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Johnny Vardeman: Horse Guards militia group was horseless in early years

The Candler Horse Guards are pictured in the early 1900s posing on their mounts in front of the old City Hall when it was at the corner of Main and Broad Streets (now Jesse Jewell Parkway). The city hall was destroyed years later in the 1936 tornado.

HORSEGUARDS.WEB — The Candler Horse Guards are pictured in the early 1900s posing on their mounts in front of the old City Hall when it was at the corner of Main and Broad Streets (now Jesse Jewell Parkway). The city hall was destroyed years later in the 1936 tornado.

The Candler Horse Guards was a Hall County militia group that despite its name went without its own horses for a while. The military unit was organized officially with 40 men in January 1901 with Dr. G.T. Canning its first captain. It was named, naturally, for Gov.