- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Bobby Brown State Park
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Parks--Georgia--Elbert County
Trees--Georgia--Elbert County
Canoes--Georgia--Elbert County
Lakes--Georgia--Elbert County
J. Strom Thurmond Lake (Ga. and S.C.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Elbert County, 34.11679, -82.8401
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- One of two major recreational parks in Elbert County, Bobby Brown State Park marks the site of the old town of Petersburg, which is under the waters of Clarks Hill Lake.
Photograph of a scene from Bobby Brown State Park, which is located at Clarks Hill Lake (also known as J. Strom Thurmond Lake). Faded red canoes sit by the shore of the lake.
This park marks the site where the town of Petersburg, Georgia used to be, before it was covered by the lake in the 1950s. A stand of trees grows on the shore of the lake. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/petersburg/m-2159/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia
Photograph by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/petersburg
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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