02/20/09

Photo Gallery: Oglethorpe Monument

The Oglethorpe Monument now sits next to the Woodbridge Inn. It is accompanied by a monument from the Rotary Club, and is across the street from a water feature and gazebo. Pictures of all of the above are included in the gallery. The monument also sits across the street from the Old Pickens County Jail.

Marker text:
This 38-foot monument was deisnged and dedicated in 1930 by Colonel Sam Tate of Georgia Marble Company, as a tribute to General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the colony of Georgia. Attendees included Governor Lamartine G. Hardman and other prominent dignitaries. It was carved by James Watt from Cherokee marble quarried locally. These quarries are the largest in the United States. The monument was located 10 miles east on Mount Oglethorpe (Grassy Knob), southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail until 1958. It was restored and moved here in 1999.

2001.9 Erected by The Georgia Historical Society and the City of Jasper 112-1