Georgia's Landmarks Memorials and Legends: Volume 1, Part 1

Lucian Lamar Knight

Pelican Publishing, Jul 31, 2006 - History - 624 pages

Take a bite out of The Peach State’s history with accounts of Light Horse Harry Lee’s bivouac, Jefferson Davis’s arrest at Irwinville, and much more.
 
Georgia has a rich history, filled with legends and heroes. Georgia’s Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends is an in-depth, entertaining study of the who, where, and why in Georgia history, from the Native American princess Haiwasse to former first lady Ellen Wilson. Covering every detail—like reminiscences of historic figures, local Native American legends, Revolutionary War stories, cemeteries, and churchyards—it is must-have reading for American history students and enthusiasts.
 
Georgia’s Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends is the comprehensive collection of the colorful tales, heroes, and legends that arose from the state’s unique heritage. This thorough guide explores the history, places, and people of Georgia. Part 1 of this two-part volume is the handbook of key figures in Georgia’s history and the monuments honoring them.

Contents

• Dungeness The Bivouac of Light Horse Harry Lee for Nearly a Century: 1
• Jefferson Daviss Arrest at Irwinville The True Story of a Dramatic Episode: 13
• The Old Creek Indian Agency Where a Forgotten Patriot Sleeps: 18
• Barnsley Gardens A Lost Arcadia: 27
• Shellman Heights A Romance of Shermans March: 31
• The Lone Star Flag of Texas Woven by a Georgia Woman: 34
• Little Giffen of Tennessee How a Famous Ballad Came to be Written: 39
• James Ryder Randall Origin of Maryland My Maryland: 45
• Oglethorpe His Monument and His Mission: 50
• Fort Frederica 1735: 59
• The Wesley Oak: 65
• Coweta Town Where a Treaty was Signed the Effect of Which was a DeathBlow to France on the Mississippi: 69
• Bloody Marsh Where a Battle was Fought in which Spain Lost a Continent: 73
• Christ Church Savannah Where the Georgia Colonists First Worshipped God: 77
• Bethesda Where the Great Whitefield Founded an Asylum for Orphans: 80
• The Grave of TomoChiChi: 85
• Wormsloe The Home of Noble Jones: 86
• Bonaventure The Ancient Seat of The Tattnalls: 88
• Brampton The Home of Jonathan Bryan: 93
• The Jews in Georgia An Outline History: 97
• Savannahs Revolutionary Monuments: 103
• Mulberry Grove The General Greene Estate Where the Cotton Gin Was Invented: 108
• Fort Augusta 1736: 113
• Historic Old St Pauls: 117
• Meadow Garden The Home of Governor Walton: 122
• The Invention of the Cotton Gin An Authentic Account: 125
• War Hill Where the Famous Revolutionary Battle of Kettle Creek Was Fought: 131
• Historic Old Midway A Shrine of Patriotism: 135
• Franklin College The Oldest State University in America Chartered in 1785: 139
• Louisville Georgias First Permanent Capital: 146
• The Yazoo Fraud An Episode of Dramatic Inetrest Recalled: 149
• Burning the Iniquitous Records With Fire From Heaven: 152
• The Old SlaveMarket A Solitary Remnant of Feudal Days in Dixie: 154
• Historic Old Milledgeville Georgias Capital for More Than Six Decades: 155
• Mcintosh Rock Where the Most Famous of Georgia Treaties Was Made With the Creeks: 161
• New Echota The Last Capital of the Southern Cherokees: 170
• Under the Lash Pathetic Incidents of the Removal: 176
• Harriet Gold A Romance of New Echota: 183
• Dahlonega Once the Center of GoldMining Activities in America: 185
• Sequoya The Modern Cadmus: 190
• Woodlawn The Home of William H Crawford: 197
• Historic Old Wesleyan The First Female College to Confer Diplomas: 200
• Chickamauga One of the Bloodiest BattleFields of Modern Times Becomes a National Park: 203
• Kennesaw Mountain Once a Peak of the Inferno: 208
• The Old Heard House Where the Last Meeting of the Confederate Cabinet Was Held: 211
• The Old Chenault Home In the Neighborhood of Which Occurred the Famous Raid on the Confederate Treasure Wagons: 213
• Origin of the United Daughters of the Confederacy: 218
• Origin of the Southern Cross of Honor: 222
• Copse Hill The Home of Paul H Hayne: 224
• Richard Henry Wilde Augustas Monument to the Author of the Summer Rose: 228
• Torch Hill The Home of Dr Francis 0 Ticknor: 231
• St Elmo Its Memories of Augusta Evans Wilson: 234
• Sidney Lanier Macons Memorial to the Master Minstrel: 236
• Rome Pioneers the Way in Honoring the Women of the Confederacy: 241
• The Mark Hanna Home Where the McKinley Presidential Boom Was Launched: 246
• Mount Berry How the Sunday Lady Won the Mountains: 250

Bibliographic information

• Title: Georgia's Landmarks Memorials and Legends: Volume 1, Part 1
• Author: Lucian Lamar Knight
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing, 2006
• ISBN: 145560481X, 9781455604814
• Length: 624 pages
• Subjects: History / Reference; History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV); Travel / United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)