| Powder Springs Contributor(s): Hannon, Lauretta (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738517232 ISBN-13: 9780738517230 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: The City of Powder Springs, Georgia, was originally incorporated as Springville in 1838 in the lands of two Cherokee Indian chiefs. The town's name was changed to Powder Springs in 1859, and it has known many roles since then: resort and health spa, Civil War encampment, railroad town, and agricultural center. Past residents include a lively cast of characters including Confederate spies, businessmen, school children, ladies of leisure, ministers, and moonshiners. Celebrating the everyday folk as well as the gentry, the photographs within this volume--depicting families, churches, sports teams, and downtown businesses--reveal a close-knit town of hard-working, spirited individuals. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 975.824 |
| LCCN: 2004111164 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.62" W x 9.16" (0.79 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Locality - Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Publisher Description: The City of Powder Springs, Georgia, was originally incorporated as Springville in 1838 in the lands of two Cherokee Indian chiefs. The town s name was changed to Powder Springs in 1859, and it has known many roles since then: resort and health spa, Civil War encampment, railroad town, and agricultural center. Past residents include a lively cast of characters including Confederate spies, businessmen, school children, ladies of leisure, ministers, and moonshiners. Celebrating the everyday folk as well as the gentry, the photographs within this volume depicting families, churches, sports teams, and downtown businesses reveal a close-knit town of hard-working." |
Contributor Bio(s): Hannon, Lauretta: - Author Lauretta Hannon, a member of the Seven Springs Historical Society and Museum, has captured dozens of national publication awards and is a storyteller on Georgia Public Radio. In Images of America: Powder Springs she combines photographs, drawings, and postcards from the collections of the Seven Springs Historical Society and Museum and the Georgia Archives with unforgettable and little-known stories about the community, from the Union siege of 1864 to the late 1960s. |