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Big Peanut Monument (vintage postcard)
Monument to Georgia's number 1 cash crop, located on I-75 in Ashburn, Ga., center of the Peanut Belt. Also, visit the world's largest peanut processing plant located in Ashburn, Ga. For more information contact Turner County Chamber of Commerce, PO…
Hobbs Grocery
In this lovely painting by Patricia Brantley, dating to around 1986, we get a glimpse of Hobb’s Grocery Store in Dakota, Georgia.
Located along Highway 41 North, the store was a familiar landmark in the small community of Dakota. Remarkably, the…
Crystal Lake (vintage postcard)
CRYSTAL LAKE
World's Finest Natural Fresh Water Beach, Near Ashburn, Fitzgerald, Ocilla, and Tifton, Georgia.
World's Finest Natural Fresh Water Beach, Near Ashburn, Fitzgerald, Ocilla, and Tifton, Georgia.
Final Walkthrough of Turner County Middle/High School
From Meagan:
We did a walk through of the old Turner County Middle/High school before it gets torn down next week and I documented some of the rooms that I frequented when I attended school there in the 90s.
Pictured hopefully in order…
We did a walk through of the old Turner County Middle/High school before it gets torn down next week and I documented some of the rooms that I frequented when I attended school there in the 90s.
Pictured hopefully in order…
Demolition of the old Chicken Delite
Chicken Delite Building on Highway 41 in Ashburn, GA
Train Derailment in Sycamore, GA
From Meagan:
A train derailment occurred in Sycamore, GA, this morning around 7:30. Those of us who live close to the tracks actually heard—and some even felt—all of the commotion. We spoke with several people from the city, the police department,…
A train derailment occurred in Sycamore, GA, this morning around 7:30. Those of us who live close to the tracks actually heard—and some even felt—all of the commotion. We spoke with several people from the city, the police department,…
The Evans House
Location: 420 S Main St., Ashburn, GA This home is known as the Evans House because this two-story Victorian home was built by Ashburn entrepreneur John West Evans (September 27, 1844 – January 16, 1904) and his wife Ella Bohannon Evans (December 27,…
Peacock's Skating Rink Rules
Sign that hung at Peacock’s Skating Rink.
Looking N.E. from Tank, Ashburn, GA
The date of this photo is unknown, but one can estimate that it is after 1908, when the courthouse was built, and before 1914, when the Shingler Building was built since that is missing from the photograph.
Report of the Prison Commission of Georgia - 1907
34 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
The House by the Road Postcard
Vintage postcard of the House by the Road, home and business of Robert Royal Shingler (February 7, 1897 – January 31, 1966) and his wife, Lillian Hughes Shingler (August 22, 1887 – April 15, 1980).
Location: 721 N. Main St. in Ashburn,…
Location: 721 N. Main St. in Ashburn,…
Old Black Joe - The House by the Road (vintage postcard)
GC-1C Photo by Bayard Wootten
"Old Black Joe"
The Gardener at the House by the Road
Ashburn, Georgia
More info about the House by the Road:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2025/06/13/house-by-the-road-751-n-main-st-in-ashburn-ga-c-1919/
"Old Black Joe"
The Gardener at the House by the Road
Ashburn, Georgia
More info about the House by the Road:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2025/06/13/house-by-the-road-751-n-main-st-in-ashburn-ga-c-1919/
WHERE WE ARE STAYING, THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD, U.S. 41, ASHBURN, GEORGIA (vintage postcard)
2X-122
Back info:
STOP IN ASHBURN, GEORGIA
AT THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD
A beautiful Private Estate open to Guests. Extreme North end of Town. Every room has a Private Bath - Electric Fan - Steam Heat with Automatic Stoker Control - Beautyrest…
Back info:
STOP IN ASHBURN, GEORGIA
AT THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD
A beautiful Private Estate open to Guests. Extreme North end of Town. Every room has a Private Bath - Electric Fan - Steam Heat with Automatic Stoker Control - Beautyrest…
Turner County Hospital completed in 1953
Page A-14
# of Beds: 25
Opened: September 1953
Cost: $416,674.00
# of Beds: 25
Opened: September 1953
Cost: $416,674.00
The Georgia guardsman [Vol. 10, no. 1 (Jan., Feb. 1960)]
Roy Wright Hunt, Page 12
Samuel W. Brown
Found in the Georgia and her resources (1928) edition.
417 An old Colonial Southern Home - GREETINGS FROM ASHBURN, GA. (vintage postcard)
OA3052
Script:
Ashburn, Ga. - April 14, 1940
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 &…
Script:
Ashburn, Ga. - April 14, 1940
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 &…
GEORGIALAND - GREETINGS FROM ASHBURN, GA. (vintage postcard)
9A-H104
C.T. Art Colortone
C.T. Art Colortone
Turner County Court House, Ashburn, Ga. (vintage postcard)
7B110-N
"C.T. American Art" Postcard
"C.T. American Art" Postcard
Ray Lloyd TV
This building once held a grocery store, Sycamore Gas, and a TV business.
Second image is a postcard of the same buildings.
Marlyn Wilson Nelson reminisces:
"I got to visit to visit this drugstore a few times. These were special visits for me!…
Second image is a postcard of the same buildings.
Marlyn Wilson Nelson reminisces:
"I got to visit to visit this drugstore a few times. These were special visits for me!…