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This marker tallies Washington-Wilkes 'firsts,' among them Georgia's first newspaperwoman Sarah Porter Hillhouse (1803) and the Mary Willis Library (1888), Georgia's first free public library.
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Washington-Wilkes Firsts
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About this site
Washington-Wilkes Firsts is a historical marker in Washington, Wilkes County, erected in 2003. It is one of 63 historical markers documented in Wilkes County, among 123 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.7369, -82.7392 near Washington. The nearest cataloged historic site is Black Patriots Monument (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Inn Site, Resilience, Ingenuity and Triumph, and William Dearing.
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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