TAYLOR COUNTY, GA - HISTORY  Reynolds

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The Butler Herald
Tuesday, June 20, 1911
Page Two


Reynolds


Reynolds is a thriving town of Southwest Georgia in
Taylor County, on a direct line of the Central of
Georgia Railroad, between Macon and Columbus. It is
located on a hill about four hundred and fifty feet
above the sea level, and is surrounded by a very
fertile and prolific farming section. The country
around Reynolds is generally level.  The land is a
dark gray with a deep red subsoil, and is adapted to
almost any kind of farming.


Just out of the incorporate limits of the town is the
famous farm of the late Gen. John B. Gordon.  This
farm is very beautiful and produces fine crops of
cotton, corn, etc., besides a large number of cattle
and horses. However, this is only one of the numerous
fine farms of this section.


Reynolds was founded in 1853, and was named for John
Reynolds, one of Georgia’s famous governors.  Since
that date it has continually grown year after year,
until now it has a population of over 1,200.


Nature has painted a beautiful picture for Reynolds.
The streets are shaded by original oaks.  There is a
beautiful park of these trees in the center of the
town, planted there by nature’s hand.


The driveways are hard and level; the air is
wholesome; the climate is excellent, neither severe in
winter, nor excessively warm in summer, and a more
healthful place could not be found.


In fact, Reynolds is the most beautiful town of its
size in Georgia. Reynolds is also a manufacturing
town, having a large cotton factory, giving employment
to four hundred operatives; two large guano factories,
a canning factory, and a factory for the making of
doors, windows and other materials for house building.


There are three banks, which contribute to the wealth
of the town, and a great aid to the farmers.


Reynolds markets every year seven or eight thousand
bales of cotton; one hundred and twenty five cars of
peaches and a vast amount of corn, peas, syrup and
sweet potatoes.