Landmarks in Barnesville, Georgia

Inscription. Co. B – 121st Infantry, Barnesville, Georgia, “Old Gray Bonnet” This memorial is dedicated to all who served with the Barnesville Blues. This company served actively as a part of Georgias National Guard ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In July 1864 the following hospitals were in Barnesville: Kingsville Hospital, Surgeon B. N. Avent. Kingston Hospital, Surgeon George W. McDade, Asst. Surgeon V. S. Hopping. This hospi... More on HMDB

Inscription. During the War Between the States, 1861-1865, 155 Confederate soldiers, wounded in the Battle of Atlanta and evacuated, died in several improvised hospitals in Barnesville. This marks ... More on HMDB

Lamar County was created in 1920 from portions of Monroe and Pike counties and is named for Lucius Quintus Cinncinatus Lamar, a Confederate Army colonel, Secretary of the Interior under Grover Clev... More on Lamarcounty.georgia.gov

Inscription. Lamar County was created by Act of State Assembly August 17, 1920. It was named for Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, lawyer, Colonel in the Confederate Army, U. S. Senator, Secretary ... More on HMDB

Inscription. REA Project 75 was chartered in February 1937 and was energized August 11, 1938, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It became Lamar Electric Membership Corporation. This day, January ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Dedicated August 11, 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rededicated to service 1988, E. J. Martin, Jr. President, W. H. Averett, Jr. V. President, J. H. Gunnels, Secretary, H. B.... More on HMDB

Inscription. Built in 1915 as the Johnstonville School. The school closed its doors in late 1945 and the building became the Johnstonville Community Clubhouse. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On August 11, 1938, as many as 50,000 people gathered in the stadium of Gordon Military College for an address by President Franklin Roosevelt dedicating the Lamar Electric Cooperative, a project of the New Deal's Rural ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In April of 1908 the Sixth District Agricultural and Mechanical College opened here with 18 students. In September of 1930 the school was reorganized as Georgia Industrial College. President T. O. Galloway was the guiding ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Goggans was named for the family of John F. Goggans. He donated the land for the railroad station, general store, where the post office was located, and access land to the Union Primitive Baptist Church. At different ... More on HMDB

Inscription. As Wilsons Federal Cavalry moved toward Macon, near this spot on Wednesday, April 19, 1865, some of them attacked a small Confederate force, “The Dixie Rangers.” Greatly outnumbered, “The Rangers” ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Founded as Male and Female Seminary in 1852, this was a pioneer school of its kind in Georgia. It was reorganized in 1872 as Gordon Institute, named for General John B. Gordon, famed Confederate soldier, Governor and ... More on HMDB