Old Jail to be Open July 31st

Please note that the Old Jail and Cabin will be open to visitors on Saturday, July 31st from 12-3 pm.

Vist the Old Jail & Cabin

Since late December restoration of the Old Jail has been underway. The building has been repointed, and new flashing and steel gutters have been installed. Currently interior rooms on the south side of the building are being scraped, replastered and painted.

Tours of the building will commence May 2nd, 2010 for this season. The Old Jail and Cabin will be open from 2 to 5 pm on Sunday afternoons (see above notice for variations in the schedule). Tours will also provided from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, May 31 and 4th of July or day of downtown parade & celebration(Parade will likely be July 3 on Saturday). Arrangments for private groups of 6 or more may be requested by appointment - Call 706-692-7793 or 706-301-9078

Membership in the Marble Valley Historical Society is for a calandar year (January 1st through December 31st). Dues for 2009 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.

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.

View the MVHS Events Calendar

The calendar displays meeting dates, special events, and information concerning days and hours that tours of the Old Jail and Cabin will be offered

The Old Pickens County Jail and Kirby Quinton Cabin will be open

• Sunday afternoons 2 - 5 p.m. from April 19th until the last week-end of November
• Fourth of July and Labor Day
• Marble Festival: Sat, Oct , all day and Sun, Oct 5, noon to 5
• Friday after Thanksgiving Day: 10 am to 4 pm

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 information about visiting the Old Jail and Kirby Quinton Cabin Museums, call 706-692-7793 or 706-301-9078.

Your Assistance in Identifing Photographs

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Shaping the Future

Part of the collection at the MVHS Museum at the Old Pickens County Jail

A William Sunderland Sculpture

The Pickens High School winners of the Honea Worley Family History Scholarship are Brooks Godfrey, son of Randy and Amberle Godfrey, and Katie Stocker, daughter of Susan and Eric Stocker. Brooks won first place and received a scholarship award of $1500. Katie's 2nd place scholarship award was $750. Both students plan to attend Georgia Tech. Katie is PHS Valedictorian and Brooks is Salutatorian. The scholarship has been funded for the past 15 years by Pickens County native, Hiram Honea of Birmingham, to honor his parents and former school teacher. MVHS congratulates these two students on their excellent scholarship entries. They are being hard bound and will be added to the Georgia Room of the Pickens County Library in the near future.

Jeff Stancil (DNR Manager of the Vann House), Rev. Walker and Jack Baker, President of the National Trail of Tears Association

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.