PEEK'S CROSSING

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Title

PEEK'S CROSSING

Subject

Peek's Crossing

Description

This photo shows Peek's Crossing, one of several train "whistle stops" located throughout Coweta County. Train passengers waved the trains to a stop at the little stations. World War II soldiers remember boarding the train at Peek's Crossing as the left the communities of Turin and Standing Rock for service in the Army. Mildred Brown Mann is picture neat the Peek's Crossing Station, which was located directly across the road from what is now East Coweta High School.

Publisher

Newnan Times-Herald

Contributor

Willene Brown Hill

Rights

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright law. Permission for use must be cleared through the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society. Licensing agreement may be required.

Identifier

CCR 1987.12.17

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Original Format

Photograph

Files

87.12.17.jpg
Date Added
December 3, 2016
Collection
Coweta County Remembered
Item Type
Still Image
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Citation
“PEEK'S CROSSING,” Newnan-Coweta History Center, accessed March 29, 2024, https://newnancowetahistoricalsociety.omeka.net/items/show/271.