Augusta's History
 The following articles were part of a yearlong effort in 1995 to tell the stories of the events and people who preceded us in the Augusta area.
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Historical markers and monuments point to the history of
downtown Augusta.
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Stories of our Past
 Visitor from Philadelphia recorded information about Colonial Augusta.
Ty Cobb's legendary baseball career had roots in Augusta.
125-year-old Harlem may give up its charter to consolidate
City has endured more than 20 Savannah River floods.
Historic Catholic Church was formed from three parishes.
Railroad company helped to develop Augusta.
Rowers have been on the Savannah River for more than 100 years.
Medical College grave digger was nicknamed "Resurrection Man."
Fire of 1916 devastated downtown.
Aiken politician James F. Byrnes was a friend of Franklin Roosevelt.
The Augusta Chronicle is the oldest newspaper in the South.
Fate of 80-year-old Butt Memorial Bridge is unclear.
Erskine Caldwell detailed the Southern poor in his novel "Tobacco Road."
The life of early American politician John Forsyth.
Robert Forsyth, the first U.S. Marshal to die on duty.
Emily Tubman founded schools and churches in Augusta.
The history of Augusta's water springs.
George Walton helped Augusta grow following the Revolutionary War.
Chamber of Commerce secretary Lester Moody championed the area.
Augusta's Native American heritage goes back 11,500 years.
Augusta monument celebrates local signers of Declaration.
Augusta brewery was Georgia's first.
Railroad played a role in the naming of Aiken.
Praying Society led to First Baptist Church.
Many Revolutionary soldiers were buried in Columbia County.
Exchange thrived during cotton's heyday.
Barnwell neighbors were top lawmakers.
Black businesses prospered in Augusta's Golden Blocks.
Many black Augustans were laid to rest in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Schofield Middle School recalls its benevolent founder.
Populist Tom Watson dominated turn-of-the-century politics.
History rings at St. Paul's Church.
Poet Paul Hamilton Hayne was called "The Poet Laureate of the South."
"Haunted" pillar is one of Augusta's oldest legends.
Lake Olmstead once had a zoo and amusement park.
Augustan Joseph R. Lamar served on the Supreme Court.
Mayham Tower helped Revolutionary forces defeat Fort Cornwallis.
Renovated Lincoln County cotton gin will be oldest American working gin.
Charles T. Walker was an early advocate for racial equality.
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