Elberton

Exactly 30 years ago June, 1979 in rural Georgia, a man with the pseudonym of “R.C. Christian” strolled into town and made his way to the offices of Elberton Granite.

The mysterious monoliths of Georgia 2009

In Washington state, the last one occurred in 1965, when Elberton gave up its autonomy after 70 years, according to the nonprofit Municipal Research and Services Center in Seattle.

Towns Rethink Self-Reliance as Finances Worsen 2009

This picture was taken near Elberton, Georgia, snapped from a car cruising by at 55 mph.

Secret Passage in Your Home – Woodfold Bookcase Doors 2007

In one story, he described how thirty-five carloads of hooded Klansmen in Elberton, Georgia, rode through black neighborhoods “blowing horns and shouting threats.”

THE REAL PEPSI CHALLENGE Stephanie Capparell 2007

You were actually born in Atlanta or were you born over in Elberton?

Oral History Interview with Harold Fleming, January 24, 1990. Interview A-0363. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) 1990

Mr. Brown made the mistake of challenging him into a series of debates, the first one in my father's hometown of McRae, the second one in Mr. Brown's hometown of Elberton, Georgia, the third one in neutral territory in southwest

Oral History Interview with Herman Talmadge, July 15 and 24, 1975. Interview A-0331-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) 1975

Elberton wid 'im, but he was so mean I didn't live wid' im but eight months before I come back to Athens.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

Preparations were made and the meeting was actually convened on the afternoon of that day, but, as the bulletins from Elberton indicated that Garfield might die at any moment, I declined to speak.

Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman

I returned to my home in Elberton, and began my future work.

From Slavery to the Bishopric in the A. M. E. Church: An Autobiography William Henry 1928

I attended Sunday School when I was ten years of age, in Elberton, Georgia, at the

From Slavery to the Bishopric in the A. M. E. Church: An Autobiography William Henry 1928