Irwin County Pride and the Fitzgerald Colony Town
Irwin County’s strong loyal population propelled growth and prosperity. The article traces Fitzgerald’s colony town origin from 1818, the Georgia venture to attract Union veterans, stock shares, and the “shack town” nickname, through 1899 depression to renewed growth and current wealth.
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Irwin County
Fitzgerald
Pines
Edward Young Clarke
Irwin
Jared Irwin
Goma
Nérthen
Georgia
United States
Northen
Stack Company
Frtegerad
Tron
Thomas Wilson
Messrs
James «. Knapp
James Radcliff
Ira Warner
James E. Leverett
G. M. Hooker
Drew W. Faulk
J. B. Seanoir
J. A Justis
James W. McDonald
Harvest old times and new ways in Georgia fields
An elderly writer reflects on harvest life, era shifts, and the rise of threshing engines in Georgia. He recalls girls aiding fields, partridge nests, and social change from farm life to modern professions, contrasting past simplicity with current progress and pondering Lincoln and Davis era views.
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Brown
Georgia
Brown's
Niagara
Sarge Plunkett
Lincoln
Davis
Plorida Times-Union
Miaslia
Confeder
United Les
Mr. Davis
Tan
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