Photo Archive

Chattooga’s first fair was a success

A “Happy Days” scene at Trion High School in the 1950s

The smokestack at Riegel in 1952.

Summerville was incorporated in 1877 as shown by this article in the Summerville Gazette

Summerville Fire Department mid 1960s

The first Supreme Oil Gas Station in Summerville, founded by Harvey McCollum

THe Claude Baker Home near Menlo

These mid 1950s majorettes were ready to twirl at the SHS games

For a brief period in the early 60s, a bowling alley was near Trion but burned

Two noted politicians ride in a parade on Summerville

A Holland postmark, the county had many post offices in the early years

Coca Cola makes its way to the county by wagon

Employee badge Trion Glove Mill which employed hundreds of women from 1930s till early 1950s

Inside the lab at the Riegeldale Dairy, circa 1940

Strikers at the Trion Mill 1934

Patriotic Ceremony in Trion Plaza,

Parade time circa 1960 in downtown Summerville

Lyerly was State Basketball Champs in 1940

1950s Summerville icons, State Restaurant, Southern 5 and 10, Montgomery Mill

The Major’s home outside of Menlo