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2321 Cofer Rd.
Ashburn, GA

Sycamore, GA

Gordon St. in Ashburn, GA -

photo 1: March 30, 2021
photo 2&3: Date: late 1940s (based on the cars)

109 N Gordon St. in Ashburn, GA
facing East

Location: Golden Peanut, 304 W Washington Ave, Ashburn, GA

Full interview can be heard here: https://youtu.be/nyqf2g43Cr8

These coins were used to pay employees who worked at the W.W. "Bill" Giddens’ sawmill in Coverdale. The employees could use the coins at the company-owned store. There was also an agreement with the Ashburn merchants that they would accept them as…

250 prisoners, 65 U.S. personnel, and one medic. The camp was started in late 1943 and disbanded in 1946.

Most of the prisoners spoke German with a few who could speak English.

They built tables, mounted animals, painted, turpentined, stacked…

9A-H104
C.T. Art Colortone

GEORGIA NORTHERN
No. 14
Type: FTA
Builder/Date: Electro Motive, 1944
Location/Date: Ashburn, GA Feb 9, 1969

142-1
Georgia Historical Commission
1954

TURNER COUNTY
This County, created by Act of the Legislature August 18, 1905, is named for Capt. Henry Gray Turner who was captured by Union troops at Gettysburg. A resident of Nashville and later of…

Herman Eugene Talmadge, grandson of former Governor Talmadge, and his mother, the former Miss Betty Shingler, of Ashburn, GA., send their picture via V-mail to father Herman Talmadge, of the United States Navy."
page 11

"Georgia must carry on his work to the splendid end he sought."

Have you ever seen this marker? This is a US. Coast & Geodetic Survey Bench Mark from 1934. This is just 1 of 17 (!!) located in Turner County. There is a 44-page doc you can read ALL about this!These reference points are developed and maintained…

Pictured is the building that was Garrett's Dinette which was owned by W.C. Garrett and Annie Belle Sellars Garrett.

To learn more about Garrett's Dinette, check out this interview with Donald…

"The Game of Turner County is coming soon.

The board game is based around buying and selling properties and trying to run other players our of business and bankrupt them.

The Wiregrass Festival [now known as the Fire Ant Festival] is…

also fondly known as Gabe's Tater Patch.
circa 1890s

Howell Circle in Ashburn, Ga

765 N. Main St. in Ashburn, GA

Known as the Shingler House, this lovely home represents the Neoclassical Revival period. Constructed in 1908, the building features a multi-hipped, red tile roof, exposed rafters, and monumental portico. The porte…

Ashburn Methodist Church

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Freshly picked blueberries from Nesmith Rd.

Blueberry bush tended to my Amanda Cook Perry and Michael Perry.
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