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“The Farm Was Our Own: Memories of the Irwinville Farms Project”– A Short...
<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/90821868″>The Farm Was Our Own: Memories of the Irwinville Farms Project</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user26571688″>Erin O'Quinn</a> on...
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Crystal Lake, Irwin County
Historically known as Bone Pond, Crystal Lake was, at least from the late 1930s until its closure, a wildly popular rural recreation spot. It was originally known as Bone Pond, for Willis Bone, who...
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Alapaha River Scrublands, Irwin County
Much of the land surrounding the upper reaches of the Alapaha River is characterized by sandy soils, dunes and scrub oaks. They’re most often encountered by hunters and fishermen but they’re a...
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Griffin-Bradford Monument, 1976, Lax
Set amongst stately old oaks and pines, this monument was placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1976 to honor the memory of two of Irwin County’s pioneer settlers and veterans of the...
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Abandoned Church, Lax
This was last used by an African-American congregation. I am searching my archives for an older photograph which shows the sign, which is now gone.
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Abandoned Farmhouse, Daisy Road
This was among the first houses I photographed in Irwin County, nearly eight years ago when Vanishing South Georgia was just a concept. It was derelict then, but now simply awaits its certain fate....
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Ocilla Truck Stop, Circa 1960
This postcard from my collection dates to around 1960. I regret I never photographed this place, which was demolished some time before 2006.
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Crystal Lake, Irwin County
Due to the overwhelming response of my first post about Crystal Lake a couple of months ago, I’m sharing these outtakes to round out the July 4th holiday weekend. I think it’s an appropriate tie-in...
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Holt Grocery
I take this place for granted since I see it almost every time I visit my home in Fitzgerald, but it’s a real landmark. If you’re in the area, drive down the hill from Holt toward Ocilla on Georgia...
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Volkswagen & Country Store, Mystic
I’ve photographed this old country store and the Volkswagens often parked nearby since the earliest days of Vanishing South Georgia. This photograph is from my archives, dating to circa 2010.
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Crystal Lake, Irwin County
These photographs are from a postcard dating to the late 1980s and show Crystal Lake at the height of its popularity. Cutoff denim shorts were a common sight on the beach at the time. The lake was...
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Whitley Cemetery Road, Irwin County
Places like this are one of the greatest things about life in the rural South.
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150th Anniversary of the Capture of Jefferson Davis, Irwinville
Jane Tucker Gentry has made it her personal mission to keep Jefferson Davis Historic Site alive and well. She’s been able to do this despite a general lack of interest by most local politicians. I...
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Henry Land’s Grocery, Lands Crossing
November 2008 The photograph above has come to be my favorite of the many I’ve made of Henry Land’s Grocery over the years. My earliest photographs of the store were made when the Coca-Cola sign was...
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Shotgun House, Irwin County
This house is being deconstructed. Below is a view from seven years ago. For years, it’s been a landmark in my travels around home.
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Valiant Defenders, Mystic
A few years ago, when I was photographing this old Valiant and the house nearby, these dogs came up to check me out. They turned out to be very friendly.
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Mystic High School, 1928
Grier & Biggers, Architects – McCowan Brothers, Builders G. Morgan Copland was the first Principal. Members of the Board of Trustees were: J. B. Morgan, Chairman; John M. Willis,...
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Sunrise Over Cotton Field, Irwin County
This was made between Holt and Lax, on Holt Road, one of the most scenic drives in Irwin County.
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Lieutenant R. W. Clements House, Irwinville
Built after the Civil War (likely 1870s) by 1st Lieutenant Reuben Walton Clements (1836-1899), this plantation house remains one of Irwinville’s most prominent landmarks. Clements was commissioned 1st...
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