Peach County

Download or read book Peach County written by Marilyn Neisler Windham and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1997-05-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peach County: The Worlds Peach Paradise is a delightful visual history that features a newly discovered and quite remarkable photographic collection and brings to life one of the most formative periods in Peach Countys history. The 1920s were a magical time in Peach County, Georgia. For one day every year from 1922 to 1926 a Greek-style event in fairy-tale fashionthe Peach Blossom Festival, the precursor of the Georgia Peach Festivalwas held in honor of the peach in the county seat. The peach was of tremendous importance to the economy and people of Peach County, and when Fort Valley decided in 1922 to host the first Peach Blossom Festival and to invite the world, the world responded. Thousands came for the festivals, which were said to rival Mardi Gras and Californias Rose Festival, and which even attracted the attention of National Geographic and Hollywood movie studios.