Handy Community, 1905

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Farmers bring wagonloads of cotton to the cotton gin owned by W. L. Crowder. Handy community was located west of Newnan. There were also a cane mill, sawmill, gristmill, and wheelbarrow factory at this site.

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Handy Community, 1905

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