Things To Do in Dawson, Georgia

The 9-hole "Dawson" course at the Dawson Country Club facility in Dawson, Georgia features 3,162 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 36 . The course rating is 34.8 and it has a slope rating ... More on golflink.com

Inscription. This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 16, 1856, is named for Dr. William Terrell who died in 1855. He served in Congress from 1817 to 21. Eight miles west of here was fought the Battle of Echo-wa-noth-away ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This church, organized September 28, 1858, with two men and five women as charter members, is the oldest church in Terrell County on its original site. Three acres of land were given by Haley Johnson of Dawson. Later, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On this site stood Herod Town, one of the last Indian villages in this section to remain after the coming of the white man. According to longstanding local tradition, when General Andrew Jackson and his troops came through ... More on HMDB

Inscription. General Patrick Cleburne Camp, S. C. V. the only Camp east of the Mississippi to be named for a General from the west of that river, was organized May 3, 1956, with members from several counties in Southwest Georgia. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This boulder commemorates the historical fact that General Andrew Jackson, with his command of nine hundred Georgia Militia and friendly Creek Indians, occupied the Indian village of Herodtown, located on this site, March ... More on HMDB

Inscription. When the states of Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee grew short of arms in 1863, Governor Shorter of Alabama and President Jefferson Davis persuaded Major O. O. Nelson of Tu... More on HMDB

Inscription. Confederate Gun Shop, Which made Dickson-Nelson rifles, 1864 – 1865, , Erected 1936 by Works Progress Administration and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. , Location. 31... More on HMDB