History of Peach County, Georgia
Author | : Daughters of the American Revolution. Georgia. Governor Treutlen Chapter, Fort Valley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Peach County (Ga.) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Daughters of the American Revolution. Georgia. Governor Treutlen Chapter, Fort Valley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Peach County (Ga.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Daughters of the American Revolution. Georgia State Society. Governor Treutlen Chapter, Fort Valley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Peach County (Ga.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Daughters of the American Revolution. Georgia State Society. Governor Treutlen Chapter, Fort Valley |
Publisher | : Cherokee Pub |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 1972-01-01 |
Genre | : Peach County (Ga.) |
ISBN | : 9780877970231 |
Author | : Marilyn Neisler Windham |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1997-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738568775 |
Peach County: The Worldas Peach Paradise is a delightful visual history that features a newly discovered and quite remarkable photographic collection and brings to life one of the most formative periods in Peach Countyas history. The 1920s were a magical time in Peach County, Georgia. For one day every year from 1922 to 1926 a Greek-style event in fairy-tale fashionathe Peach Blossom Festival, the precursor of the Georgia Peach Festivalawas held in honor of the peach in the county seat. The peach was of tremendous importance to the economy and people of Peach County, and when Fort Valley decided in 1922 to host the first Peach Blossom Festival and to invite the world, the world responded. Thousands came for the festivals, which were said to rival Mardi Gras and Californiaas Rose Festival, and which even attracted the attention of National Geographic and Hollywood movie studios.
Author | : Thomas Okie |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2016-11-22 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107071720 |
This book explores the significance of the peach as a cultural icon and viable commodity in the American South.
Author | : Gilda E. Stanbery |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0738590894 |
As early as 1822, James Abbington Everett established a trading post at the convergence of Native American trails, which became known as Fort Valley and eventually the world's "Peach Paradise." The 1856 charter established city limits as one mile in each direction from the railroad depot, and large cotton plantations devoted to peaches, asparagus, and pecans lay beyond. By the 1860s, more than 30 percent of Georgia's cotton traveled on rail lines through Fort Valley. During the Civil War, there were multiple Buckner and Gamble field hospitals, as well as temporary ones in what are now Fort Valley's historic homes and structures. The development of the Elberta peach, the refrigerated railroad car, hydro-cooling, and rail connections to transport fragile peaches combined to make Fort Valley the peach-growing center of the South. People prospered, and thousands celebrated the peach at the Peach Blossom Festivals of the 1920s. Fort Valley became home to the Blue Bird Body Co., Wanderlodge, the American Camellia Society, and Fort Valley State University. Motorists traveling on the Old Dixie Highway, Andersonville Trail, Presidential Parkway, or the Golden Isles Parkway are still treated to the warm hospitality of Fort Valley.
Author | : Louise Frederick Hays |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-07-18 |
Genre | : Macon County (Ga.) |
ISBN | : 9780806347769 |
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Author | : James A. Crutchfield |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2020-02-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1493039482 |
From prehistoric harvest rituals celebrated by early Native Americans to the terrible Flood of 1994, It Happened in Georgia looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Peach State. Learn about the first use of a “miracle gas” that made surgical procedures painless. Find out why hundreds of female mill workers were forcibly removed from Atlanta to Indiana, many with no means to return home. Discover how a constitutional loophole, two state-run armies with conflicting loyalties, and some dubious vote counts allowed three candidates to claim the title of governor simultaneously. Follow naturalist John Muir’s trek of discovery through Georgia, where he admired the state’s natural wonders and its residents alike.
Author | : Don Rhodes |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2011-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0762767812 |
Georgia Icons celebrates the Peach State through photographs and essays highlighting 50 of the best places, inventions, foods, buildings, and institutions the state has to offer..