Historical Marker

This Was His Georgia

Pine Mountain · Harris County · Erected 1984

The roadside stories worth pulling over for.

The Story

Across 41 visits from 1924 to 1945, Roosevelt loved this corner of Georgia as private citizen, governor, and president, urging the scenic highway built so others could share the view he treasured.

About this site

This Was His Georgia is a historical marker in Pine Mountain, Harris County, erected in 1984. It is one of 20 historical markers documented in Harris County, among 84 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.8404, -84.7453 near Pine Mountain. The nearest cataloged historic site is Franklin D. Roosevelt (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dowdell's Knob, Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, and Bethlehem Baptist Church Colored School.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 32.8404, -84.7453 · Pine Mountain, Harris County

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