Historic Georgia People

People at church in Atlanta, Georgia, 1900.

People at church in Atlanta, Georgia, 1900.

 

John M. Bozeman

John M. Bozeman

Anglin Brothers – Escaping From Alcatraz

John Bozeman – Blazing the Bozeman Trail

William R. Cruger – Southern Lawman

John C. Fremont – The Pathfinder

Nathanael Greene – Revolutionary War Hero

Doc Holliday – Deadly Doctor of the West

Martin Luther King Jr. – Civil Rights Activist & Hero

Bridget “Biddy” Mason – African American Entrepreneur 

George “Alfred” Monroe – Slave to Skilled “Whip”

Tom Nixon – Buffalo Hunter & Lawman

James E. Oglethorpe – Father of Georgia

Bass Outlaw – Lawman, Gunfighter, & Texas Ranger

Bass (Baz) Outlaw – Excerpt from the book Whiskey River Ranger

Heck Thomas – Tough Law in Indian Territory

© Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated November 2022.

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