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Sycamore School
Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey of Sycamore Elementary School, Labelle Ave., Sycamore, Turner County, Ga., 1981. Large brick building with hipped roof with gables. The wings of the building feature backward and forward facing…
Rebecca Depot
Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey of Depot on Ashley St., Rebecca, Ga., March 1981. Turner County, Ga. Depot. 1 story rectangular clapboard & board & batten. Hipped roof with wide overhang & brackets. Double hung sash windows are…
Sycamore Architecture
Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey of First Pentecostal Church of Sycamore, Sycamore Mattress & Upholstery, and U.S. Post Office & OneStop Denham, Inc., East Railroad Ave., U.S. 41, Sycamore, Turner County, Ga., 1981.
Two story…
Two story…
Lynching in Turner County
Waycross Evening Herald dated Saturday, April 16, 1910. The headline reads and the article details the lynching of two African American men, Albert Royal and Charley Jackson, near Amboy, Georgia. The article explains that the trouble started from an…
Main Street Ashburn, 1977
main street, Ashburn GA, police cruisers parked at right
Pate's Grocery, 1977
Turner County, Georgiastore in Amboy GA, sign over door "Amboy" (other sources identify as Pace's [Pate's] Grocery), with gasoline pump marked "Supreme"Medium 35 mm black-and-white film negatives Call Number/Physical Location Call number: AFC…
1996 Wiregrass Festival Postcard
Featuring Flame the Fire Ant
1996 Wiregrass Festival Press Release
Theme: "Flame the Fire Ant"
Fire Ants song Lyrics by Duane Hershberger
This was sent to Chamber of Commerce president Nan Lee in March of 1996.
2000 Fire Ant Festival Schedule of Events
Theme for the 2000 Fire Ant Festival was a take on "Ghostbusters," Fire Ant Busters
Wiregrass Excitement
Poem by Gail Walls, one of the original members of the Fire Ant Festival (previously known as the Wiregrass Festival).
1996 Wiregrass Festival Small Flyer with schedule
WIREGRASS and FIREANTS, what's it all about? Come and see at the
1996 Wiregrass Festival
Ashburn, Georgia * March 20-24
1996 Wiregrass Festival
Ashburn, Georgia * March 20-24
Two Negroes Hanged; Riddled with Bullets
The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal reported on April 19, 1910, the lynching of Albert Royal and Charles Jackson near Ashburn. A mob abducted and shot the men, binding them to trees. Royal, a farmer, had faced legal and community harassment. Jackson had…
Citizens are Cleared of Lynching Charge
The Montgomery Monitor reported on April 28, 1910, the release of those accused in lynching of Albert Royal and Charles Jackson near Ashburn. They were released on a lack of evidence and alibis provided. Interest in the affair is high in the local…
Turner's Double Lynching
The Tifton Gazette reported on April 22, 1910, the lynching of Albert Royal and Charles Jackson near Ashburn. A mob abducted and shot the men, binding them to trees. Royal, a farmer, had faced legal and community harassment. Jackson had been accused…
Case Against White Men Dismissed
On April 22, 1910, the Turner County Banner reported that charges against five white men, accused of assault and battery related to the lynching of Albert Royals and Charles Jackson, were dismissed due to insufficient evidence and conflicting witness…