Located at Town Square Park, LaGrange, Ga.
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FULLER EARLE
CALLAWAY, SR.
Born in LaGrange July 15, 1870,
Fuller E. Callaway was a textile manufacturer, merchant, and
philanthropist. In 1888, he established his first business on
LaFayette Square just west of this point.
Organizing and operating
textile mills, banks, warehouses and department stores, Callaway
helped modernize LaGrange's economy. Examples of his concern for the
social and educational development of employees and residents can be
found throughout LaGrange and the State of Georgia. When he died in
1928, Callaway was one of the world's leading textile manufacturers.
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ERECTED BY THE
HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION
AND THE TROUP
COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1986
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© Carl Vinson Institute of
Government, The University of Georgia
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