Perry’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Perry. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Founded in 1823 as Wattsville, the town was located near the center of Houston County and served as its courthouse. The name was soon changed to honor Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, a hero of the War of 1812. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the town on December 9, 1824. The original city limit was a circle, one mile in diameter, except where bounded on the north by Big Indian Creek.
Antebellum industry in Perry included gristmills, sawmills, and cotton gins. The Houston Home Journal began publishing in 1870. Cotton was the most significant commodity crop in the 20th century.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Perry’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Perry’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewRoad sign near Perry, Georgia, 1936: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Perry
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Perry, decade by decade
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1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Road sign near Perry, Georgia (1936) and it appears here side by side.
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From Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.