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Chief Vann House State Historic Site - 82 Georgia Hwy 225 N, Chatsworth, GA 30705
Office Phone 706-695-2598 - Open: Tues-Sat at 9 am - 5 pm and Sun at 2-5:30 pm
Amenities - During the 1790s, James Vann became a Cherokee Indian leader and wealthy businessman. He established the largest and most prosperous plantation in the Cherokee Nation, covering 1000 acres of Murray County. In 1804 he constructed a beautiful brick home that was the most elegant in the Cherokee Nation. Visitors can tour the best preserved historic Cherokee Indian home. Featuring beautiful hand carvings, a 'floating' staircase and and fine antiques. More Info here. See more info on Chief Vann House.

Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site - #1 Public Square, Dahlonega, GA 30533 Office Phone 706-864-2257 - Open: Mon-Sat at 9 am - 5 pm and Sun at 10 am - 5 pm
Twenty years before the famed 1849 gold rush in California, thousands of prospectors flocked into the Cherokee Nation in north Georgia, marking the true beginning of our country's first gold rush. Their dramatic story is told inside the historic 1836 Lumpkin County Courthouse. It is the oldest courthouse in Georgia. Dahlonega prospered with its mining activity, and a U.S. Branch Mint opened in 1838. The museum's exhibits include a set of these coins, a nugget weighing more than five ounces, a large hydraulic cannon and nozzle used to blast soil from mountainsides, and a film and gift shop. Visitors can explore the courthouse features, including beautiful wooden chapel seats from 1889, and the judge's chambers. Dahlonega is a popular destination for gold panning, shopping and sightseeing. Visit Historic Dahlonega Gold Museum

Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site - 813 Indian Mounds Rd SE, Cartersville, GA 30120 - Office Phone 770-387-3747 - Open: Wednesday through Saturday.
Home to several thousand Native Americans between 1000 A.D. to 1550 A.D., this 54-acre site contains 6 earthen mounds, a plaza, village area, borrow pits and defensive ditch. Many artifacts show how the natives decorated themselves with shell beads, tattoos, paint, complicated hairdos, feathers and copper ear ornaments. It is the most intact Mississippian Culture site in the Southeast U.S. A nature trail leads to the Etowah River and winds through the forest, showcasing how early Americans used native trees. Visit Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site

Fort King George State Historic Site - 1600 Wayne Street, Darien, GA 31305 - Office Phone 912-437-4770 - Open: Tues-Sat at 9 am - 5 pm and Sun at 2-5:30 pm
From 1721 until 1736, Fort King George was the southern outpost of the British Empire in North America. A cypress blockhouse, barracks and palisaded earthe;rn fort were constructed in 1721 by scoutmen led by Colonel John "Tuscarora Jack" Barnwell. Using old records and drawings, this 18th century frontier fortification on the Altamaha River has been reconstructed for public tours. A museum and film cover the Guale Indians, the Santo Domingo de Talaje mission, Fort King George, the Scots of Darien and 19th century sawmilling when Darien became a major seaport. In addition to the fort replica, remains of three sawmills and tabby ruins are still visible. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Visit Fort King George Historic Site

Fort Morris Historic Site - 2559 Fort Morris Rd, Midway, GA 31320
Office Phone 912-884-5999 - Open: Tues-Sat at 9 am - 5 pm and Sun at 2-5:30 pm
This Revolutionary War fort was captured by the British in 1779 and used again by Americans during the War of 1812. When the Continental Congress convened in 1776, the delegates recognized the importance of a fort to protect their growing seaport from the British. Soon afterwards, a low bluff on the Medway River at Sunbury was fortified and garrisoned by 200 patriots. When the British demanded the fort's surrender, on November 25, 1778, the defiant Col. John McIntosh replied "Come and Get It!" Visit Fort Morris to see what happened. Today, visitors can stand within the earthwork remains and view scenic Saint Catherine's Sound. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired Activities: Educational Programs, historical research, Colonial Coast Birding Trail, Bird watching, 1 mile nature trail, visitors center, and picnic sites. Visit Fort Morris Historic Site

Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation Historic Site
5556 U.S. Hwy 17 North, Brunswick, GA 31525 - Office Phone 912-264-7333
Open: Tues-Sat at 9 am - 5 pm and Sun from 2-5:30 pm
This beautiful plantation represents the history and culture of Georgia's rice coast. In the early 1800s, William Brailsford of Charleston carved a rice plantation from marshes along the Altamaha River. The family continued to grow rice until 1913. Today, a museum features silver from the family collection and a model of the plantation during its heyday. Tour the 1850s antebellum home and museum. A guided tour shows us the home with family heirlooms, 18th and 19th century furniture and Cantonese china. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired. Visit Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation Historic Site

Jarrell Plantation Historic Site - 711 Jarrell Plantation Rd, Juliette, GA 31046
Office Phone 912-986-5172 - Open: Tues-Sat at 9 am - 5 pm and Sun from 2-5:30 pm
Nestled in the red clay hills of Georgia, this cotton plantation was owned by a single family for more than 140 years. It survived Gen. Sherman's 'March to the Sea', typhoid fever, Emancipation, Reconstruction, the cotton boil weevil, the advent of steam power, and a transition from faring to forestry. In 1895 a sawmill, cotton gin, gristmill, shingle mill, planer, sugar cane press, syrup evaporator, workshop, barn and outbuildings were added to the Jarrell Plantation farm. Visit Jarrell Plantation

Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site - 338 Jeff Davis Park Road, Fitzgerald, GA 31750
Office Phone 229- 831-2335 - Open: Please call ahead to confirm days and hours of operation.
When Confederate President Jefferson Davis and a few remaining staff members crossed the Savannah River into Georgia on May 3, 1865, they were headed for the Western Theater of War where Davis planned to unite rebel forces and continue fighting for the "lost cause." On May 9th, they camped in this pine forest, not knowing that pursuit was so close behind. At dawn, they were surrounded by two independent groups of Union Calvary who were unaware of each other's presence. Davis was taken prisoner. Today, a monument marks the spot where he was arrested. You can tour the 13 acre historic site that includes a museum, short trail, picnic tables, gift shop and group picnic shelter. Visit Jefferson Davis Memorial.

Lapham-Patterson House Historic Site - 626 N. Dawson St, Thomasville, GA 31792 -
This south Georgia house museum is a one-of-a-kind building. Built between 1884-85 as a winter cottage for C. W. Lapham, a survivor of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, the house was well equipped with its own gas lighting system, hot and cold water, indoor plumbing and modern closets. There are no right angles in the cottage, and nothing is centered or symmetrical. The 19 rooms have 45 doors and 53 windows. Due to its outstanding architectural significance, the Lapham-Patterson House was named a National Historic Landmark in 1975.
Located in downtown Thomasville, GA. Visit the Lapham-Patterson House.

New Echota Cherokee State Historic Site - 1211 Chatsworth Hwy NE, Calhoun, GA 30701 Phone 706-624-1321 - Open: New Echota Historic Site is open Thursday-Saturday only.
In 1825, the Cherokee national legislature established a capital called New Echota at the headwaters of the Oostanaula River. It was the site of the first Indian language newspaper office, a court case that carried over to the Supreme Court. Visitors can see several original and reconstructed buildings, including the council House, Court House, print shop, Missionary Samuel Worcester's home, an 1805 store, outbuildings, smoke houses, corn cribs and barns, and Visitor Center. Visit New Echota Cherokee Historic Site.

Pickett's Mill Battleground State Historic Site
4432 Mt Tabor Church Rd, Dallas, GA 30132 - Office Phone 770-443-7850
Open: Tues-Sat at 9 am - 5 pm and Sun from 2-5 pm
One of the best preserved Civil War battlefields in the nation. Visitors can travel roads used by Federal and Confederate troops, see earthworks constructed by them, and walk through the same ravine where hundreds died.
Admission: $3.50-$5. Group rates available with advance notice. Closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day.
Located 6 miles northeast of Dallas off BA Hwy 381 on Tabor Church Road
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Robert Toombs House Historic Site
216 East Robert Toombs Ave., Washington, GA 30673 - Office Phone 706-678-2226
Open: Tues-Sat at 9 am - 5 pm - Closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day
A legend in his own time, Robert Toombs was a successful planter and lawyer who led a turbulent career as state legislator, U.S. Congressman and Senator. "Defend yourselves; the enemy is at your door!" thundered Toombs in 1860. In 1870, as the Reconstruction Era drew to a close in Georgia, Toombs felt that Georgia should live under a constitution of her own making. His last service to Georgia was helping create the Constitution of 1877, which was not amended until 1945. Visitors are welcome to tour the house and grounds, view exhibits and displays. Enjoy a dramatic film portraying an elderly Toombs relating his story to a young reporter. Visit Robert Toombs House Historic Site

Roosevelt's Little White House State Historic Site
401 Little White House Rd, Warm Springs, GA 31830 - Office Phone 706-655-5870
Open: 9 am - 4:45 pm Daily - Office Hours at 8 am - 5 pm
Franklin D. Roosevelt built this home in 1932, while governor of New York. He came to warm Springs in 1924 to find a cure for polio. Swimming in the warm spring waters brought him no miracle cure, but it did bring improvement. Visitors can tour his home just as it was when he left it for the last time. Includes the servant and guest quarters, the Walk of American Stone and Flats, and the historic pools complex that first brought the future president here. Visit Roosevelt's Little White House.

Traveler's Rest Historic Site - 8162 Riverdale Rd, Toccoa, GA 30577
Phone 706-886-2256 - Open:on the first and third Saturday each month as well as the third Friday each month from 9 am - 5 pm.
Traveler's Rest is a stagecoach inn and plantation home. It was built around 1815 by James R. Wylie. He sold the inn to Devereaux Jarrett in the 1830s who doubled the plantation size. Georgia purchased the plantation in the 1950s and opened it to the public as a historic site. Visitors can enjoy a tour of the house, and see many of its original artifacts and furnishings.
Admission: $2.50-$4. Group rates available with advance notice. Visit Traveler's Rest Site.

Wormsloe State Historic Site - 7601 Skidaway Rd, Savannah, GA 31406
Phone 912-353-3023 - Open: Tues-Sat at 9 am - 5 pm and Sun from 2-5:30 pm
A breathtaking avenue lined with live oaks leads to the tabby ruins of Wormsloe, the colonial estate constructed by Noble Jones, one of Georgia's first settlers. Jones served as constable, Indian agent, surveyor, and member of the Royal Council. Visitors can view artifacts excavated from Wormsloe and a film about the founding of the 13th colony. Amenities: Parking, Public Restrooms, Accessibility for mobility-impaired
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