In this 4-page article about Highway 41 from 1977, Ashburn was featured!
“The highway was the umbilical cord that brought outsiders and their money into contact with the towns of the rural South.”

Photo on page 2 of Orien Cown from Ashburn, GA. The caption reads: “Gasoline cost 37 cents a gallon when Orien Cown shut off the pumps at his once-thriving store in Ashburn, Ga.”

To read all 4 pages of the article, click here to see the entry in our archive: