Troup County Archives has received, from the estate of Dr. Leland Madison Park, this portrait of Dr. Thomas Randolph Lamar, by noted Georgia artist John Maier. Leland Park never resided in LaGrange but, over the years, he [...]
Local photographer Stanley Hutchinson had a studio less than a block from the courthouse, enabling him to capture numerous photographs of the building as it burned in 1936. TCA Collections. On Thursday, November 5, 1936, [...]
With masks over their faces, members of the American Red Cross remove a victim of the Spanish Flu from a home in St. Louis, MO, one of the first cities struck by the virus. Courtesy St. [...]
“There’s an app for that.” Does that statement intimidate you? Probably not, if you are a millennial or younger. If your timeline is a lengthy one; if you remember where you were when Kennedy was assassinated; if [...]
Map featuring William F. Allen's proposal in 1883 for the introduction of Standard Railway Time. The clocks show the time which the railways of the same color on the map should adopt. The person responsible for [...]
LaGrange Daily News article clipping discusses the deer population in Troup County It’s autumn, and our woodlands are resplendent with yellow, gold, and red – and fluorescent orange. Yes, it’s deer season. The people of [...]
We southerners have long loved our football, especially the SEC. But did you know that many cultures, including ancient Europeans, the early Romans, and even Native Americans, played games similar to modern American football? The Ancient Greeks [...]
The Monday, November 14, 1791 issue of the National Gazette. Image courtesy of Library of Congress Fake News, partisan reporting, selective publishing. Is this just a product of modern times or has the press always [...]
This panoramic image was taken by Snelson Davis at a picnic of the Dixie Cotton mills employees with their families on July 5, 1927. TCA Collections Recognizing that photographs are an integral part of our [...]
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. - Pablo Picasso During an interview, Barbara Bush, former First Lady of the United States, was asked if she would sit for her son George W. [...]
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