Thomson, Georgia

Rivers & Roads in Song near Thomson

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Thomson.

4 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

• Hickory Hill (Thomson, Georgia) · 0.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Prepare to step back in time to the heart of Georgia populism at Hickory Hill, the home of the controversial Thomas E. Watson. Thomas E. Watson, born in 1856, rose to prominence as a lawyer, writer, and politician. He…

• Old Rock House (Thomson, Georgia) · 3.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Pull over and picture a time when this area was the frontier! This is the Old Rock House, built around 1785 by Thomas Ansley. Built as a fortified garrison, the Old Rock House provided shelter and defense in a sometimes…

• Kiokee Baptist Church · 14.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Pull over here – you're about to see a piece of Georgia's religious history! This is Kiokee Baptist Church, the oldest continuously operating Southern Baptist congregation in the state. Back in the mid-1700s, a fiery…

• Colonsay Plantation · 14.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Imagine owning a piece of Georgia back when it was still a British colony! That's the story of Colonsay Plantation. Originally called Old Hamilton Place, this was one of the first land grants in the Ceded Lands before…