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Take a walk on the wild side at Noah's Ark Animal Rehibilitation Center in Locust Grove. Get up close & personal with lions, tigers & bears...even monkeys! Guided tours $30 per person (tax deductible donation) Minimum 4 people per tour Group discount available Call 770-490-9519 for more information and ...
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Thursday Thunder June 28 - 28, 2012 Atlanta Motor Speedway

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All The Facts.

• Henry County was named for the Virginia patriot, Patrick Henry.
• At the beginning of the Civil War, Henry was one of the leading counties in Georgia, and McDonough one of the leading towns in the middle part of the state. It lay in the region of greatest production, and consequently was of great importance to the Confederacy, a fact later attested by its being included in Sherman’s path of destruction on his way to the sea. Many of the county records were destroyed by the invaders.
• The Battle of Jonesboro was fought between Jonesboro and Lovejoy.
• The largest cavalry raid in Georgia’s history and one the largest battles in the battle of Atlanta occurred in Henry County.
• Henry County is comprised of four cities: Stockbridge, McDonough, Hampton and Locust Grove.
• At one time Locust Grove was a nudist colony.
• Hampton was named for General Wade Hampton, noted Confederate hero. It had previously been called Bear Creek due to the large number of black bears in the area.
• Locust Grove derived its name from a beautiful grove of flowering locust trees.
• McDonough was named in honor of Commodore Thomas McDonough whose victory on Lake Champlain was one of the most brilliant naval exploits in the War of 1812.
• Stockbridge was name for Professor Stockbridge who was from the North and taught school in Henry County before the war.
• Over 40 trains pass through Locust Grove each day
• Stockbridge’s Eagle’s Landing Country Club was home to the LPGA for 15 years
• Mallards Landing, located in Locust Grove, is a fly-in community complete with personal hangers and a community runway.
• Hampton is home to Atlanta Motor Speedway
• Henry County is currently the third fastest growing county in Georgia, and the eleventh fastest growing county in the United States.
• The nation’s busiest enroute air traffic control facility, Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center, is located in Hampton, GA.
• Henry County Filmography – Scenes from the following films and television programs were filmed in Henry County:
  • Glory
  • We are Marshall
  • Zombieland
  • Smokey and the Bandit
  • I’ll Fly Away (NBC television show)
  • Roswell (WB television show)
  • The Walking Dead (AMC television show)
  • Necessary Roughness (USA television show)

   

• Famous Henry Countains:
  • Jason Heyward – MLB player
  • Collective Soul – multi-platinum selling alternative rock band
  • Kyle Davies – MLB Player - one of the youngest starting pitchers ever to play for the Atlanta Braves
  • Casting Crowns - a popular Christian band
  • Kristal Marshall – former WWE Diva
  • Eramus W. Beck – United States Congressman
  • James T. Holtzclaw – Confederate General during the Civil War
  • Andrew Sloan – former United State Congressman
  • James W. Wise – former United States Congressman
  • Darrell Armstrong – former NBA player
  • Matt Murton – MLB player
  • J.R. Pinnock – NBA player
  • Steve Sylvester – Georgia Tech Linebacker