The headquarters building with the flags of 50 states fluttering in front is an eye-catcher. So is the fighter jet pointing skyward on a pedestal in the foreground. Just up the highway, the airplanes, hangars and a sizeable flight line come into view.
Without reading a sign, travelers can easily decide the large fenced area on [...]
Named after James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, Monroe County is one of the fastest-growing counties in the Midstate area, allowing residents to enjoy a laid-back rural lifestyle without sacrificing the amenities of the big city. Bisected by Interstate 75, Monroe is an easy one-hour drive to Atlanta and its international airport [...]
More than 200 years ago, Jones County got off to a promising start. Established in December 1807, the county was named after Savannah attorney and U.S. Congressman James Jones. The town of Clinton, established in 1809, was the first county seat and soon became a bustling town full of eager pioneers. The houses close to [...]
In 1941 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took possession of farmland next to the railroad stop of Wellston to build Robins Field. The new military depot was named after Gen. Augustine Warner Robins. Wellston was renamed and incorporated as the city of Warner Robins on March 5, 1943. The new city grew rapidly as [...]
Bibb County is the center of Georgia. Geographically, it lies between the mountains of the north and the cotton fields of the south. Spiritually, it’s situated between the bustle of Atlanta and the serenity of a front porch in some rural hamlet.
Bibb County is easy to reach and easy to relate to. People have been [...]
There is not a fort in Fort Valley. Fort Valley’s name still remains a mystery. Some theorize that when the town was founded in the 1820s the name was intended to be “Fox Valley,” but post office officials in Washington, D.C., misread the handwriting. Another explanation is that James Everett, one of Fort Valley’s founders, [...]
Dublin, the Laurens County seat, may have been the smallest town ever created. The legal description reads: “The incorporation shall extend to and include all the inhabitants living within 250 yards of Broad Street and within 400 yards of the Court House.”
It did not remain small, however. The establishment of five railroads and the construction [...]
On Oct. 2, 1912, The Cochran Journal ran a bold banner headline announcing, “Bleckley County: Glorious Reality.” The community’s two-year fight to establish its own county was finally realized.
The Georgia Legislature had voted to limit the number of counties to 145 in 1904, and had already reached the limit only a few years later. Forming [...]
