- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of group of colonists arriving by train, Ware County, Georgia, 1899 Sept. 16 ]
- Date of Original:
- 1899
- Subject:
- Colonists--Georgia--Ware County
Railroad stations--Georgia--Ware County
Railroads--Trains
Railroads--Georgia--Ware County
Women--Georgia--Ware County
Transportation--Georgia--Ware County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Ware County, 31.05363, -82.42368
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Duke, Sept. 16, 1899. Group of colonists arrive by train from Nashville, Tenn. to join colonists at Duke. The name of the colony was later changed to Ruskin.
2003/07/14: Duke was the original name of a communal colony founded by a group from Tennessee in Ware County, Georgia; the community's name was later changed to Ruskin, after the name of English essayist and art critic John Ruskin (1819-1900). - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_war002
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:war002
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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