Outreach History Programs
Outreach programming, where we bring a history presentation to your community group or business, is also available on a variety of topics of local history.

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The Johns Creek Historical Society is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that depends on memberships and donations to cover operations, programs, preservation projects, archival supplies, research materials, and other costs to make sure Johns Creek history is not lost.

BECOME A MEMBER
for 2026

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We are actively collecting items to add to our history archives and research library for Johns Creek.

If you have items or documents that will help record or tell the stories of life in the Johns Creek area during earlier times, please let us know. This could include photographs, documents, scrapbooks, family letters, and other records of historic value. While we always prefer original materials, we are also able to digitize documents and photos, then return them to their owners.

Historic objects can also be donated or we can photograph them for the archives records, if you want to retain the object.

Please contact us at info@johnscreekhistory.org

COME TO OUR NEXT HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROGRAM

CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER CROSSINGS
"History of the Ferries & Bridges of Johns Creek"

Tuesday, September 15, 2026
7:00pm

at the Summerour House
Autrey Mill Nature Preserve
9770 Autrey Mill Rd, Johns Creek 30022

We're digging into books and years of our research and discoveries to present the fasinating story of the evolution of river crossings along the Johns Creek stretch of the Chattahoochee. Come learn the history, including some of the human backstories, beginning with the ferries when this was part of the Cherokee Nation to the remarkable 6 steel truss bridges that towered over the river.

This meeting is free and open to the public.

Our thanks to the City of Johns Creek and Autrey Mill Nature Preserve for providing a location for this meeting.

JOHN ADAMS, FOUNDING FATHER

On June 23rd, in honor of "America 250", and in partnership with the Spruill Oaks Library, our program featured reenactor Terry Allee, who played the role of Founding Father John Adams. In the format of an engaging one-man play, Terry Allee presented a program, as told by John Adams, full of history and the conflict between the representatives of the 13 colonies during the weeks leading up to the July 4th, 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence.

More history programs coming soon!

We are currently planning a variety of history programs and activities for the coming months - a chance to learn something new and meet others interested in history.
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