Watkinsville: From the Collection of Bobby Gordon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781467129220)

The city of Watkinsville was founded in 1801. By 1819, there were two churches, two hotels, three stores, and a score of dwellings. The arrival of the Central of Georgia Railway in 1888 and the fact that Watkinsville is the county seat helped the city grow. By 1940, the population was 558. The community had grown to include two more churches, a high school, a radio shop, a hardware store, a gas station, a café, several general stores, a beauty shop, and a drugstore with a soda fountain. The photographs in this book are part of the Bobby Gordon Collection and were taken during the late 1930s and early 1940s. Robert Sydney Gordon was born on August 19, 1923. As a teenager, he became interested in photography and obtained a used camera. He grew up in Watkinsville, graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in business administration, and served during World War II as a radio operator with the 106th Cavalry.

Author: Margaret Peggy Sommer,Hugh Gordon
ISBN-10: 1467129224
ISBN-13: 9781467129220
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 01/14/2019
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.40w x 0.20d