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   NEW PUBLICATION! Learn more about Upson County: A Pictorial History, which will be published by the Society in November 2009. Order your copy now: Pictorial History Order Form.


  Read a description of Proud To Be From R.E. Lee, a history of R.E. Lee Institute from 1875 to 1992 that was published by the Society in fall of the year 2000. To order your copy: Lee Order Form.


Below you will find a list of other publications for sale by the Upson Historical Society. To purchase one, go to Order Form.
 
"The Early History of Upson County, Georgia"
By Carolyn W. Nottingham and Evelyn Hannah
(April 1930)
A splendid book of facts from 1825 including land grants, marriages, wills, census, early schools, newspapers, industries and numerous other materials of great interest.
1122 pages indexed
Hard Back
Fourth Edition
Price: $40.00
+ $5.00 S&H

Map of Upson County, Georgia - Circa 1897
Shows militia districts, numerical landlots and districts (Some academies, mills, and towns of the times).
23" x 35" folded
Reproduced by the Upson Historical Society
Price: $3.00
+ $2.00 S&H

 
"The Cemeteries of Upson County, Georgia"
© Upson Historical Society
Book of Record of all identified markers in cemeteries throughout Upson County with specific directions to each.
298 Pages plus 106 Page Index
Printed 1969
Paper Back
Third Edition,
Price: $30.00
+ $5.00 S&H

"Sesquicentennial"
Upson County, 1824-1974  
Thomaston, Georgia, 1825-1975
Celebration of 150 years. This is a brief illustrated history of the community, describing people, places and events that laid the foundation for the present-day Upson County.
63 Pages
Paper Back
Printed April 1975
Price: $7.00
+ $2.00 S&H

 
"A Frontier Link with the World: Upson County's Railroad"
By David F. Paterson
(1998)
Discusses the development of an early railroad, showing not only the business and political difficulties but also the importance of a railroad to a local community. Gives tantalizing glimpses of what Thomaston was actually like when it was a frontier town.
273 pages indexed
Hard Back

Price: $30.00
+ $5.00 S&H