Uncle Remus Museum

Someone recently asked who made the Uncle Remus and his critters carvings located at the Museum, on the courthouse square and at the butterfly garden. It was Chris Lantz of Extreme Sculpting. Read more at this link: It does work regardless of the message. https://www.putnamdevelopmentauthority.com//uncle-remus-a/

James Branham of Charleston, SC brought his mom by the museum for a visit today. We’re glad you enjoyed your visit and we hope you’ll come back again soon! James posted this comment about their visit: Mom wanted to go and check on some things in Georgia. So yesterday started our road trip. Doing some research I found out that the Uncle Remus museum was there. So that's where we went today. A wonderful lady by the name of Miss Georgia greeted us and gave us the history o...f the museum. Mom and she could have talked for hours I'm sure, as there was only a few years difference in their age. I would have happily listened to every word. I encourage everyone to take the journey to Eatonton to meet this wonderful soul and be blessed with her knowledge and love of people. And don't forget to look around the museum, too. All the wood carving were done by the same person at different times. The ones of Uncle Remus on the bench with others are by the courthouse not far from the museum. After that we journeyed to North East Georgia where mom saw a sign for waterfalls and wanted to stop. So climbing on the brakes not to miss the turn we stopped at the general store and then on to the waterfalls in Tallulah Falls, GA. Only able to see one as time was getting late and not the flattest of terrain. We both had a wonderful day! See more

What a joy and an honor to recently have Annette LaRose Harris Shakespeare visit the Uncle Remus Museum! Annette is the great-great granddaughter of Joel Chandler Harris!!! Pictured below is Annette on her visit to the museum, and two photos of Annette (blond) with her sister, Linda (brunette) with their great grandfather, Joel Chandler Harris Jr. at the dedication of the Uncle Remus critter statues at Lenox Square Mall when it opened on Nov. 17, 1959. We hope you'll com...e back to see us soon, Annette! By the way, Annette shared with us that she was named for her great-great grandmother, Esther LaRose, the wife of Joel Chandler Harris who is pictured below. Read more below: In 1870, Joel Chandler Harris joined the staff of the Savannah Morning News as associate editor. Harris contributed poems, paragraphs, editorials and news reports for publication. While in Savannah, Harris met Esther LaRose, daughter of Captain Pierre LaRose and Esther LaRose of Upton, Canada, who was spending the summer of 1872 with her parents in the Georgia city. They were married the following April when she was eighteen and Harris was twenty-one. The ceremony took place in the ballroom of the rooming house where Harris lived for two years. This house is now a BnB called the Marshall House. The Harrises had nine children, six of whom lived to adulthood. They were Julian Harris (1874-1963), Lucien Harris (1875-1960), Evan Howell Harris (1876-1878), Evelyn Harris (1878-1961), Mary Esther "Rosebud" Harris (1879-1882), Lillian Harris (1882-1956), Linton Harris (1883-1890), Mildred Harris (1885-1966), and Joel Chandler Harris, Jr. (1888-1964). In 1876, a yellow fever epidemic in coastal Georgia drove Harris, his wife, and two young sons inland to Atlanta. When offered a position as associate editor of the Atlanta Constitution, Harris and his family decided to settle permanently in Atlanta. Mrs. Harris signed over the deed to their home, known as The Wren’s Nest to the Uncle Remus Memorial Association near the end of her life. Esther LaRose Harris survived her husband by thirty years, dying in 1938. https://findingaids.library.emory.edu//harrisjo/printable/ Esther LaRose Harris: https://www.findagrave.com/memo/7975284/esther-harris/photo

Eva, we’re so glad you and your mom could stop by the museum for a visit! Thanks for spreading the word with your wonderful post! Beth Bryan wrote: Took an unofficial field trip with my sweet girl today! If you have never been to Uncle Remus museum you are missing out, especially if Miss Georgia is there! Eva got a one on one history lesson that was told from the heart!

Todd and Kelli from Missouri, thanks for stopping by our museum in Eatonton! We hope you enjoyed your visit!

Jennifer and Marc Rosenberry of Warner Robins, Georgia, thanks for visiting our museum. We’re glad you enjoyed your visit with Miss Georgia and Miss Pat! Please come back again!

James Patton Dillon III Thanks for visiting our museum all the way from Tampa, Florida! We hope you enjoyed your visit and will return soon. While in town, we hope you will also visit our exhibit on the courthouse square. Take a seat with Uncle Remus and his critters as you listen to Miss Georgia tell an Uncle Remus story. Also, don’t miss the Butterflies and Blooms in the Briarpatch just north of town at 617 North Jefferson Avenue, Eatonton, GA https://www.exploregeorgia.org//butterflies-blooms-in-the-

This couple came to visit the museum today and it was a delight to talk and share with them the history of Mr. Joel Chandelier Harris. They are celebrating their 30th Anniversary today and decided to stop in and visit . Happy Anniversary to y’all !!!!!

Miss Georgia continues to get birthday cards from far and wide! Thank you all! She has read every one!!

Happy 80th Birthday Miss Georgia Smith! https://youtu.be/QPpXBniFFKQ

"Miss Georgia" Smith's 80th Birthday is just two days away! We want Saturday, August 15th to be a day Miss Georgia never forgets! We hope YOU will be a part of her Surprise Birthday Parade! Line-up will be at 10:30 am BEHIND the Putnam County Elementary School at 314 South Washington Avenue. Enter the lower driveway and drive behind the school. You may decorate your vehicles with birthday messages and balloons once you arrive, but it’s not required. Attach birthday si...gns to the driver’s side of your vehicles. The parade will start at 11 am. Police officers, sheriff deputies, fire trucks will lead the parade and proceed across Washington Avenue through the Uncle Remus Museum parking lot passing "Miss Georgia" and then, you will exit left only onto South Madison Avenue. Traffic can disperse after Walnut Street. For everyone’s safety during this pandemic, everyone wishing to express their birthday greetings to Miss Georgia MUST do so from their vehicles in the parade. Do not show up in the museum parking lot to speak to Miss Georgia or exit your vehicles during the parade. Thank you for your understanding. She will be working as normal that Saturday so don't "show up" and spill the beans. DON"T FORGET your birthday cards for "Miss Georgia". Buckets will be available in front of the museum for cards to be dropped into during the parade. Remember to keep it a secret and come be a part of the BIG SURPRISE Drive-Through Parade for Miss Georgia! The parade will go on, RAIN or SHINE! Directions: If you’re coming from the south of Eatonton, we recommend you take the Marshall Bypass to the Monticello Hwy/Marion Street. Exit right on Marion, then turn right onto Washington Avenue. Those coming from the north or from town, enter Washington Avenue from Marion Street so that traffic doesn’t become congested in front of the Uncle Remus Museum parking lot.

Time is running out! If you cannot attend the SURPRISE Birthday Parade this Saturday, please put your birthday cards in the mail today so they can arrive in time to be collected from the Post Office box on Friday and presented to her Saturday morning. If you plan on being in the parade, there will be buckets to drop your birthday cards in as you drive through. Thank you!! The address is Uncle Remus Museum % Mrs. Georgia Smith... PO Box 3184 Eatonton, GA. 31024 See more