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IMAGES OF OUR PAST- BREEZIN' THE FREEZE = THE TASTEE FREEZE - NORTH JEFFERSON ST., DUBLIN, GA. OPENED 1962 CLOSE 1978

IMAGES OF OUR PAST - JOHNSONCANA - GUMLOG BAPTIST CHURCH - KITE, GA. CA. 1920?

IMAGES OF OUR PAST - FRIENDLY GUS - I-16 AND U.S. HWY 441 SOUTH, DUBLIN, GA. OPENED JULY 1979 BY GUS LADSON AND BEN COCHRAN

IMAGES OF OUR PAST - LAURENSCANA - DEXTER BANKING COMPANY - DEXTER, GA. CIRCA 1904

IMAGES OF OUR PAST- JOHNSONCANA - SCOTT SCHOOL, SCOTT, GA. 1920

IMAGES OF OUR PAST - MYRICK'S MILL, BIG SANDY CREEK, TWIGGS COUNTY, GEORGIA

IMAGES OF OUR PAST - LAURENSCANA - OATTS DRUGS - SE CORNER OF WEST JACKSON AND SOUTH LAWRENCE, DUBLIN, GA. CA. 1972

IMAGES OF OUR PAST - LADIES BOWLING NIGHT - EAST JACKSON ST., DUBLIN, GA. CA. 1966

IMAGES OF OUR PAST - LAURENSCANA - THE ELANMA - CENTRAL DRIVE, EAST DUBLIN, FOUNDED NOV. 1960

IMAGES OF OUR PAST - LAURENSCANA - FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANK, BREWTON, GA. CA. 1930.

IMAGAGES OFOUR PAST - LAURENSCANA - STUBBS PARK, DUBLIN, 1917 - DESIGNED BY P.J. BRERKMANS AND LOUIS BERCKMANS LANDSCAPE ARTHCITEC OF AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF COURSE

IMAGES OF OUR PAST - SWEAT'S BARBECUE - ORLAND, GA, TREUTLEN CO., INTERSTATE 16 AND GA. HWY 78

IMAGES OF OUR PAST - LAURENSCANA - AI RESTORED PHOTOS OF BROWNING WESLEYEAN METHODIST CHURCH, RENTZ. GA.

IMAGES OF OUR PAST - LAURENSCANA - FIRST PERMANENT BRIDGE OVER THE OCONEE RIVER IN DUBLIN - COMPLETED JULY 1891

PIECES OF OUR PAST - COLONEL JOHN LAURENS, NAMESAKE OF LAURENS COUNTY, GEORGIA

IMAGES OF OUR PAST - THE COURTHOUSE POND, 1963, DUBLIN, GA. - IT WAS THE SUMMER OF 1963 - THE LAURENS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, COMPLETED IN 1896, WAS GONE. A MODERN COURTHOUSE WAS RISING OUT OF THE ANCENT DIRT. COUNTY ATTORNEY DALE THOMPSON AND SUPERIOR COURT CLERK BRANTLEY NEW HAD GROWN TIRED OF A COUPLE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOASTING ABOUT A RECENT FISHING TRIP WHEN THEY CAUGHT A BIG MESS OF FISH. THOMPSON AND NEW, 5TH COUSINS AND PRACTICAL JOKERS AS WELL, HIRED A MAN TO RETRIEVE AN EVEN DOZEN LIVING CATFISH. UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS, THE FISHERMAN TO DUMP HIS CATCH INTO THE BASE OF FOUNDATION. SUMMER RAINS DUMPED ABOUT A FOOT OF RAIN INTO THE HOLE. THE COUNTY HIRED JAMES PERRY, A MULTI TALENTED CONTRACTOR TO PUMP OUT THE RAIN WATER. AS THE HOLE WAS ALMOST EMPTY, PERRY AND HIS HANDS NOTICED THE UNUSUAL SIZED CATCHFISH.

IMAGES OF OUR PAST - LAURENSCANA - GETHESEMANE METHODIST CHURCH - THE OLDEST SURVIVING METHODIST CHURCH IN LAURENS COUNTY