The Big Peanut is coming back! AgGeorgia was pleased to donate the remaining $10,000 needed for the restoration of the monument, and is proud to support Turner County and the Georgia peanut farmers to which this monument pays homage. AgGeorgia CEO…
From David Baldwin:
"The sign east of the silos reads Ashburn Peanut Company. It began in 1938 by a Mr. Ray from Thomasville, (no relationship to our Rays) who had experience in the peanut business in other towns; however, Jay Faircloth 's…
Advertisement for Mitchell Stewart Hardware Company where it was located before it shut down.
MITCHELL STEWART HARDWARE COMPANY was registered on 1923-02-02 as a domestic profit corporation type with the address 113 COLLEGE ST, ASHBURN, GA, 31714
Back writing:
Dear Friend, I didn't get a chance to see you before I left- but may be when I come again you won't be so busy how is the new baby? We got back safe and I was glad to get to work. T.W.
Location: 765 N Main St. in Ashburn, Georgia
Date: February 20, 2021
ASHBURN’S HISTORIC DRIVING TOUR STOP #6
This home, sometimes known as the McKenzie Home or one of the Shingler homes, was built for Clyde Shingler McKenzie by her father J.S.…
Thomas John Shingler House. Shingler Heights Historic District’s only example of board-and-batten construction. The house has exposed rafters and rusticated concrete block porch posts as decorative features.
Isn't this a beautiful old home! Just a few house from where we are this [unknown]. We have had and are having a very pleasant trip. Down the Atlantic Coast to Miami - [unknown] to St. Petersburg &…
Built around 1890, was once known as the Betts House because this three-story Queen Anne-style home was built by Ashburn entrepreneur John Samuel Betts (July 29, 1848 – April 25, 1918). The home boasts of pine hardwood flooring, 12-foot ceilings, 6…
405 Gilmore Street, stop #27 on the Ashburn Historical Tour, according to the tax records, was built in 1900. Previous information has said this home was built for the Gilmore family whom the street it sits on was named after. There are also rumors…