Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia
Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia

Author: Ernest C. Hynds

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 0820334464

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Published in 1974, Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia is a chronicle of sixty years of change in Clarke County and the city of Athens. In 1801, Clarke County, newly created from Jackson County, was virtually all Georgia farmland, and Athens was a portion of land set aside for the establishment of a state university. In those first years of the century, the university began with thirty or forty students. They received instruction from Josiah Meigs--president and faculty of the university--in a twenty-by-twenty-foot log cabin. By 1846, the population of the county was over four thousand, and the area prospered. Cotton mills dotted the banks of the Oconee River, the Georgia Railroad connected Athens with Augusta, numerous schools and churches had been established, and newspapers, banks, and small businesses were all part of the Athens scene. Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia is rich with detail. This historical narrative recalls not only the growth of industry, government, and education within Clarke County, but also contains many anecdotes of the early people who lived there. The chronology of dates and events and the comprehensive listing of public officials, professional men, planters, and businessmen found in the appendixes of Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia add to the value of this work of local history.

A Portrait of Historic Athens & Clarke County
A Portrait of Historic Athens & Clarke County

Author: Frances Taliaferro Thomas

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 0820330442

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Athens, Georgia, seems the quintessential southern university town. With a geography chiseled over geologic time by its lifeblood, the slow-flowing Oconee River, Athens has developed a unique culture as the two-century-long home of the state's bustling center of learning and research, the University of Georgia. A multitude of influences have powered the emergence of Athens from its eighteenth-century rustic solitude to its current incarnation as a community striving to preserve the old while embracing the new. A Portrait of Historic Athens and Clarke County gives equal attention to Athens's natural and built environments and their coevolution into one of the modern South's most dynamic small cities. Starting with the town's beginnings, Frances Taliaferro Thomas emphasizes settlement patterns, key events, institutions, architecture, landscape, economics, and the highly distinctive personalities that have molded Athens into what it is today. This edition includes two new sections of color photographs as well as a comprehensive new chapter tracing the milestones that led town and gown into the twenty-first century. Topics include the emerging cultural importance of the Classic Center; restoration and revitalization of many historic sites; vast building projects under two presidents of the University of Georgia; the progression of the greenway along the North Oconee River; and initiatives to address rising poverty rates within the county. Blending scholarly research with archival materials, official data, newspaper accounts, interviews, and personal letters and diaries, A Portrait of Historic Athens and Clarke County is the definitive account of a place that makes history each and every day.

Clarke County, Ga
Clarke County, Ga

Author: Charles Morton Strahan

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9781332113439

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Excerpt from Clarke County, Ga: And the City of Athens This hand-book of Clarke county, Georgia, and the city of Athens, is prepared with three distinct objects in view: First. To place on record the main facts of the history, development, and present status of the county and all its interests. Second. To direct the attention of visitors and settlers to the manifest advantages which the county affords for capital and residence. Third. To indicate to other counties, by example, the means of making known in complete and permanent form their several advantages. The statements of the book have been verified from the best sources of information, and are made without exaggeration. The maps are reliable, based upon actual surveys made by J. W. Barnett, C. E., the present city engineer of Athens, Capt. W. W. Thomas, C. E., and by the author in his capacity as county surveyor. The publication is made under the sanction of the county and city authorities, and with the valuable aid of the official records. The author acknowledges his indebtedness to the county and city officers for the courteous assistance rendered, and to Dr. H. C. White, Prof. David C. Barrow, Jr., and Dr. S. C. Benedict for special contributions published under their names. To the public, at large, the author offers his thanks for the kind words and encouragement with which they have greeted the undertaking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Clarke County, Ga. and the City of Athens
Clarke County, Ga. and the City of Athens

Author: Charles Morton 1864-1947 Strahan

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016852845

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CLARKE COUNTY GA & THE CITY OF
CLARKE COUNTY GA & THE CITY OF

Author: Charles Morton 1864-1947 Strahan

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-25

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781361269107

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Clarke County, Georgia
Clarke County, Georgia

Author: Source Wikipedia

Publisher: University-Press.org

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9781230609515

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: Athens, Georgia, Museums in Clarke County, Georgia, People from Clarke County, Georgia, Transportation in Athens, Georgia, Bogart, Georgia, University of Georgia, Music of Athens, Georgia, Tree That Owns Itself, U.S. Route 441, U.S. Route 78, U.S. Route 29, George Zinkhan, Dead Confederate, United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Winterville, Georgia, Georgia Rail Passenger Program, UGA Campus Transit, Jackson Street Cemetery, Nuci's Space, Georgia State Route 10 Loop, Heck Thomas, Downtown Athens, Georgia Theatre, Double-barreled cannon, U.S. Route 129, Georgia State Route 316, Athens Transit, 40 Watt Club, Georgia State Route 8, Classic City Championship, WUGA, Beyond Tomorrow, The Red and Black, Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens Banner-Herald, Georgia State Route 15, Downtown Athens Historic District, Athens-Ben Epps Airport, Allen's, Athens - Clarke County metropolitan area, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Coraid, Inc., Jittery Joe's, Georgia Museum of Natural History, Common Ground Athens, The Grit, Georgia State Route 72, Clarke County School District, Georgia Square Mall, Lovick Pierce Thomas, I, Henry W. Grady House, Rockford-Montgomery Labs, Jet by Day, Orange Twin Conservation Community, BikeAthens, Barberitos, Flagpole Magazine, Chicopee-Dudley, Georgia State Route 106, Sugar, T. R. R. Cobb House, Carnegie Library Building, Navy Supply Corps School, State Normal School, Twilight Series, Alexander Campbell King Law Library, T. K. Hardy's, Clarke County Correctional Institution, Athfest, Five Points, Athens Folk Music and Dance Society, Athens Symphony Orchestra, Whitehall, Georgia.