The Old Main Drag is a Lonesome Road

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The Old Main Drag is a Lonesome Road

Description

"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. Caption reads: "Gasoline cost 37 cents a gallon when Orien Cown shut off the pumps at his once-thriving store in Ashburn, Ga."

Source

The Atlanta Constitution

Date

September 4, 1977

Citation

“The Old Main Drag is a Lonesome Road,” Turner County Project Digital Archive Repository, accessed November 21, 2024, https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/items/show/755.

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