Old Pinetucky was outside Augusta. It was acquired by the government to make Fort Gordon military installation. They "bought" the land from the folks, and even hired many of them during the depression as they were building Camp Gordon. There is a story about it in the book, but it is too long to put in here, and too sad. Fort Gordon in Georgia now sits where Old Pinetucky was originally. The government paid about $20.00 an acre, which in 1941 was a lot of money. They had to hurry up and build the camp to train soldiers to fight in WWII. Many people signed over their property without a second guess because they knew the country was in trouble and of course the money too. There were some wealthy people, i.e. Boardmans, who had some valuable property which they got more money. Most of the people had owned the land since before the CW. One lady said as they were leaving, the construction people were tearing down her home right behind them. Camp Gordon had 3 service clubs, a sports arena, 12 chapels a service station, waterworks, sewage disposal plant, bakery, and laundry. a 730 bed hospital was soon to come. All of this in October 1941, and it officiall opened 12/9/1941. Old Pinetucky is now only a memory on paper, since most all those who lived there are now gone. Fort Gordon had a 50 year reunion in 1989 and the oldest person there who had resided in Old Pinetucky, was 91 years old. It is a very sad story to read, yet a very brave one because these folks were as patriotic as they were poor, so it helped both. Margaret Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. -- Lenny Bruce _________________________________________________________________ Chat privately with Bon Jovi, Seal, Bow Wow, or Mary J Blige using MSN Messenger! http://www5.msnmessenger-download.com/imastar/default.aspx