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Marion County GaArchives News.....Buena Vista April 23 1886
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The Marion County Patriot
The Marion County Patriot, No. 17
Friday, April 23, 1886
Page One

Buena Vista

Buena Vista is the county seat of Marion County, Georgia, situated at the
terminus of the Buena Vista and Ellaville railroad, 87 miles a little southeast
of Macon by railroad, 28 miles from Americus, 20 miles from Geneva and 35 miles
from Columbus by wagon road. The town is situated on the pinnacle of a very
high point, said by some to be 150 feet higher than Talbotton, with no local
causes for malarial disease, which makes it a most healthy and pleasant place
of residence. The literal meaning of the words Buena Vista is “beautiful
view.” Standing at the courthouse and viewing the surrounding landscapes
reminds one forcibly of a view to be had from “Little Round Top” on the
battlefields at Gettysburg – in fact it looks more like North Georgia than the
southwestern part. The town had a population of 600 in 1880, but since the
railroad has been completed it has increased to perhaps 1,000. The people are
clever and hospitable, and are refined and intelligent. There are five
churches in town – three for the white and two for the colored people. The
school facilities are very fine, with always a large attendance, among whom are
many from a distance.

Marion County was named after General Francis Marion, and laid out from
Muscogee and Lee in 1827. The length is about 41 miles and the breadth about
30 miles. Its population is about 10,000, and is nearly equally divided
between white and colored. There is a great variety in the soil. In some
parts the land is red and stiff, but the most of it is loose, sandy soil and
very productive. It rates very high as a agricultural county, and the people
are intelligent and well-to-do, making most agreeable citizens. It is one of
the finest sections of Georgia, raising a great variety of agricultural and
horticultural products, combining all fruits, grain and vegetables of the
temperate and semi-tropical zones – corn, wheat, rye, oats, rice, Irish
potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, chufas, cotton, peas, sugar cane, apples,
pears, peaches, plums and other fruits. The climate is mild and equable, and
very healthy, the air being dry and pure and most beneficial for throat and
lung diseases.

Anyone wishing a pleasant place to live, free from malarial affections, with
good people, good society, excellent schools and pure water, could not make a
better selection than Buena Vista or Marion County.



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