March 2013 Quarterly Membership Meeting - Three New Board Members

We extend an appreciative thank you to Mr. Adville B. Montgomery for his wonderfully informative talk on the evolution of railroads and the role of the various lines in the development and growth of the South. The push for common carriers to bring goods over the land and rivers, brought about a system of independently-owned rail lines that linked the cities and small towns together and opened new transportation corridors. Ultimately, lines merged and it was interesting to hear the wealth of the related stories from his long career working in the railroad industry.

Congratulations to Julie Morgan, Teresa Harrison and Perry Bennett, our three new Board Members as approved by the general membership in attendance. We look forward to absorbing their talents and abilities to help EPHS grow in 2013. We would also like to thank Kassandra Ware for her very hard work and support over the past two years as well as Archie Polk for his work this past year. We will miss them and hope they will continue to visit and support EPHS.

East Point Historical Society Quarterly Membership Meeting

An H K Porter Co. steam locomotive
model # 2-4-2T at EPHS

Through our quarterly membership meetings we endeavor to have speakers who can bring us both historic and current insight into things relative to East Point and the surrounding area.
Our next meeting is Sunday, March 24, 2013 at3:00 PM at 2792 East Point Street, 30344, the East Point Avenue Methodist Church (Nellie’s Chapel).

Our speaker, Mr. Adville B. Montgomery, is a recently retired career employee with the CSX Railroad. The A & WP (Atlanta & West Point Railroad) became a part of the CSX system. The A & WP was the railroad that “built” East Point. Mr. Montgomery will share with us information on railroading in the Atlanta and East Point area.

This will also be our annual meeting when the slate of officers and directors the present board approved for nomination will be presented for approval by the general membership. Psssst the nominees are: Teresa Harrison, Julie Morgan, and Perry Bennett!

The meeting is free and open to the public. Please join us.

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to all!!

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to everyone!

EPHS will be closed until Thursday January 3, 2013.

Please help us make it a great new year for EPHS and renew or become a member in the new year.

East Point Historical Society

Holiday Open House

Please join us next Sunday, December 9th, from 1-4PM for the annual EPHS Holiday Open House. We'll have food and beverages and of course everyone is welcome to bring a favorite holiday dish to share, along with your favorite memories of an East Point of yesteryear!

The East Point Historical Society will be closed

this Thursday and Saturday due to the holiday weekend.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

The Atlanta and Piedmont Chapters, Sons of the American Revolution

Request the honor of your presence at the dedication of a grave marker commemorating the service of Revolutionary War Soldier William Suttles

Date: Saturday, September 8, 2012

Time: 11:00 A.M.

Place: Utoy Cemetery

1465 Cahaba Drive SW

Atlanta, Georgia 30311

Contact: 770-475-1463

Email: scotlad@ballsouth.net

Directions:

Go North/South on I-75; exit at Langford Pkwy exit 243 (U.S. 166); Go West approx. 1.5 miles to Ft. McPherson/Lee St.; continue straight on through traffic light after exit; turn North (left) on Lee Street, at 2nd light after exit. Go approx. 1 mile. Turn left on Campbellton Rd. SW. Go approx. 1 mile. Bear slightly right onto Venetian Dr. SW. Go 1 mile due West to Cahaba Dr. SW. Turn right (North) onto Cahaba Dr. SW. Cemetery gate is on the left, just past the church driveway.

GPS: N 33° 42.94′ W 84° 26.98′

The East Point Historical Society will be closed this Saturday, 9/1/2012 for the Labor Day Weekend. We wish everyone a safe and memorable holiday.

We are open today, Thursday 8/30, from 1-4pm, and next Thursday and Saturday as regularly scheduled.

EPHS would like to thank everyone that came out to help us celebrate East Point's 125th Birthday at our Open House last Friday. We had a great attendance with lots of new faces. We would especially like to thank Council Members Myron B. Cook, Pat Langford and Jacqueline Slaughter-Gibbons, East Point City Clerk Agnes B. Goodwin, and former Mayor Patsy Jo Hilliard for coming.

If you didn't get a chance to attend, and you would like a copy of our newly-release map of East Point Historical Sites, please stop by to pick one up.

EPHS Publishes Downtown East Point Historical Sites Map

In celebration of the City of East Point turning 125 years old, the East Point Historical Society has published a map of downtown Historical Sites for the benefit of our citizens and visitors.

The map will make its debut at our Anniversary Open House, this Friday, August 10, at 1685 Norman Berry Drive. We will be serving desserts and refreshments from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Please stop by and get a copy of the first map of its kind for East Point...we hope the first of other maps that explore sites that define the rich history of our City.

EPHS thanks Jo Morgan Mackey for her recent donation to our collection. This is an old Union Army horse bit found in the 1960s in the back yard at 2610 Bryant Drive, across from the Atlanta Christian College by Jo and Eddy Morgan.

East Point: 125 Years Ago, Part 2

This summer, the City of East Point celebrates the 125th anniversary of its incorporation, chartered on August 3, 1887, by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor on August 10.

The 3-part article, written by our former Board Member Carole Griffith, includes highlights from East Point’s history leading up to 1887. This is the second installment which is published in the July 2012 Downtown East Point Newsletter. We thank them for letting us post the link to Carole's great research.
Read full article
Follow us via this blog or our group on Facebook for updates on the upcoming celebration of East Point's 125th Birthday.

Historic Connally Family Cemetery Cleanup

On Thursday July 19, 2012 some 70 plus seventh grade students from South Fulton Academy, a KIPP Charter School based in East Point, conducted a cleanup project at the Historic Connally Family Cemetery in East Point. When asked their purpose in taking part in this activity they expressed a desire and sense of obligation to return something to the community. Congratulations to these young people and the adults who assisted in this project. The East Point Historical Society is eternally grateful.
- Charles Strickland, President, EPHS

Open House For East Point's 125th Birthday

Please join us on Friday, August 10 from 5:00 - 8:00 PM for an Open House to celebrate the 125th Birthday of East Point. We will be serving iced tea, lemonade and desserts. Stay tuned for more details!

East Point: 125 Years Ago, Part 1

This summer, the City of East Point celebrates the 125th anniversary of its incorporation, chartered on August 3, 1887, by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor on August 10.

Here begins a 3-part series, written by our former Board Member Carole Griffith, of highlights from East Point’s history leading up to 1887. This first installment appeared in the June 2012 Downtown East Point Newsletter, and we thank them for letting us post the link to Carole's great research.
Read full article
Follow us via this blog or our group on Facebook for updates on the upcoming celebration of East Point's 125th Birthday.

Dedication of Grave Markers for Veterans of War of 1812

The Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Georgia requests the honor or your presence at the dedication of grave markers commemorating the service of War of 1812 Soldiers Capt. Isom (Isham) Hendon and Pvt. Jacob “Jake” White. Tributes to each veteran will be presented by Messrs. Malcolm McDuffie and Terry White.

When: Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 11:00 am.

Where: Historic Utoy Cemetery, 1465 Cahaba Drive SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30311

RSVP: Please RSVP by calling 404.576.4156 or emailing tjwhite963@gmail.com if you would like to attend.

The timing of these dedications coincide with the bicentennial of the beginning of the War of 1812, which started on June 18, 1812 and ended on February 18, 1815. The Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 24, 1814--but if communications between UK and US had been faster, the Battle of New Orleans may not have happened, if not the whole war. This was the second war against the same king--King George III. Having taken the crowns as King of Great Britain and King of Ireland on October 25, 1760, he was also king during half of the French & Indian War but the colonies were on his side then. On January 1, 1801, he became King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Last week, Queen Elizabeth had her Diamond Jubilee for 60 years on the throne. George missed his Diamond Jubilee by 9 months, dying on January 29, 1820--that was dispite his mental illness--he may have had the blood disease porphyria--urine turns blue in sunlight. But during the War of 1812, his eldest son, George, Prince of Wales, ruled as Prince Regent, later George IV.

Here is a URL for one of the War of 1812 groups: http://www.societyofthewarof1812.org/

Georgia General Assembly passed a bill about the War of 1812 that has some good information about GA's part in the war: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20072008/HB/953