Historic Sites in Tilford, GA

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The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic site was established to preserve and interpret the places where D...

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Amos Giles Rhodes, founder of Rhodes Furniture Company, had Rhodes Hall constructed on 114 acres between 1902 and 19...

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Historic Oakland Foundation (HOF), a non-profit organization, was established in 1976 and is dedicated to the p...

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East Point owes its origin to an 1847 Act incorporating the Atlanta & LaGrange RR (now Atlanta & West point). The...

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Side 1: The Beacon Community was the center of Decatur?s African American community until its demolition by the Urban...

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Constructed during Americas rush to mobilize for World War I, Camp Gordon was one of 16 temporary training camps, the...

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In 1864 the Old Cheshire Bridge Rd., leading E. from Buckhead generally on the trace of the present E. Pace?s Fy. Rd....

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July 22, 1864. Hardee?s A.C. (4 divis.), (CS) moving N. to the battlefield, was divided into two columns at this road...

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The Georgia Railway and Power Company, predecessor of Georgia Power, built this trolley waiting station in 1923. The ...

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July 22, 1864. Light Battery H, 1st Ill. (four 20-pounders), Capth. Francis DeGress, was posted here on right of M.L....

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Water-powered sawmill & factory operated in the 1860?s by Samuel A. Durand (1822-1891), later on by Frederick A. Will...

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July 17, 1864. The march of the corps S. from the road-fork at Providence Church (Dunwoody) was opposed by Col. Geo. ...

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James J. Andrews, leader of the Andrews Raiders, was executed a few feet southeast on June 7, 1862. Andrews a native ...

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July 22, 1864. Gen. George Maney?s div. (Hardee?s A.C.) (CS) attacked the front of Giles Smith?s div., 17th A.C. (US)...

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Established by Act of the General Assembly Oct. 13, 1885; site selected Oct. 20, 1886. Administration Building erecte...

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site