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Master bridge-builder Horace King, enslaved until 1846, raised town-lattice covered bridges across the Chattahoochee and served two terms in Alabama's legislature. With his sons he built several Troup County bridges before settling in LaGrange in 1873.
Horace King Bridge Builder is a historical marker in LaGrange, Troup County, erected in 1989. It is one of 28 historical markers documented in Troup County, among 152 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.0408, -85.0201 near LaGrange. The nearest cataloged historic site is Jarrell, H. Frank, House (historic place), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Lynching in America / Raising a Voice Against Racial Violence, Shadowlawn Cemetery, and Hillview Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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