HISTORIC

Location: Town Square in Hamilton, Georgia. Marker Dedication or Erection Date: September 6, 1984 Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Friends and Family of B. F. White, 1984.

Song writer, teacher, editor, lived in Hamilton, 1843-c. 1868, was mayor, 1865. Near this spot in 1844 he published Sacred Harp, a fa-sol-la acappella singing school book now in its 14th edition. While taught in a local academy, conducted singing schools in many places and organized singing conventions, some of which still exist. He died in Atlanta and is buried in Oakland Cemetery.

Location: 285 Bethany Church Road, Pine Mountain, Georgia Marker Dedication or Erection Date: April 6, 2008 Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Friends and family of Hubert Champion (1913-2007) Bethany member for 77 years

SIDE 1: BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH Bethany Baptist Church was chartered on Sept. 8, 1828. The six charter members were James Garrett, Levin Collins, Uriah Jones, Lucy Garrett, Catherine Simmons and Mary Jones. The first pastor, John W. Cooper, served from 1828 to 1847. In 1847 the current building was constructed on a 7.5-acre parcel deeded by plantation owner, Joel Culpepper. Slaves attended with white families and were accepted as members. All "colored brethren" were granted letters of dismission in 1885 to constitute their own church, also named Bethany. In 1887, 37 members were granted letters in order to establish Chipley Baptist Church (now First Baptist Church of Pine Mountain).

SIDE 2: BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH The current Bethany Church was built in 1847. It is a small vernacular building in front gable form. An attached annex, added in 1972, replicates the form of the church. The interior retains beaded board walls and ceilings. Electricity was installed in the church during a revival in 1939, replacing four original oil lamps. The church has 23 memorial stained glass windows installed in 1962 and 1963. The adjacent cemetery contains graves dating from 1847 to the present. The church has also served as a school and farmers' grange. Bethany has been in continuous use as a church since its organization in 1828.

Location: U. S. Highway 27, Callaway Gardens Information Center Marker Dedication or Erection Date: May 20, 1982 Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, 1980.

SIDE 1: Callaway Gardens was founded in 1952 by Cason Callaway, Sr. and his wife Virginia Callaway, for the purpose of preserving the native flora of the southern United Sates in a natural setting for the public to enjoy. At one time, this area was marginal farm land, depleted of its natural beauty and vegetation by overuse. The Callaways rebuilt this land into 2,500 acres of trees, shrubs and flowering plants. Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, 1980.

SIDE 2: CALLAWAY GARDENS Callaway Gardens is owned and operated by a non-profit organization, the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, which is dedicated to horticulture, charity, religion, education and science. The Gardens are cared for and strengthened each year for the benefit and gratification of todays generations and generations to come. This property symbolized the past, the present, and the future of this regions landscape.

Location: Callaway Woods Subdivision, Whitesville Road, North of Columbus Marker Dedication or Erection Date: October 5, 2001 Erected by the Ole Scouts of Camp McKenzie and the Historic Chattahoochee Commission, 1999.

SIDE 1: On this site was Camp McKenzie, a 350 acre tract used for approximately 75 years as the official campsite for the local councils of the Boy Scouts of America. Under the leadership of W. W. McKenzie and Fred H. Schomburg, together with J. Homer Dimon, Jas. B. Key, Dan Joseph, J. Dupont Kirven, H. B. Crowell and J. A. Thomas, Camp McKenzie was incorporated in March 1921, Through the efforts of Frank G. Lumpkin Sr., Sidney Colquitt and many others, funds were raised to purchase the acreage and construct facilities.

SIDE 2: CAMP McKENZIE In 1965 a group led by Cason J. Callaway, Jr., donated an additional and adjacent 320-acre tract to the Chattahoochee Council. The new area was named Camp Callaway. In 1955, the Council signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for 900 acres of land on the West Point Lake and camping facilities have been moved to that location. This marker is erected to honor those men who had the foresight and the will to make Camp McKenzie and Camp Callaway possible for the thousands of boys who learned to love them both and who will forever hold fond memories of their experiences here. Erected by the Ole Scouts of Camp McKenzie and the Historic Chattahoochee Commission, 1999.

Location: Commerce Avenue, Pine Mountain, Georgia. Marker Dedication or Erection Date: May 20, 1982 Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission, 1980.

Chipley was incorporated on December 9, 1882, following the extension of the Columbus and Rome Railroad one mile north of the Village of Hood. Old Hood was the predecessor of Chipley. Chipley was named after Colonel W. D. Chipley, a partner in the promotion of the railroad. The name was changed to Pine Mountain of February 19, 1958, after publicity generated by nearby Callaway Gardens established the location of this vacation resort at Pine Mountain.

Location: Located on College Street in Hamilton, Georgia Marker Dedication or Erection Date: October 19, 2002 Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Mrs. ONeals Odyssey Class, Mulberry Creek Elementary School 2002.

The Hamilton Female College was chartered in 1853 in southern Harris County. It was located on what was known as College Hill. Asbury Johnston and Stephen A. Borders donated the property for the college. The Hamilton Female College was the first chartered school in Harris County. Before 1853, Georgias General Assembly had refused to permit the beginning of female academies. Education was mainly for males. Seventeen years later, in 1870, the school burned.

Location: 6858 Highway 208, Waverly Hall, Georgia Marker Dedication or Erection Date: September 18, 2010 Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Edward F. Robinson, George H. Luttrell, Jr., Sandra Bruce, Ella Marshal

SIDE 1: LUCY LANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL On this site, in 1954. Lucy Laney Elementary School was opened with the mission of educating black children in the Waverly Hall, Shiloh, Ellerslie, and surrounding areas. The school was named in honor of Lucy Craft Laney, a famous black educator, from Augusta, GA. Mr. Edward F. Robinson served as the first principal of the school. Grades 1 through 8 were taught there until the integration of area public schools in 1970. After integration, the name was changed to Waverly Hall Elementary. The school closed in 1989 and the building was razed in 2004.

SIDE 2: LUCY LANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Original Superintendent . . . . . Zade Kenimer Original Principal . . . . . . . . . . Edward F. Robinson Subsequent Principals: William A. Long Reverend George P. McKinney Theodore C. Bowen Louie Otis Meadows, Jr.

Location: 47 Mountain Hill Road at Georgia Highway 219, Near Hamilton, Georgia Marker Dedication or Erection Date: November 8, 2002 Erected by the Mountain Hill Schoolhouse Foundation, Inc. and the Historic Chattahoochee Commission, 2000.

SIDE 1: This handsome Colonial Revival structure, completed in 1930, served the educational needs of children in the western half of Harris County from 1930 through 1989. The building, which consolidated several one-and-two-room schools, was designed by the Atlanta architectural firm Lockwood and Poundstone. Incorporating state-of-the-art features including central hear, indoor plumbing and electricity, the school building provided students with amenities unknown in most of their home. Funding for construction of the school came primarily from the local community through a bond issue in the amount of $60,000.

SIDE 2: MOUNTAIN HILL DISTRICT CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL The school had 9 classrooms and a 436-seat auditorium to serve both elementary and high school students. In this auditorium Chet Atkins, member of Country Music Hall of Fame and a student at Mountain Hill School during the 1930s perfected his distinctive guitar style. The Mountain Hill Schoolhouse Foundation, Inc., formed to save the school building from demolition, has been instrumental in restoring the building as a community center. The building is owned by Harris County.

Location: Hopewell Church Road at Sunnyside Church Road, West of Pine Mountain, Georgia Marker Dedication or Erection Date: 2000 Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission, Midway Baptist Church and Sunnyside Community Club, 2000.

The community buildings and spaces in the Sunnyside/Midway Historic District reflect rural Harris County in the 1920s. Sunnyside School was built by local residents in 1921 to consolidate several one-room schools. It was used as an elementary and high school until the 1940s. It served as clubhouse for the Home Demonstration Club and now houses the Sunnyside Community Club. Midway Baptist Church was founded in 1921 and met in the school until the church was completed in 1925. These buildings have been in continuous use since their construction.

Location: In front of Wachovia Bank in Downtown Pine Mountain, Georgia Marker Dedication or Erection Date: May 2, 2010 Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Mrs. O'Neal's 5th Grade Class, Creekside School

In 1879, the Columbus to Rome railroad made its way over Pine Mountain to the village of Hood which had been established by Colonel W. D. Chipley. After two years, Hood vanished almost overnight due to a dispute over land titles. W. D. Chipley then extended the track one mile north to a new town, Chipley. The residents of Chipley had to raise $1,000 for the tracks to be extended. "The Iron Horse," as the train was known, helped Chipley become a "Boom Town" because it developed into a first rate cotton market with one hundred bales a day being shipped out. Chipley's name was changed to Pine Mountain in 1958.

Location: 13159 Georgia Highway 116, Pine Mountain Valley, Georgia Marker Dedication or Erection Date: October 19, 2002 Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Mrs. ONeals Odyssey Class Mulberry Creek Elementary School, 2002

Pine Mountain Valley, Georgia was begun in November 1934 under the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal plan. It was conceived as a pilot community relief project to provide an escape from the effects of the Great Depression. Situated on this land was the administration building for the coordination of the Pine Mountain Valley Development Project. Victims of the Great Depression were resettled here in an effort to develop a sense of security, while providing facilities to produce and opportunities to supplement their income through agricultural and industrial activities.

Location: Pine Lake Road in Whitesville, Georgia Marker Dedication or Erection Date: October 13, 2002 Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Whitesville United Methodist Church, 2002

SIDE 1: The Methodist church in Whitesville had its origins about 1828 in meetings held at the home of Reuben Mobley. The First Methodist Church was founded in the early 1830s and by 1837 the decision was made to erect a church for the growing congregation on land donated by a trustee. The first church was used until 1854, when the current building was completed. This was the early church of Rev. William Jackson Callahan, a 1891 Emory graduate who was a missionary in Japan. Rev. Charles L. Allen, later pastor of Grace Methodist Church in Atlanta and well-known author, preached his first sermon here. The Whitesville Methodist Church has been actively in use as a Methodist church since its dedication.

SIDE 2: WHITESVILLE METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY The adjacent cemetery predates the church building. It has several types of burial markings from the earliest stacked stone and brick graves to metal mail-ordered grave markers. There are numerous family plots defined by retaining walls, copings and iron fencing. Many graves are unmarked as uninscribed field stone markers were inadvertently removed. The earliest burial date on a marker is 1844 for Reuben Mobley, one of the church founders.