A Pictorial History of Lamar County, Georgia
Since the first settlers arrived in the early 1820s, the area now known as Lamar County has been admired for its charm and personality. It is an area rich with opportunity, culture and commerce, mixed with country charm and appeal.
A Pictorial History of Lamar County, Georgia features hundreds of rare and never-before published photographs of this quiet community from the 19th century through modern times, including businesses, people and families, agriculture, schools and churches, and much more. Every community and militia district are pictured, and provide a glimpse of how things have changed over the years, and yet how much remains the same.
Read A Pictorial History of Lamar County, Georgia and learn why thousands Georgians call it home. It is a community rich with history, a place to raise a family and a place to earn a living. Welcome to Lamar County!
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Book details
- Author
- Shanna English
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local
- Topics
- Georgia history · local history · historical photographs · small town life · communities and neighborhoods · churches and schools · agriculture
- ISBN-13
- 9781596521087 (Hardcover)9781681624037 (Paperback)
About the author
SHANNA M. ENGLISH is the curator and director of the Old Jail Museum and Archives in Barnesville, Georgia, a branch of the Barnesville-Lamar County Historical Society. She is the author of A Pictorial History of Lamar County, Georgia.
English holds her position at the museum, which is housed in the former Lamar County Jail building behind the Lamar County Courthouse and focuses on local history and genealogical research for the Lamar County area.
When she’s not writing, English maintains the collections and resources of the Old Jail Museum and Archives. Her work in local history extends to contributing historical narratives about Barnesville to the City of Barnesville’s official website.