Economic Profile of Fort Valley (Peach County), Georgia
Title | Economic Profile of Fort Valley (Peach County), Georgia PDF eBook |
Author | Georgia Institute of Technology. Engineering Experiment Station. Industrial Development Division |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Fort Valley (Ga.) |
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Economic Profile of Peachtree City (Fayette County), Georgia
Title | Economic Profile of Peachtree City (Fayette County), Georgia PDF eBook |
Author | Georgia Institute of Technology. Engineering Experiment Station. Industrial Development Division |
Publisher | |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Peachtree City (Ga.) |
ISBN |
Annual Report of the Economic Development Administration
Title | Annual Report of the Economic Development Administration PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Economic Development Administration |
Publisher | |
Pages | 488 |
Release | |
Genre | Economic assistance, Domestic |
ISBN |
Economic Profile of Vidalia (Toombs County), Georgia
Title | Economic Profile of Vidalia (Toombs County), Georgia PDF eBook |
Author | Georgia Institute of Technology. Engineering Experiment Station. Industrial Development Division |
Publisher | |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Vidalia (Ga.) |
ISBN |
Economic Problems Confronting Small Businesses in Rural Georgia
Title | Economic Problems Confronting Small Businesses in Rural Georgia PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Rural Economy and Family Farming |
Publisher | |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Georgia |
ISBN |
Annual Report
Title | Annual Report PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Economic Development Administration |
Publisher | |
Pages | 472 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Economic assistance, Domestic |
ISBN |
Fort Valley
Title | Fort Valley PDF eBook |
Author | Gilda E. Stanbery |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 129 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0738590894 |
As early as 1822, James Abbington Everett established a trading post at the convergence of Native American trails, which became known as Fort Valley and eventually the world's "Peach Paradise." The 1856 charter established city limits as one mile in each direction from the railroad depot, and large cotton plantations devoted to peaches, asparagus, and pecans lay beyond. By the 1860s, more than 30 percent of Georgia's cotton traveled on rail lines through Fort Valley. During the Civil War, there were multiple Buckner and Gamble field hospitals, as well as temporary ones in what are now Fort Valley's historic homes and structures. The development of the Elberta peach, the refrigerated railroad car, hydro-cooling, and rail connections to transport fragile peaches combined to make Fort Valley the peach-growing center of the South. People prospered, and thousands celebrated the peach at the Peach Blossom Festivals of the 1920s. Fort Valley became home to the Blue Bird Body Co., Wanderlodge, the American Camellia Society, and Fort Valley State University. Motorists traveling on the Old Dixie Highway, Andersonville Trail, Presidential Parkway, or the Golden Isles Parkway are still treated to the warm hospitality of Fort Valley.