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Published on: 10/10/2007
Last Visited: 10/10/2007
MOULTRIE - Ed Jackson of the University of Georgia initially met with some resistance to his effort to promote historical tourism in Colquitt County.
"They said, 'How can we have historical tourism when nothing has ever happened here?'" Jackson related to the Moultrie-Colquitt County Chamber of Commerce Wednesday.
Jackson said as an outsider, he found the county filled with places of historic significance, and he thinks there may be still more he hasn't found yet.He hopes people who know of such places will contact him.
"Do you know a house that's over 50 years old that should be on this?"he asked."Do you know an old cemetery?"
Jackson, under the auspices of the chamber of commerce, has compiled a list of historic sites in the county and is combining them into several tours grouped by subject or location.There's a walking tour of downtown Moultrie, a driving tour, a tour of historic sites within an hour's drive, a tour of cemeteries (great for genealogy buffs, he said), a tour of monuments and memorials, and more.He is beginning work with the aid of Moultrie City Councilman George Walker on a tour of African-American historic sites in the area.
Some of the tours are already available on the Internet.Jackson demonstrated two at the chamber meeting Wednesday.
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Anyone with suggestions for Jackson's inventory of local historic places can reach him at his office, (706) 542-6245, or by e-mail at jackson@cviog.uga.edu.