Spring Bank GHM 008-32
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Sprinterman
N 34° 15.484 W 084° 57.640
16S E 687771 N 3792652
Marker located at entrance to a little known nature preserve and soon to be new park in Bartow County
Waymark Code: WM2A1G
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2007
Views: 44
SPRING BANK
Ante-bellum plantation and residence of the Rev. Charles Wallace Howard, where he established a private school.
May 18, 1864. Hardee's A.C. [CSA] moved from Adairsville to Kingston on this road enroute to Cass Station. May 19, the 4th and 14th A.C. [USA] followed, occupying Kingston, to which point all the rest of the army had been directed by Sherman under the false impression that Johnston's forces had retreated there.
The stirring events of locality are ably set forth by Frances Thomas Howard in her book "In and Out of the Lines."
This marker is at the entrance to a little known nature preserve in Bartow County. There are two Geocaches in this area. Bartow County is opening a new park at this location also. There are some of the most beautiful trees and the foundations of an old plantation here also.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 008-32
Date: 1986
Sponsor: Not listed
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