Collection: Pine Mountain Valley Project | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Scope and Contents

This photocopied material was gathered as background material for a research project by Nick Marino. It focuses on the history and development of the Georgia Pine Mountain Valley Rural Community Corporation from the 1930s and 1940s.

Dates

Creation: 1930s-1940

Biographical / Historical

The Pine Mountain Valley Rural Community was founded on February 4, 1935 with the purchase of land comprising 13,000 acres and was made possible by aid from the Federal Government. The original settlers numbered 17 and quickly grew to 1,000 by 1938. The history of how the Community was created can be found in the PMV Echo, vol 3, no 47 (November 1938) in this folder.