Tag: Plains

President Carter was someone who the South could be proud to call its own. He embodied the best qualities of the region while rejecting those that held us back as a country and as a people. He was curious, introspective, and like all good Southerners, stubborn as hell.

Pump the brakes for these larger-than-life Southern landmarks.

A largely rural expanse extending from the peaks of the Pine Mountain Range to the farmlands of Plains, west Georgia is known for its pine forests, pecan groves, and peanut fields. It’s also linked to two American presidents with deep ties to this land. The personal histories of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter are central to the story of the region, so much so that the area is known as Presidential Pathways.

The weekend after Jimmy Carter's cancer diagnosis announcement, 1,300 people arrived for Sunday school. “It was a shock,” says Plains Trading Post owner Philip Kurland. “It was busier than the Plains Peanut Festival, which normally is the most busy weekend in Plains. We have had no slow season this year.”