The Old Governor’s Mansion in Milledgeville was completed in 1839 and was used by the governors until the Civil War. What we’ll see in this post is what the mansion […]
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After a brief visit with our Florida family, we took off after 2 days when we heard that Hurricane Milton was coming our way. We took off for the northeast corner of South Carolina for a few days (9 posts) and then to Milledgeville, Ga., (4 posts) since it was close to the campground we love staying in before we drive home.
Come join us as we learn about the history of cotton in South Carolina and the capital of Georgia during the Civil War–and so much more. Now that we’re home, we can recover from surgeries and enjoy winter in Georgia. Our planned next trip will start in March to see our Florida family and then go to St. Louis to begin the Lewis and Clark trail to the Pacific Ocean.
When the Civil War was over, Georgia legislature decided to move the capitol 98 miles north from to Atlanta. One of the reasons for the move that we’ve heard and […]
Even though I’ve lived in Georgia for almost 25 years now and have heard off and on about the state hospital in Milledgeville, I really didn’t know much about it. […]
The city of Milledgeville is almost in the very middle of the state of Georgia. Every time we drive south to Florida, we see their exit signs. We’ve heard about […]
At our state park campground, Barney met a fellow camper who told him about a gospel song-fest that was going to happen on Saturday afternoon. So before we drove into […]
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Latest Posts
- 2024 fall trip – part 13: Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion (the way it looked in 1851)
- 2024 fall trip – part 12: from a capitol building to a military college
- 2024 fall trip – part 11: the 2nd largest mental institution in the world was in Milledgeville
- 2024 fall trip – part 10: Milledgeville was Georgia’s 4th capitol and is now home to 3 colleges
- 2024 fall trip – part 9: gospel singing and Montana’s soccer team
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