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 Post subject: Rising Fawn Incorporated today
PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:23 am 
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By an Act of the Legislature on Sept. 15: 1887 Rising Fawn (Dade County)
It was unincorporated later on.
http://www.georgiahistory.com/facts/2611

another interesting fact Rising Fawn had a distillery before prohobition.
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GEORGE W. CURETON
George W. Cureton succeed his father in the operation of the “Cureton Mill” complex. Later he built and operated the “Fox Mountain Distillery” at Rising Fawn and a bonded wholesale warehouse in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The latter operation was liquidated upon passage of the Prohibition Amendment in 1919. ) Proclaimed Jan 19, 1919). The mill complex continued in operation until the mid 1930’s. He also served several terms in both the House of Representatives and the senate of the Georgia Legislature.


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