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This collection includes the scrapbooks and meeting minutes that document the activities of the Archibald Bulloch Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1964 to 2021. The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, correspondence, event and activity information, genealogical information of Revolutionary War veterans, and local history. The minutes detail Chapter meetings from 1964-2016, though the minutes from September 1984-May 1996 are missing.

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"The Second Night's Stop": Effects Of U.S. Highway 301, Tourism, And Interstate 95 Upon Statesboro, Georgia, 1950-1975, David T. Martin Jan 1997

"The Second Night's Stop": Effects Of U.S. Highway 301, Tourism, And Interstate 95 Upon Statesboro, Georgia, 1950-1975, David T. Martin

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

The history of the automobile is a vital part of the history of the twentieth century United States The automobile began to significantly reshape America following the second World War. The construction of the enormous National Interstate and Defense Highway System assured the dominance of personally-owned automobile as the mode of transportation in the United States. Improved highways made far-flung suburban communities possible and the 41,000 miles of Interstate highway traversing our nation and entering our metropolitan areas assured crowded city streets and time-consuming traffic jams.

What however, has the Interstate system done to the rural areas of our nation? …

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Leroy Hodge Dec 1996