Walker County Historical Society

Walker County Historical Society The Walker County Historical Society preserves the history of Georgia's Walker County, its source ma
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Gathers information, preserves data, artifacts, and sites related to all aspects of Walker County, GA, history and culture through monthly meetings, collections of historical documents, support of the history room in the La Fayette-Walker Library and other branches in Walker County, management of the Marsh-Warthen-Clements House, and networking with related groups. Also, advocates for historical issues and educates the general public on local history and culture.

06/23/2026

On Sunday, June 28, 2026, the monthly meeting of the Walker County Historical Society will be at 3:00 pm at the Marsh House. The program will focus on a prominent Walker County physician, Dr. Jacob Alexander Shields of Villanow/Laf. Mr. Mark Cordle, the G-grandson of Dr. Shields, will give fascinating information on the Shields family and connections to Ireland, colonial Williamsburg, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and Amelia Earhart, plus service spanning the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War (US & CSA), and World War II. The program is free and open to the public.

More information: 706-764-2801

05/04/2026

Gratefully, we have found the bucket for the old schoolhouse museum in Chattooga Academy, at the new Museum of La Fayette.

05/03/2026

WE need a bucket, and a dipper... for the schoolhouse portion of the new Museum of La Fayette housed in the Chattooga Academy. Anybody got one? I visualize a wooden bucket and a gourd dipper, but the school was operating until 1920 or so... Maybe a metal bucket would do.

Thanks.
David Boyle

Address

305 S Duke Street
Lafayette, GA
30728

Telephone

+17067642801

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