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Roads and immigration reshape Jasper and Butts counties
A traveler’s December journey from Indian Spring to Monticello highlights the need for better roads and more settlers. He notes superior rail advances, warns about old orchards, and urges rapid roadwork to boost commerce, labor, and moral prospects across Butts and neighboring Jasper counties. He praises Athens and the University of Georgia network and cites local industry and immigration as key growth drivers.
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Raveler
Butts County
Bibb Ty
On Spring
Monticello
Ocmulgee River
Ticello
Butts
Jasper
R. F. Osley
Damascus
Eople
Indian Spring
Ocmulgee
Col. Jordan
Dr. Kendall
Jackson
Pepperton Mills