Historic Sites and History

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (275+ words) As the century-old, but now out-of-business, Waynesboro Nurseries prepared to give up its main office building to Junior's Welding, another phone call went out. As Max Quillen, one of the Quillen family members who worked the wholesale nursery business, walked…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (615+ words) Georgia’s beloved wetland just landed a prestigious global title. The Okefenokee Swamp has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, which features 1,273 properties of outstanding cultural and natural importance across 173 countries. The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, which protects the largest…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (187+ words) The executive director of the Augusta Museum of History, Nancy Glaser, recently passed away, the museum's board announced on Tuesday. Glaser had been with the museum since 2005 and oversaw new exhibitions and programming and worked with downtown businesses and nonprofits....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (232+ words) Georgia landed in the top half of a new nationwide ranking that looks at everything from the state's economy and education system to healthcare, infrastructure and quality of life. The 2026 Best States rankings from U.S. News & World Report placed Georgia No....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (338+ words) Georgia landed in the top half of a new nationwide ranking that looks at everything from the state's economy and education system to healthcare, infrastructure and quality of life. The 2026 Best States rankings from U.S. News & World Report placed Georgia No....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (113+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. One of the planet’s largest intact freshwater ecosystems has long been the…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (59+ words) NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — Community members gathered at the Fifth Street Bridge to mark 150 years since the Hamburg Massacre, one of the darkest chapters in the area’s history. NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — Community members gathered at the Fifth Street Bridge to mark…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1509+ words) Button Gwinnett didn’t want to be in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress in the summer of 1776, and not just because a heat wave gripped the city and delegates dressed in wool and powdered wigs. Gwinnett, one of three Georgians…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (325+ words) George Washington hadn't slept here. Another George did. Meadow Garden is considered Augusta's oldest standing house, and George Walton, at age 26, one of the youngest signers of the Declaration of Independence, lived there from 1791 to his death in 1804. By the time…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (641+ words) No journey in Georgia to discover historic sites from the American Revolutionary War would be complete without a trek to Wilkes County and the city of Washington. The historic battle took place about 9 miles outside what would become the city…...