ARCHERY — If you have ever heard the cliché about the size of a community — if you blink, you will miss it — then you have been through the community of Archery. Archery, located in Webster County, though some say it could be a part of Sumter, is so small that you have to be going there with a purpose to know you have been there.
Or so they say.
The community of Archery was made famous as most of Sumter County and Georgia was by the election of native son, Jimmy Carter, as President of the United States.
The community is rural, and located about two miles west of Plains. Carter lived there from age four until he was 18. His father had a farm and a number of sharecroppers as they worked together growing peanuts, cotton, sugar cane, corn and other row crops.
According to history books found in Plains at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, the “Great Depression changed the rural economy and the New Deal initiated programs to combat the economic downturn. Many of those programs were meant to help farmers in conserving their precious topsoil, controlling wildfires, and making their land more productive. Many farmers abandoned marginal cropland and planted pine trees or allowed them to naturally seed to reforest exhausted land. These conservation measures taught the young farm boy early on that the land will take care of the people if they take care of it. Besides the government’s New Deal programs, the influence of the church in teaching the doctrine of stewardship, taking care of God’s gifts, was also a part of Jimmy Carter’s early upbringing. The church, family, and organizations such as the Future Farmers of America helped shape his leadership skills.” (History of Plains)
And it was founded in the community of Archery.
For more stories about Archery, see next week’s edition of this newspaper. If you or someone you know has some Archery stories or little known facts, e-mail becky.holland@gaflnews.com or call 924-2751, ext. 224.
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