Rough and Ready Tavern GHM 031-2, Clayton Co.
Posted by: GA Cacher
N 33° 38.750 W 084° 23.419
16S E 742026 N 3725942
Rough and Ready Tavern State Historical Marker
Located on U.S. 41 east of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
Waymark Code: WM2GW3
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/01/2007
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ROUGH AND READY TAVERN
Here stood the Rough and Ready Tavern or Old Bagley House which was at different times a residence, tavern, general store, arsenal & probably headquarters of Gen. Hardee Aug. 30, 1864. To this place, mentioned in "Gone With The Wind," the people of Atlanta were evacuated for further transport south. At Rough & Ready Station on the Macon & Western R. R. stood a water tank & wood shed for the engines. Fed. Troops cut the railroad 1 mile below here Aug. 31, 1864, completing the isolation of Atlanta. Timbers from the Tavern, torn down in 1917, serve as sills in the nearby McBrayer house.
031-2 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954