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Soperton...The
History Of Treutlen County
The late James Lawton, publisher and
editor of The Soperton News from 1940 to 1953, once
wrote a column extolling the virtues of Treutlen County:
"When someone speaks of his home and says,"
'This is where I live,' he is more probably expressing
the pride of knowing that his house stands where only
bare earth stood before, that is a monument to his
thrift, to his independence and to all the other things
that give him self-respect in his community."
This "bare earth" that Lawton spoke of is
the setting for the story of how this land came to
be called Treutlen County.
The links
to the left are in the order in which this document
was written. The author (Alice Elizabeth Sumner) suggests
that the reader begin with The First Settlers
and carry through to The Ongoing Evolution to
prevent the story content from losing its continuity.
Should you get lost, click the history link
on the content pages, and you will return to your
starting point.
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