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59-509: The museum started out as two rooms of its 1808 Maryland Avenue address, which had previously been Horne's antique shop and art studio, Time Bandit, which became Horne's moniker and nickname. Early on, the museum expanded to include the entire first floor of 1808 (the galleries in homage to dime museum attractions), a lower gallery (which housed the sideshow attractions), and the first floor of 1806 Maryland Ave. (devoted to old-time stage performance and natural history attractions). At one point, for

118-640: A brief period, the museum also included a wax gallery located in the front room of 1804. Its wax show was the Lord's Last Supper, a staple of wax museums and traveling shows for decades, the display based in the famous Da Vinci artwork. During its years of operation, the ADM or “the Dime,” as it was known to many, showcased an array of permanent attractions, many authentic and many “authentic fakes” or gaffs as they would be termed by show people. Such manufactured attractions were

177-636: A connecting route to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina . Augusta has been mentioned as the east terminus of a proposed expansion of Interstate 14 that would begin in Midland-Odessa, Texas and run through Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia with hopes of connecting major military installations along the highway corridor such as Fort Cavazos , Fort Moore , Fort Eisenhower , and Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville . Augusta has also been mentioned for another proposed interstate known as Interstate 3 that would go through

236-467: A form of consignment shop . Usually stores' stock is sourced from auctions , estate sales , flea markets , garage sales , etc. Many items may pass through multiple antiques dealers along the product chain before arriving in a retail antiques shop. By their very nature, these shops sell unique items and are typically willing to buy items, even from individuals. The quality of these items may vary from very low to extremely high and expensive, depending on

295-443: A glimpse and respite into the past, providing the ability for the public to experience an authentic Victorian era American Dime Museum in the 21st Century. As of June 8, 2019, Pexcho moved his American Dime Museum to Augusta, Georgia and re-opened it there. 39°18′36″N 76°37′4.3″W  /  39.31000°N 76.617861°W  / 39.31000; -76.617861 Antique shop An antique shop (or antiques shop )

354-546: A major U.S. Army base formerly known as Fort Gordon. In 2016, it was announced that the new National Cyber Security Headquarters would be based in Augusta. The area along the river was long inhabited by varying cultures of indigenous peoples , who relied on the river for fish, water and transportation. The site of Augusta was used by Native Americans as a place to cross the Savannah River, because of its location on

413-548: A nearly forgotten past and a hopeful future, where "normal" is the oddity. Peter Excho has revived and rebooted the American Dime Museum for the next generation of doubters, gawkers and non-Believers, preserving and displaying truly wonderful, exotic, rare and fantastic anomalies that occur and exist to this day. Peter Excho is the new caretaker of a legacy that began with Barnum, and through Dick Horne's dedication, passion and vision, Pexcho gives visitors and patrons

472-430: A new and revitalized American Dime Museum, with living and preserved specimens of both the natural and unnatural world. Featuring a menagerie of infant animals from North America , Pexcho's American Dime Museum in 2011 now contains wonders and curiosities that cannot be found anywhere else. What began with "Curiosity Cabinets" in wealthy homes in the late 19th century has now evolved into a living document and testament to

531-572: A reproduction of Haussner's Restaurant 's legendary ball of string. Horne and Taylor parted ways in November 2003, and Horne continued to operate the museum until its closure and his auctioning of his half of the collection in February 2007. Taylor, after leaving the partnership and removing his half of the museum attractions, almost immediately began work on another museum in Washington, D.C.,

590-560: A total area of 306.5 sq mi (793.8 km ), of which 302.1 sq mi (782.4 km ) is land and 4.3 sq mi (11.1 km ) (1.42%) is water. Augusta is located about halfway up the Savannah River on the fall line , which creates a number of small falls on the river. The city marks the end of a navigable waterway for the river and the entry to the Georgia Piedmont area. The Clarks Hill Dam

649-635: A volunteer at the American Dime Museum and began his tutelage in the lost art of preserving the Sideshow or freakshow that P.T. Barnum began in the late 19th century. After the auction of Dick Horne's Collection in 2007, Pexcho returned to Baton Rouge , Louisiana , where he reopened his coffee and art house, Insomkneeacks, next to the Old Broadmoor Theater on Florida Boulevard in a rundown shopping center built in Baton Rouge during

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708-674: A wide diurnal temperature variation throughout much of the year, despite its low elevation and humidity. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 45.4 °F (7.4 °C) in January to 81.6 °F (27.6 °C) in July; there are 53 nights with the low reaching the freezing mark, 82 days reaching or exceeding 90 °F (32 °C), and 5.5 days reaching 100 °F (38 °C) annually. Extreme temperatures range from −1 °F (−18 °C) on January 21, 1985 up to 108 °F (42 °C) on August 10, 2007, and August 21, 1983. Snowfall

767-436: A wide variety of inventory. This retail business article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Augusta, Georgia Augusta ( / ə ˈ ɡ ʌ s t ə / ə- GUSS -tə ) is a city on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia . The city lies directly across the Savannah River from North Augusta, South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Augusta,

826-415: Is a retail store specializing in the selling of antiques . Antiques shops generally have a physical presence in a shop where the wares are stored and displayed, but some antique shops are online, with no physical retail location. Some antiques shops are located within an antique mall or "antiques market", where each seller can open a booth or stall and display their items for sale. These mini-malls may be

885-543: Is best known for hosting the Masters golf tournament each spring. The Masters brings over 200,000 visitors from around the world to the Augusta National Golf Club . Membership at Augusta National is widely considered to be the most prestigious in the sport of golf around the world. Augusta lies approximately two hours away from downtown Atlanta by car via I-20 . The city is home to Fort Eisenhower ,

944-697: Is built on the fall line near Augusta, forming Clarks Hill Lake . Farther downstream, near the border of Columbia County , is the Stevens Creek Dam, which generates hydroelectric power . Even farther downstream is the Augusta Diversion Dam, which marks the beginning of the Augusta Canal and channels Savannah River waters into the canal. As with the rest of the state, Augusta has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ), with short, mild winters, very hot, humid summers, and

1003-650: Is not considered. Augusta is located along the Georgia/South Carolina border, about 150 mi (240 km) east of Atlanta and 70 mi (110 km) west of Columbia . The city is located at 33°28′12″N 81°58′30″W  /  33.47000°N 81.97500°W  / 33.47000; -81.97500 (33.4700, −81.9750). According to the United States Census Bureau , the Augusta–Richmond County balance has

1062-574: Is not nearly as common as in Atlanta, due largely to Augusta's elevation, with downtown Augusta being about 900 ft (270 m) lower than downtown Atlanta. The heaviest recorded snowfall was in February 1973 with 14.0 inches (36 cm) Freezing rain is also a threat in wintertime. There are 10 historic districts throughout the city of Augusta. The most prominent, Augusta Downtown Historic District, encompasses most of downtown Augusta and its pre- Civil War area. The Augusta Downtown Historic District

1121-724: Is usually scheduled for early November. Augusta is also the host to one of the largest IRONMAN 70.3 competition in North America taking athletes through various cycling routes around Augusta, a running course through Downtown Augusta, and an opening swim on the Savannah River along Augusta's riverfront. Recently, Augusta has been the featured home of the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships which leads cyclists through various routes through Downtown Augusta and Fort Eisenhower. The city has also attracted visitors during

1180-825: The American Revolutionary War , the Siege of Augusta resulted in the retaking the city from the British by the Americans. Augusta was the second state capital of Georgia from 1785 until 1795 (alternating for a period with Savannah, the first). Augusta developed rapidly as a market town as the Black Belt in the Piedmont was developed for cotton cultivation. Invention of the cotton gin made processing of short-staple cotton profitable, and this type of cotton

1239-615: The Nike EYBL Peach Jam Basketball Tournament held in neighboring North Augusta, South Carolina which features some of the top high school basketball players and teams across the United States. Augusta is linked to Atlanta to the west and Columbia, South Carolina , to the east by Interstate 20 (I-20). I-520 ( Bobby Jones Expressway ) extends from I-20 exit 196 through Augusta's western and southern suburban areas, eventually crossing

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1298-906: The Pittsburgh Pirates . Later affiliated with the Boston Red Sox and the San Francisco Giants , the GreenJackets are now the Class A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves . The Augusta Lynx were a minor-league professional ice hockey team based in Augusta, Georgia. The Lynx played their home games at the James Brown Arena from 1998 until 2008. The Lynx, who played in the ECHL , had affiliations with

1357-813: The Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School . Private schools in Augusta include Aquinas High School , Episcopal Day School, Saint Mary on the Hill Catholic School, Immaculate Conception School, Hillcrest Baptist Church School, Curtis Baptist High School , Gracewood Baptist First Academy, Alleluia Community School, New Life Christian Academy, Charles Henry Terrell Academy, Heritage Academy, and Westminster Schools of Augusta . Augusta Christian Schools , Augusta First Seventh-day Adventist School, and Augusta Preparatory Day School serve Augusta but are located in neighboring Martinez . The daily newspaper in

1416-693: The Soul City Sirens . Founded in 2008, this league is all-volunteer, and skater owned. Augusta is also home to the former Augusta 706ers, a minor league professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association . The team was founded in 2017 and stopped operations in December 2018 because of a lack of funds. The team played all home games at the James Brown Arena. The city's famous golf course,

1475-745: The Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL and the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL. The Augusta RiverHawks were a professional minor league ice hockey team. They played in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) from 2010 to 2013. They played their home games at the James Brown Arena. The Augusta Stallions were a professional Arena football team founded in 1999. They were one of the 15 original teams to join

1534-623: The U.S. economic recession and a relatively high state unemployment rate, the Augusta community has experienced a decrease in bankruptcy filings and saw a slight decrease in the unemployment rate from late 2009 to March 2011. However, these unemployment numbers were misleading as spring brought lower unemployment rates due to the Masters Golf Tournament. While unemployment fell to a two-year low of 8.3% in April 2011, unemployment rates have since risen to 9.9% as of July 2011. With

1593-403: The fall line . In 1735, two years after James Oglethorpe founded Savannah , he sent a detachment of troops to explore the upper Savannah River. He gave them an order to build a fort at the head of the navigable part of the river. The expedition was led by Noble Jones , who created a settlement as a first line of defense for coastal areas against potential Spanish or French invasion from

1652-626: The 1960s. During and after his apprenticeship with Dick Horne, Pexcho began collecting wonders and oddities of his own through the use of the Internet . Pexcho had several exhibits bequeathed to him from Horne's collection at the Baltimore American Dime Museum and won a few at the museum's auction of 2007. With Horne's approval, Pexcho started constructing and building within Insomkneeacks III in Baton Rouge,

1711-634: The 2020 census, its racial and ethnic makeup was 35.52% non-Hispanic white, 55.19% African American, 0.24% Asian, 1.93% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 0.44% some other race, 3.91% multiracial, and 5.58% Hispanic or Latino of any race. This reflected nationwide trends of greater diversification since the beginning of the 21st century. In 1995, citizens of Augusta and unincorporated parts of Richmond County voted to consolidate their city and county governments. Citizens of Hephzibah and Blythe , also located in Richmond County, voted against joining in

1770-638: The Augusta Economic Development Authority as of 2013, the top manufacturing employers in the city were: The top public sector employers were: The Augusta GreenJackets minor league baseball club, formerly located at Lake Olmstead Stadium in Augusta, now play at SRP Park along the Savannah River in North Augusta, South Carolina . The team began to play in 1988 as the Augusta Pirates, affiliated with

1829-481: The Augusta National Golf Club, hosts the first major golf tournament of each year, The Masters . This tournament is often regarded as the most prestigious in the sport and is one of the four major championships . The best professional and amateur golfers in the world come to Augusta during the first full week of April every year. The grounds of Augusta National are known for being pristine, and

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1888-605: The Palace of Wonders, a museum which also featured regular stage performances, performances being an old-time dime museum feature for which the American Dime Museum simply never had the space. The Palace of Wonders opened in June 2006. After visiting the American Dime Museum in Baltimore, Maryland in 2002, the erotic artist Peter Excho (Pexcho) was captivated by the "Time Bandit" and proprietor, Dick Horne. Very soon after, Pexcho became

1947-733: The Savannah River to South Carolina, in which it is known as Palmetto Parkway. U.S. Route 1 (US 1), along with State Route 4 (SR 4), connects Wrens . US 1 also links Augusta with Aiken, South Carolina . US 25 and SR 121 connects Waynesboro with Augusta; across the state line, US 25 and South Carolina Highway 121 (SC 121) links Augusta with Edgefield, South Carolina . US 78 / US 278 / SR 10 , known locally as Gordon Highway , connects Thomson with Augusta. In South Carolina, US 1 and US 78 go through Aiken, South Carolina . US 78 further connects with Charleston, South Carolina . US 278 bypasses Aiken and serves as

2006-825: The area to showcase new cyber related products as well as discussions on cyber based collaboration efforts between the public and private sectors. Companies that have facilities, headquarters or distribution centers in the Augusta metro area include CareSouth , NutraSweet , T-Mobile , Covidien , Solo Cup Company , Automatic Data Processing , Clearwater Paper , Solvay S.A. , Bridgestone , Teleperformance , Olin Corporation , Sitel , E-Z-GO , Taxslayer , Elanco , KSB Company (Georgia Iron Works), Club Car (Worldwide Headquarters), Halocarbon, MTU Friedrichshafen (subsidiary of Tognum ), Kimberly Clark Corporation , Nutrien (formerly PotashCorp), John Deere , Kellogg's and Delta Air Lines ' baggage call center. According to

2065-418: The city from Savannah to Knoxville, Tennessee and would only run through two states, Georgia, and Tennessee. Parts of Augusta are served by city transit service Augusta Public Transit (APT), but the main mode of transportation within the city is by car. Augusta is also served by a number of taxi companies. The city has two airports: Augusta Regional Airport and Daniel Field . Augusta Regional Airport

2124-548: The city is The Augusta Chronicle . The television stations serving Augusta and its metropolitan market are: WAGT ( CW Plus and NBC ), WCES ( PBS ), WFXG ( Fox ), WJBF ( ABC and MeTV ) and WRDW ( CBS ). The city's large medical community and patient population is served by the Medical Examiner (www.AugustaRx.com), a twice-monthly newspaper published since 2006. Augusta is a regional center of medicine, biotechnology, and cyber security. Augusta University ,

2183-537: The city of Augusta and Richmond County began with a 1995 referendum in the two jurisdictions. The merger was completed on July 1, 1996. Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta metropolitan area . In 2020 it had a population of 206,000, making it the second-largest metro area in the state (after Atlanta ) and the ninth most populous urban center in the Deep South with a metro population of 611,000. Augusta

2242-669: The course was ranked in 2009 as the third best golf course in the world by Golf Magazine . The city also has several disc golf facilities. The Augusta Top Gun Series is a series of tournaments sanctioned by the Professional Disc Golf Association . These tournaments are held at various venues in Augusta, including Pendleton King Park and Lake Olmstead. Also, Augusta hosted the 2006 Professional Disc Golf World Championships. Along with Pendleton King and Lake Olmstead, two courses in North Augusta, SC

2301-557: The establishment of the Georgia Cyber Center in Downtown Augusta, the Augusta metro region has become a hub for cyber security based companies looking to locate to the area in part as well to the establishment of the U.S. Army Cyber Command relocating to Fort Eisenhower from Fort Meade. Augusta plays host to TechNet on a yearly basis which brings in various military, government, and private sector leaders to

2360-526: The forte of Horne, whose artworks in that vein included the Samoan Sea Wurm (a “mummified” sea serpent carcass showcased with a bite of fur from the shipboard cat it had supposedly eaten) and Lincoln's Last Turd (a gaff of a gaff, actually, since it was displayed as a fake made not by Horne but by another who had tried to cash in on the craze for Lincoln memorabilia by faking the assassinated president's last bowel movement). Between Horne's gaff artworks,

2419-765: The inaugural 2000 AF2 season. They started off in the American Conference, before switching to the Southeast Division in 2001, and then the Eastern Division in 2002. The team folded in 2002. The Augusta Rugby Football Club (ARFC) is a division 2 men's club competing in the Palmetto Rugby Union, part of the USA Rugby South Conference. Augusta has an all-female flat track roller derby team,

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2478-531: The interior. Oglethorpe named the town in honor of Princess Augusta , the mother of King George III and the wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales . Oglethorpe visited Augusta in September 1739 on his return to Savannah from a perilous visit to Coweta Town, near present-day Phenix City, Alabama . There, he had met with a convention of 7,000 Native American warriors and concluded a peace treaty with them in their territories in northern and western Georgia. During

2537-492: The merger, which took effect January 1, 1996. The unified government consists of a mayor and ten commissioners . Eight commissioners represent single-member districts, while two are elected at-large, each to represent a super district that encompasses half of Augusta-Richmond's population. Law enforcement in Augusta is handled by the Richmond County Sheriff's Office which patrols the main city of Augusta and

2596-513: The mid-20th century, it was a site of civil rights demonstrations. In 1970, Charles Oatman, a mentally disabled teenager, was killed by his cellmates in an Augusta jail. A protest against his death broke out in a riot involving 500 people, after six black men were killed by police, each found to have been shot in the back. The noted singer and entertainer James Brown was called in to help quell lingering tensions, which he succeeded in doing. In 1993, an area known as Hyde Park in Augusta, Georgia,

2655-516: The nature and location of the shop. Frequently, many antique shops will be clustered together in nearby locations; in the same town such as in many places in New England , or on the same street such as Portobello Road or Camden in London , or in an antique mall. Antiques shops may specialize in some particular segment of the market such as antique furniture or jewelry , but many shops stock

2714-690: The state that retain the sheriff in a law enforcement capacity. Public K–12 schools in Augusta are managed by the Richmond County School System , which covers all of Richmond County. The school system contains 36 elementary schools, 10 middle schools, and the following eight high schools: Glenn Hills , Butler , Westside , Hephzibah , T. W. Josey , A.R.C. (Academy of Richmond County) , Lucy Craft Laney , and Cross Creek . There are four magnet schools : C. T. Walker Traditional Magnet School , A. R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet High School , Davidson Fine Arts , and

2773-693: The state's only public health sciences graduate university, employs over 7,000 people. Along with Piedmont Augusta , the Medical District of Augusta employs over 25,000 people and has an economic impact of over $ 1.8 billion. The city's three largest employers are Augusta University, the Savannah River Site (a Department of Energy nuclear facility) and the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Eisenhower , which oversees training for Cyber , Signal Corps , and Electronic Warfare. Despite layoffs from several companies during

2832-569: The third most populous city in Georgia (following Atlanta and Columbus ) is situated in the Fall Line region of the state. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , Augusta had a 2020 population of 202,081, not counting the unconsolidated towns of Blythe and Hephzibah which fall under Augusta-Richmond County. It is the 116th most populous city in the United States and the 92nd-largest metropolitan area. The process of consolidation between

2891-494: The tongue-in-cheek signs throughout the museum, the wild assortment of off-beat attractions, and the uproarious periodic live shows given off-site (since the museum had no space for performance), the museum garnered a vast amount of publicity including write ups in The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Japan Times , The Baltimore Sun and travel magazines, including National Geographic Traveler . It

2950-482: The unincorporated areas of Hephzibah and Blythe although both of these towns have their own police departments. Prior to consolidation, Augusta had a city police department and the Richmond County sheriff patrolled the unincorporated areas of the county. The consolidation charter deems the sheriff as the chief law enforcement officer of Richmond County. Augusta is one of the few consolidated city-counties in

3009-530: The war, Augusta had a booming textile industry leading to the construction of many mills along the Augusta Canal to include Enterprise Mill, Sibley Mill, and King Mill. The city experienced the Augusta Fire of 1916 , which damaged 25 blocks of the town and many buildings of historical significance. As a major city in the area, Augusta was a center of activities during Reconstruction and after. In

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3068-474: Was also featured frequently on both television and radio, from two segments on National Public Radio to an episode of National Geographic Channel's Mummy Roadshow, the episode focusing on the museum's giant mummy. The museum was also the site of filming for numerous television documentaries on the subject of sideshows and “weirdness as entertainment,” usually featuring Taylor in his capacity as variety entertainment historian. The museum's front window also showcased

3127-560: Was established in 1736 and is named in honor of Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719–1772), the bride of Frederick, Prince of Wales and the mother of the British monarch George III . During the American Civil War , Augusta housed the principal Confederate Powderworks . Augusta's warm climate made it a major resort town of the Eastern United States in the early and mid-20th century. Internationally, Augusta

3186-524: Was investigated by the EPA for contamination. The investigation totaled $ 1.2 million. Air, groundwater, and soil were all believed to be contaminated, and people living in the area were hoping for government assistance to move away from Hyde Park. Two of five neighborhoods in Hyde Park appeared to have arsenic, chromium, and dioxin, while all five were found to have PCBs and lead. However, residents were told it

3245-661: Was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Augusta also includes the: At the 2020 United States census , there were 202,081 people, 66,838 households, and 41,517 families residing in the city. During the 2010 U.S. census , the city's population was 195,844, up from 195,182 at the 2000 United States census . In 2000, the city's racial and ethnic composition was 43.72% non-Hispanic white, 49.96% African American, 0.25% Native American, 1.50% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 0.18% some other race, 1.48% multiracial, and 2.79% Hispanic or Latino of any race. By

3304-415: Was not a risk to their health unless they somehow ingested it on a regular basis. At the time the article was written, the citizens still questioned why the EPA and ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Disease Registry) did not consider these chemicals as a threat to them. Hyde Park also has higher rates of certain illnesses (such as cancer, infections, rashes) than the average in America, and the citizens question why that

3363-421: Was sanctioned by the International Hot Boat Association . The event benefited the Augusta Chapter of the Georgia Special Olympics with over 100 racing teams from 25 states competed annually for $ 140,000 in purse and prizes while trying to beat the course record of 252.94 mph (407.07 km/h). Augusta is the site of the Head of the South Regatta. The youth rowing regatta is held on the Savannah River and

3422-419: Was used for the tournament. 299 disc golfers from around the world attended the event, with Ken Climo winning the tournament and his 12th world championship. Augusta hosted the Augusta Southern Nationals billed as "World's Richest Drag Boat Race" for 30 consecutive years. The event was held on the Savannah River near downtown in July until 2016. The race was part of the Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series and

3481-468: Was well-suited to the upland areas. Cotton plantations were worked by slave labor, with hundreds of thousands of slaves shipped from the Upper South to the Deep South in the domestic slave trade . Many of the slaves were brought from the Lowcountry , where their Gullah culture had developed on the large Sea Island cotton and rice plantations. During the American Civil War , Augusta was home to many war industries including powder-works facilities. After

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