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Pickens County, Georgia, Heritage, 1853-1998
To order your copy click on the image of the book
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Membership in the Marble Valley Historical Society is for a calandar year (January 1st through December 31st). Dues for 2011 are now being accepted. Please print membership form and mail it with your check or money order to MVHS, PO Box 815, Jasper, GA 30143.
Visit Old Jail & Cabin Museums
The Old Pickens County Jail and Kirby Quinton Cabin will be open
- Saaturday afternoons 2 - 5 p.m. from April 19th until the last week-end of November
- Fourth of July and Labor Day
- Marble Festival weekend
Admission: $3.00; children up 12 are free when accompanied by an adult.
Additional tours for six or more may be scheduled at other times. The museums are staffed by volunteers of the Marble Valley Historical Society, Inc. Several private tours have been provided recently.
For additional information about visiting the Old Jail and Kirby Quinton Cabin Museums, call 706-692-7793.
Loss of Mimi Jo Hill Butler
MVHS is mourning the loss of our long time tireless leader Mimi Jo Hill Butler who passed away, March 18th, 2011.
View her obituary in the Atlanta Journal Consitituion.
MVHS Photograph Collection
- Recent additions
- MVHS needs your help!
Many undocumented photographs have been given to MVHS, with only the knowledge that the individuals and places are related to Pickens County communities and families.
Your Assistance in Identifing Photographs
Click here to view the photographs
Shaping the Future
Part of the collection at the MVHS Museum at the Old Pickens County Jail
A William Sunderland Sculpture
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MVHS Loses Three Benefactors
Mimi Jo Hill Butler, died 18 March 2011
Hiram Honea, died 28 Novemer 2010
Charles O. Walker, died 1 November 2010
A glimpse inside the Old Pickens County Jail
Charles O. Walker Collection
Plans have been finalized with Rev. Charles O. Walker, the Marble Valley Historical Society, and the Pickens County Library for the donation of some of Rev. Walker's book collection to the Georgia Room of the Pickens County Library. Over the next weeks his books will be processed by the Library and added to the Reserve Book section. His valuable collection includes numerous volumes about the Cherokee and other historic sites and persons of North Georgia. Other books and Baptist papers have been donated to the Jack Tarver Manuscript Library of Mercer University in Macon. Rev. Walker has been vitally involved in the preservation of Cherokee history and published numerous books relevant to the Cherokee, Baptist history and families of Pickens County. He is President Emeritus of the Marble Valley Historical Society and currently serving again as President of the local AARP Chapter.
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