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

Lucian Lamar Knight

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing
• Year: 2006
• Print ISBN:
  9781565549982
• eBook ISBN:
  9781455604814
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

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.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• DEDICATED
• PREFACE
• ILLUSTRATIONS
• PART I: LANDMARKS AND MEMORIALS
• CHAPTER I: Dungeness: The Bivouac of "Light Horse Harry" Lee for Nearly a Century
• CHAPTER II: Jefferson Davis's Arrest at Irwinville: The True Story of a Dramatic Episode
• CHAPTER III: The Old Creek Indian Agency: Where a Forgotten Patriot Sleeps
• CHAPTER IV: Barnsley Gardens: A Lost Arcadia
• CHAPTER V: Shellman Heights: A Romance of Sherman's March
• CHAPTER VI: The "Lone Star" Flag of Texas Woven by a Georgia Woman
• CHAPTER VII: "Little Giffen of Tennessee": How a Famous Ballad Came to be Written
• CHAPTER VIII: James Ryder Randall: Origin of "Maryland, My Maryland"
• CHAPTER IX: Oglethorpe: His Monument and His Mission
• CHAPTER X: Fort Frederica: 1735
• CHAPTER XI: The Wesley Oak
• CHAPTER XII: Coweta Town: Where a Treaty was Signed the Effect of Which was a Death-Blow to France on the Mississippi
• CHAPTER XIII: Bloody Marsh: Where a Battle was Fought in which Spain Lost a Continent
• CHAPTER XIV: Christ Church, Savannah: Where the Georgia Colonists First Worshipped God
• CHAPTER XV: Bethesda: Where the Great Whitefield Founded an Asylum for Orphans
• CHAPTER XVI: The Grave of Tomo-Chi-Chi
• CHAPTER XVII: Wormsloe: The Home of Noble Jones
• CHAPTER XVIII: Bonaventure: The Ancient Seat of The Tattnalls
• CHAPTER XIX: Brampton: The Home of Jonathan Bryan
• CHAPTER XX: The Jews in Georgia: An Outline History
• CHAPTER XXI: Savannah's Revolutionary Monuments
• CHAPTER XXII: Mulberry Grove: The General Greene Estate Where the Cotton Gin Was Invented
• CHAPTER XXIII: Fort Augusta: 1736
• CHAPTER XXIV: Historic Old St. Paul's
• CHAPTER XXV: Meadow Garden: The Home of Governor Walton
• CHAPTER XXVI: The Invention of the Cotton Gin: An Authentic Account
• CHAPTER XXVII: War Hill: Where the Famous Revolutionary Battle of Kettle Creek Was Fought
• CHAPTER XXVIII: Historic Old Midway: A Shrine of Patriotism
• CHAPTER XXIX: Franklin College: The Oldest State University in America, Chartered in 1785
• CHAPTER XXX: Louisville: Georgia's First Permanent Capital
• CHAPTER XXXI: The Yazoo Fraud: An Episode of Dramatic Inetrest Recalled
• CHAPTER XXXII: Burning the Iniquitous Records With Fire From Heaven
• CHAPTER XXXIII: The Old Slave-Market: A Solitary Remnant of Feudal Days in Dixie
• CHAPTER XXXIV: Historic Old Milledgeville: Georgia's Capital for More Than Six Decades
• CHAPTER XXXV: McIntosh Rock: Where the Most Famous of Georgia Treaties Was Made With the Creeks
• CHAPTER XXXVI: New Echota: The Last Capital of the Southern Cherokees
• CHAPTER XXXVII: Under the Lash: Pathetic Incidents of the Removal
• CHAPTER XXXVIII: Harriet Gold: A Romance of New Echota
• CHAPTER XXXIX: Dahlonega: Once the Center of Gold-Mining Activities in America
• CHAPTER XL: Sequoya: The Modern Cadmus
• CHAPTER XLI: Woodlawn: The Home of William H. Crawford
• CHAPTER XLII: Historic Old Wesleyan: The First Female College to Confer Diplomas
• CHAPTER XLIII: Chickamauga: One of the Bloodiest Battle-Fields of Modern Times Becomes a National Park
• CHAPTER XLIV: Kennesaw Mountain: Once a Peak of the Inferno
• CHAPTER XLV: The Old Heard House: Where the Last Meeting of the Confederate Cabinet Was Held
• CHAPTER XLVI: The Old Chenault Home: In the Neighborhood of Which Occurred the Famous Raid on the Confederate Treasure Wagons
• CHAPTER XLVII: Origin of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
• CHAPTER XLVIII: Origin of the Southern Cross of Honor
• CHAPTER XLIX: Copse Hill: The Home of Paul H. Hayne
• CHAPTER L: Richard Henry Wilde: Augusta's Monument to the Author of the "Summer Rose."
• CHAPTER LI: Torch Hill: The Home of Dr. Francis O. Ticknor
• CHAPTER LII: St. Elmo: Its Memories of Augusta Evans Wilson
• CHAPTER LIII: Sidney Lanier: Macon's Memorial to the Master-Minstrel
• CHAPTER LIV: Rome Pioneers the Way in Honoring the Women of the Confederacy
• CHAPTER LV: The Mark Hanna Home: Where the McKinley Presidential Boom Was Launched
• CHAPTER LVI: Mount Berry: How the Sunday Lady Won the Mountains
• PART TWO: Historical Outlines, Original Settlers and Distinguished Residents of the Counties of Georgia