Rentz Family

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Members of the Rentz family stand outside their home in Statenville, the seat of Echols County, in the late nineteenth century. The economy of the area, still predominantly rural, has relied on agriculture and forestry throughout its history.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, #
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