Grovetown is a city in Columbia County,Georgia,United States. It is part of the Augusta metropolitan area and the Central Savannah River Area. The 2019 population estimate was 15,152. The mayor is Gary Jones.
Fayetteville is a city in and the county seat of Fayette County,Georgia,United States. As of the 2020 census,the city had a population of 18,957,up from 15,945 at the 2010 census. Fayetteville is located 22 miles (35 km) south of downtown Atlanta.
Athens is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Downtown Athens lies about 70 miles (110 km) northeast of downtown Atlanta. The University of Georgia,the state's flagship public university and an R1 research institution,is in Athens and contributed to its initial growth. In 1991,after a vote the preceding year,the original City of Athens abandoned its charter to form a unified government with Clarke County,referred to jointly as Athens–Clarke County where it is the county seat.
Augusta,officially the City of Augusta,is a city on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia. The city lies directly across the Savannah River from North Augusta,South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Augusta,the third most populous city in Georgia,is situated in the Fall Line region of the state.
Augusta Regional Airport is a city-owned public airport six miles (11 km) south of Augusta,in Richmond County,Georgia,United States.
John Doyle Lee was an American pioneer,and prominent early member of the Latter Day Saint Movement in Utah. Lee was later excommunicated from the Church and convicted of mass murder for his complicity in the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre. He was sentenced to death and,in 1877,was executed by firing squad at the site of the massacre.
Charles Whitlow Norwood Jr. was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his death in 2007. At the time of his death,Norwood was the representative of the 10th District of Georgia.
Jonathan Norcross was elected in 1850 as the fourth Mayor of Atlanta,Georgia,serving the customary term at the time of one year. Dubbed the "Father of Atlanta" and "hard fighter of everything" by publisher Henry W. Grady,he followed three mayors elected from the Free and Rowdy Party.
The Central of Georgia Railway started as the Central Rail Road and Canal Company in 1833. As a way to better attract investment capital,the railroad changed its name to Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia. This railroad was constructed to join the Macon and Western Railroad at Macon,Georgia,in the United States,and run to Savannah. This created a rail link from Chattanooga,on the Tennessee River,to seaports on the Atlantic Ocean. It took from 1837 to 1843 to build the railroad from Savannah to the eastern bank of the Ocmulgee River at Macon;a bridge into the city was not built until 1851.
Abraham Owen Smoot was an American pioneer,businessman,religious leader,and politician. He spent his early life in the Southern United States and was one of seven children. After being baptized a member of the Church of Christ,predecessor to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,Smoot served as a missionary in Kentucky,Tennessee,South Carolina,and England. He received no formal education,but learned to read as a child and later attended the School of the Prophets in Kirtland,Ohio. Like other early members of the LDS Church,Smoot practiced plural marriage,eventually marrying six women and having 24 children. After migrating west to Utah Territory,he was elected as the second mayor of Salt Lake City and maintained this position from 1857 to 1866. He was then assigned by Brigham Young to move to Provo,where he served as stake president and mayor from 1868 to 1881. He assisted financially in the construction of the Provo Tabernacle—today the Provo City Center Temple—as well as that of the Utah Southern Railroad. Smoot was the first president of the board of trustees of Brigham Young Academy (BYA)—which later developed into Brigham Young University (BYU). He was an early financial supporter of the institution and was nicknamed the "foster father" of the academy. His goal was to make education available to young Latter-day Saints. Today,the Smoot Administration Building at BYU is named after him.
Alfred Cumming was an American politician who served as the governor of the Utah Territory from April 12,1858,to May 17,1861. Cumming succeeded Brigham Young as governor following the Utah War.
Media outlets in the Augusta,Georgia market include eight television stations,24 FM radio stations,nine AM radio stations,one Internet radio station and numerous print media.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Georgia refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members in Georgia. The first branch in Georgia was organized in 1876. It has since grown to 89,285 members in 164 congregations.
The following is a timeline of the history of Savannah,Georgia,United States.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Atlanta,Georgia,United States.
Brigham Young was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States. He was the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death in 1877. He founded Salt Lake City and he served as the first governor of the Utah Territory. Young also led the foundings of the precursors to the University of Utah and Brigham Young University.
Cassius F. Butts is an American business executive,two-time United States Presidential Appointee,author and speaker.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Augusta,Georgia,USA.
The Augusta-Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) Vietnam War Veterans Memorial is a granite and bronze monument placed in Augusta,Georgia,March 29,2019,to honor the CSRA's 169 Vietnam War dead,three Ex-Prisoners of War (Vietnam),and one former Missing in Action (MIA) as well as the region's 15,000 surviving Vietnam War Veterans. The memorial is located in the "Olde Town" section of Augusta,Georgia,on the Broad Street median between Third and Fourth Streets. The monument was designed,purchased,and placed by the Augusta Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) and the chapter's 17 community partners who made up the Augusta-CSRA Vietnam War Memorial Initiative (VWMI) Steering Committee.
George D. Shea was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of World War I,World War II,and the Korean War,Shea attained the rank of major general,and was a recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal,two awards of the Silver Star,two awards of the Legion of Merit,and two awards of the Bronze Star Medal,as well as several foreign awards.
