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website, Candler Field Museum is a replica of the old Atlanta Airport as it existed in the late 1920s and early 30s. Cannonball House: Macon: Bibb: Historic Heartland: Historic house: 1853 Greek Revival house with Civil War museum, furnishings and decorative piece of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, a recreation of the Philomathean Society room at ...
Each year, Augusta also hosts the Augusta Futurity, the largest horse cutting show east of the Mississippi River. In 2009, the Futurity hosted its 30th annual event. [3] Augusta hosts the Augusta Literary Festival on the first Saturday in March at the Augusta-Richmond County Library in downtown Augusta (823 Telfair Street). [4]
Robert E. Williams Photographic Collection: African-Americans in the Augusta, Ga. Vicinity (Richmond Co.), circa 1872–1898. Late-nineteenth-century photographs of Augusta-area African American people, places, agriculture, family life, and more from the collections of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
NRHP reference number Name Image Date designated Locality County Notes; 72000402 Arnold-Callaway Plantation: Washington: Wilkes: Barnes Plantation: Woodbury Meriwether c. 1830, now known as "Harmony Hall" Barnsley Gardens: Adairsville: Bartow: 71000280 Birdsville Plantation: Millen: Jenkins: Bonaventure Plantation: Savannah: Chatham
Augusta's Story – This exhibit explores the region's history. It is composed of artifacts from the prehistoric times to James Brown, the Godfather of Soul.Artifacts include a diorama of Stallings Island culture, slave-made pottery from the antebellum era, 12-pounder bronze Napoleon Cannon tube, and an 1869 steam fire engine that shows the destruction of the 1916 fire.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church— Founded in 1750, it is the oldest church in Augusta. Was burned to the ground in 1916 with many other buildings. It was rebuilt in 1919. United States Post Office and Courthouse; Downtown Augusta contains a large amount of historical homes, many being built in the 19th century. Some of these homes include: Brahe House
In 2000, the racial and ethnic composition of the Augusta metropolitan area was 60.81% White American, 35.09% Black or African American, 0.32% Native American, 1.42% Asian American, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.85% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races.
Chattooga County is a Republican stronghold in Northwest Georgia. The NW GA region has followed the state, particularly the suburbs of Atlanta, in a dramatic political shift to the right. While most counties in Northwest Georgia vote heavily Republican on the local, state, and national levels, Chattooga is still a Democratic County.