On a winter day in 1906, a group composed of some of Bulloch County's most prominent citizens boarded a train and traveled east, to Savannah, with one goal in mind. The delegation of 50, all pillars in the local community — doctors, lawyers, business leaders, elected officials — were en route to the port city to win rights to host the First District Agricultural and Mechanical School. More than a few delegations — from surrounding communities such as Claxton, Waynesboro and Stillmore — filled the DeSoto Hotel to stake their own claims, but the Bulloch contingent won out.
Honoring 'The Fabulous Fifty'
Historical marker celebrates founding of Georgia Southern
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