so this is americus

i’m in south georgia. here to train some new folks at our newish call center. i can’t remember the last time i was this far off the beaten trail… or perhaps, just this far off the interstate.

sights seen on the way down this morning: cotton fields, cows, cotton fields, silos, cotton fields, christmas-decorated houses that are overdue for repainting by five years or more. did i mention the cotton fields? and let’s not forget passing by macon state prison, followed almost immediately by the historic site for andersonville — the most notorious of civil war era prisoner of war camps.

this is americus. wherever this is.

December 18, 2003 – 12:11 pm | By Thomas | Posted in Observations | Comments (4)
  • Kathryn

    There’s a very disturbing description of Andersonville in one of my favorite books, “Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the unfinished Civil War”(by Tony Horwitz). I haven’t made it down there to visit, but would like to see the site someday…the happenings there are a fascinating snipet of American history. If you haven’t read the book, I suggest it. It’s an interesting glimpse into the how and why the Civil War is still such a prevalent part of Southern culture. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry… (you know the rest).

  • b.

    I had to go to that area for my great tour of rural Georgia mandated by my boss, its amazing. I got some great pictures on the way up though of cows and tractors, and um, cotton fields.

  • Jo

    Also one of the most haunted areas in GA.

  • Janetta

    It’s also the hideous place where Kalina and I grew up. Do you remember us talking about it? Where the sheriff of the town was the Grand Dragon of the local Klan? When I started 1st grade in 1976, that was the first year they integrated the public schools? Your whole description made me so nostalgic, I just choked up. Oh wait, that could be tear gas . . .