Eight Point Star - Hiram, GA
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YoSam.
N 33° 52.499 W 084° 45.690
16S E 707043 N 3750549
In an out of the way "old downtown" area. SQTPC 1
Waymark Code: WMMMBH
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2014
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County of quilt: Paulding County
Location of quilt: Main St., Hiram
Quilt sponsored by: Main Street Antique Market
Quilt painted by: Kathy & Bib Boolkout
Painted: May 2008
Southern Quilt Trail of Paulding County 1
Text of accompanying marker:
Eight Point Star
This pattern was chosen since it and the building both date to the 1800's. The Eight Point Star has always been a favorite pattern, even with the quilters today. This is the first quilt square painted in Paulding County to be on the Southern Quilt Trail.
The city of Hiram was established in 1891 and named after its first postmaster Hiram Baggett. The settlement had earlier been named Gray's Mill, Georgia after an early settler Garrett Gray. The little town thrived in the years after the railroad came through and became the cotton buying shipping center for the area.