West Georgia College
Parallel Names
- WGC
Biographical / Historical
The Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School was established in December, 1906 in Carroll County, Georgia following the August 18, 1906 approval of Public Law 448 by the Georgia General Assembly, an act providing for the establishment and maintenance of schools of agriculture and mechanical arts to serve rural youth in each congressional district. The school operated from 1908-1933, becoming West Georgia College on April 15, 1933. It remained a college until noon on June 12, 1996, when it was named the State University of West Georgia. This name changed in 2005 to University of West Georgia.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Robert H. Claxton papers
Teaching, research files, and personal activities files of former University of West Georgia history professor. Robert H. Claxton is the author of The History of the Georgia Conservancy, 1967-1981, From Parsifal to Peron: A History of Early Radio in Argentina 1920-1944, and A History of the Carrollton Kiwanis Club among other writings.