- Collection:
- Warner Robins Heritage Society Oral History Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Jim Miles
- Creator:
- Miles, Jim
- Contributor to Resource:
- Chalout, Mike
- Publisher:
- Warner Robins Heritage Society Oral History Project, Houston County Public Library System
- Date of Original:
- 2012/2015
- Subject:
- Houston County (Ga.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Wool industry--Georgia--Houston County
Oliver, Thaddeus, 1826-1864
Historic sites--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Houston County, Warner Robins, 32.61574, -83.62664
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Description:
- Jim Miles is introduced -- Miles discusses how the Civil War effected the Houston County area -- Miles tells about Jefferson Davis' stay in Houston County -- Miles talks about local luminaries who made significant contributions to the war effort -- Miles talks about a woolen factory used for the war -- Miles discusses what life was like in the area during the Civil War -- Miles describes the Jefferson Davis Heritage Trail -- Miles gives the most important event that happened in the area during the war -- Miles discusses why Jefferson Davis took the path that he did through Houston County -- Miles discusses how the locals treated Jefferson Davis by the end of the war -- Miles tells Thaddeus Oliver's story
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/hlp_wroh_miles001
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/wroh/id:miles001
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 interview : 19:37 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Warner Robins Heritage Society Oral History Project, Houston County Public Library System
- Holding Institution:
- Houston County Public Library System
- Rights:
