossing to the Old Creek Agency, James Abbington Everett established, in the 1820’s, the Indian Trading Post around which Fort Valley arose. . . . — — Map (db m53096) HM
On West Church Street, 0 miles west of Anderson Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
This County, created by Act of the Legislature July 18, 1924, is named for one of Georgia's leading crops, the Georgia Peach known throughout the nation and beyond. The famous Elberta Peach was developed in Georgia by Samuel B. Rumph and is grown . . . — — Map (db m53097) HM
On State University Drive at St Lukes Lane, on the right when traveling south on State University Drive.
This parish had its origins in the Episcopal Church’s support of Fort Valley High and Industrial School in 1913, which it operated from 1919 until 1939 in partnership with the American Church Institute for Negroes in New York, the Diocese of . . . — — Map (db m52885) HM
