Ledbetter discusses popular West Point history page
Published 9:00 am Tuesday, September 26, 2023
WEST POINT — At Thursday’s noon hour meeting of the West Point Rotary Club, Jerry Ledbetter talked about the Historic West Point and the Chattahoochee Valley Facebook page he and Eddie Lanier run. Its purpose is to honor local history by highlighting historic structures, people and events. Ledbetter is a city council member in West Point and pastor of the West Point Presbyterian Church.
Lanier is well-versed in the area’s textile history and is retired after a long career with WestPoint Pepperell and its successor companies.
The Facebook page has been immensely popular with the public. Last month, it received over two million views.
“The problem when you have that many is that at least one percent of them will be completely insane,” he said. “We have a filter to knock off some people. The amazing thing is that it changes every day. We have so many people looking at it.”
Ledbetter said he would discuss some glimpses of the past he and Lanier have come across since they have been doing the page. One of the best sources of information they have come across is William Davidson’s “Pine Log & Greek Revival.” Published in 1964, this book covers the historic homes and notable people in Troup and Harris County, Georgia and Chambers County, Alabama. It’s very hard to find a copy of it today, and those that are for sale go for at least $500 a copy. Local libraries have copies of it in case anyone wants to look up something in it. Ledbetter said he has a good friend who loans him their copy when he’s looking for information about historic homes and prominent people of the past in the…
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