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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