PLANT AVENUE, WAYCROSS, WARE COUNTY, GEORGIA

The Atlantic and Gulf Railroad had expanded its service from the Little Satilla River at Screven, Georgia, to the Flint River, where steamboats continued further South with wares.

Henry Bradley Plant, from Connecticut, was a superintendent with the Adams Express Company, and had lived in the South for several years before the War. He lived in Europe from 1863 to 1865, when he returned South as the President of the Southern Express Company. He purchased the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad and reorganized as the Savannah, Florida, and Western in 1879. In 1881, "Waycross became one of the most important railroad centers in the South."

Plant Avenue was nanmed for Mr.Henry Bradley Plant.

Contributed by Barbara Walker Winge.

404 GILMORE STREET,
WARE COUNTY, GEORGIA

The address is 404 Gilmore Street, Waycross, GA. The house was built about 1898. It was a very large house, filled with antique furniture. It is the house of Willie Boyd, who married Fredrick Bibb, then Calvin Parker.

During World War II, Mrs. Parker used the house as a boarding house for men stationed at the Waycross Air Base. The business card above, is one of her business cards for that time period.

She was a charter member of the Central Baptist Church in Waycross. Her first husband was Fredrick W. Bibb. He died 24 Jun 1901 and left her with a small daughter, Christine. Christine was the genealogist.

Willie's second husband was Calvin W. Parker who had an elected office in the Georgia State Government.

WATER WORKS STATION, WARE COUNTY, GEORGIA

LEGION PARK, Waycross, Ware County, Georgia

Legion Park is in the heart of Waycross proper where the ways cross. The old water tower is known as "Stand Pipe," a landmark in South Georgia. Monuments to the dead soldiers of the various wars lay at its feet.

UNION STATION, WARE COUNTY, GEORGIA

Contributed by Barbara Walker Winge.

VIEW OF MARY STREET,
WAYCROSS, WARE COUNTY, GA

 FEAGLE FURNITURE CO

[Note the lady with a parasol looking into the window of the store]

ROSENTAL

[The lady out front might be a clerk watching for customers.]

KRESS

This store was in this location for many years.

[Note the boys �hanging out� in front with their bikes.]

BENTON�S

This was the H. J. Benton & Company, No. 6 Mary St.

Dry Goods, Notions, and Shoes were the main stocked

Items for this �fastest growing store in South Georgia.�

DRUGS
Contributed by Barbara Walker Winge.