Things To Do in Lafayette, Georgia

Inscription. National Register of Historic Places, , Erected 1980 by William Marsh Chapter, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. , Marker series. This marker is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier Marquis de LaFayette (1757-1834) was born in the Castle of Chavagnac, in Auvergne, France. He entered the French Army early in life and in 1777 came to America and volunteered ... More on HMDB

Walker County, the 99th county created in the state, was formed from part of Cherokee County in 1833. It was named after Major Freeman Walker of Augusta, a lawyer and U.S. Senator. Walker County is... More on Walkercounty.georgia.gov

Inscription. This old academy, built in 1836, was in the line of fire during the Battle of Lafayette in the War Between the States. General Braxton Bragg (CS) who had his headquarters in LaFayette,... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Marsh-Warthen-Clements House was hand built by enslaved African Americans in an African cultural style known as the "Shot Gun." Slaves traveled with Marsh from North Carolina and Covington, Georgia to LaFayette. African ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Marsh-Warthen House, circa 1836, was built by Spencer Stewart Marsh, a prominent and influential merchant and statesman who donated land for John B. Gordon Hall. Marsh, with two other businessmen, founded Trion Factory, ... More on HMDB

This course recently added ten new holes designed by Arthur Davis. The older part of the course is highlighted by its narrow fairways, small greens, and strategically-placed sand bunkers. The newly built nine holes offer tree-lined, ... More on Golf.com

Inscription. On June 18, 1864, during Gen. Sherman's campaign for Atlanta, Col. Louis D. Watkins, commanding the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (US), occupied LaFayette with about 450 men of the 4th, 6th and 7th Kentucky cavalry ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Pigeon Mountain is a rugged spur of Lookout Mountain, extending in a northeasterly direction into Walker County. The space between it and Lookout Mountain is McLemores Cove. During the war, wagon roads passed from east ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Here stood a Cherokee Indian stockade with blockhouse on hill, built by U. S. Government in 1836. Capt. Samuel Fariss and a company of Georgia volunteers guarded Cherokee Indians here before their removal to the west. ... More on HMDB