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Coordinates: 31°47'33.5"N 83°35'17.1"W

Located in Amboy, Ga

Paint of Victoria Evans, first librarian of Ashburn by Minnie G. Brown.jpg
Photograph of Victoria Evans, date unknown, by T.B. Blackshear, photographer in Macon, GA.

Painting was created by Minnie G. Brown of Ashburn, GA based on the photograph of Victoria Evans.

Plaque next to the painting says:
VICTORIA CHARITY…

Outdoor Tabernacle - Ashburn, GA - colorized postcard front.tif
Sample of a type of postcard that could be purchased.

Outdoor Tabernacle - Ashburn, GA - black and white postcard front.tif
Sample of a type of postcard that could be purchased.

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Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey of West Railroad Ave. [3], Sycamore, Turner County, Ga., 1981. Brick one story commercial warehouse with stepped gable tin roof. Fair condition. Date of Construction: c. 1905. Typical example of…

Turner County Jail, 5.3.2021 1.jpg
The Turner County Jail was built in 1906 as the newly formed Turner County’s first official jail. County records show that the first order of business was issuing $60,000 in bonds for a jail and courthouse. The jail was designed in the Romanesque…

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Location: 241 E College Ave in Ashburn, GA

TCP gardener joe postcard.jpg
GC-1C Photo by Bayard Wootten
"Old Black Joe"
The Gardener at the House by the Road
Ashburn, Georgia

Old Barn with turquoise truck and tractor on Sun Story Rd. in Ashburn, Ga 8.14.2021 1.jpg
On Son Story Rd.

Officer Convicted of Slaying Merchant - Lynn Kelly of Sycamore murdered WW Odom - Atlanta Constitution 25 Oct 1930.JPG
Lynn Kelly, former policeman at Sycamore, was convicted this afternoon on the charge of murder in connection with the slaying of W.W. Odom, Ashburn merchant.

Red Pebble Farm - Object Lesson given for Georgia Farmers - Atlanta Constitution 14 Feb 1915.JPG
"Red Pebble farm produced and saved approximately 35,000 pounds of meat, like that shown in the windows, during the year 1914. This meat was killed and placed in a large brick and cement refrigerator and allowed to remain there for about six weeks.…

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Coordinates: 31°39'43.8"N 83°44'01.6"W

Oakes Rd. in Ashburn, Ga

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Located: 270 Glynn Cook Rd. in Ashburn, GA

1946 July 11 - Nina Cox _I will bat for Turner Co_ photo.jpg
A Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman clipping showing Nina Cox holding a bat that says "I will bat for Turner Co."

Nina Cox, an Ashburn High School teacher, resigned from her position in 1924 and entered the race for the Turner County School…

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New County of Turner Presents her claims - ATL Consti 20 Jul 1905 page 7.jpg
"'Turner' count was the first case on the docket yesterday before the house and senate committees on new counties."
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"Judge Lawton Miller, of Macon, appeared as counsel for those interested in and urging the creation of the new county of…

Nesmith Cantaloupe Wagon 6.16.2021 1.jpg

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page 7

Specifically mentions that the Ashburn POW camp had 250 prisoners.

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