ROLL OUT THE BARRELS - Trees blanketed a large portion of Laurens County’s river lands at the turn of the 20th Century. Industries sprang up to capitalize on the abundance of hardwoods in our area. The Georgia Cooperage Company was established in Dublin in April 1902. The company, based out of Hapeville, Georgia, turned out ten thousand oak barrel staves a day - enough to fashion five hundred barrels for the storage of oil and turpentine.
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