Things To Do in Preston, Georgia

Inscription. Walter F. George was born 1.5 miles north in a sharecropper`s cabin. George was a teacher near Preston, then a lawyer and judge. From the Georgia Supreme Court he ran for the unexpired term of Senator Thomas E. Watson ... More on HMDB

(Steve Kennedy, 16', 1984, 10-152-A) across a wet weather wash in Preston , Webster County, GA. US27/280 E. 1.1 miles from jct with GA41 (Cass St.) to the bridge on the N. ... More on dalejtravis.com

Inscription. The road crossing east and west here is the Old Federal Road, western Georgias first vehicular thoroughfare. Beginning at Fort Hawkins (now Macon) it led across the Creek Indian Country to the Alabama River above Mobile. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. First settled in 1827, Richland was named for the home district of several pioneer families from South Carolina. The community became a busy railroad junction when the Savannah. Americus and Montgomery, and the Columbus ... More on HMDB

Inscription. One half mile due east lies the site of Fort Perry, along the Old Federal Road. A stockade fort, defended by block houses, this post was ordered erected by General John Floyd, of Camden county, as he led a body of 400 ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In 1832 Henry Audulf gave 8 acres of this land for two churches and a cemetery. A native of Germany, Audulf was the first settler here. Methodist and Baptist churches were built. A few years later both were destroyed ... More on HMDB

A Lifetime Commitment to Public Service Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter learned the importance of hard work, honesty, virtue, love and mercy in the quaint, rural town of Plains, Georgia. Working as full ... More on Nps.gov

Inscription. From this depot in 1975, James Earl Carter, Jr. launched a two-year campaign for the presidency of the United States. At first an unknown referred to as “Jimmy Who, ” Carte... More on HMDB