His wife Rachel was also special... There was something about her character and demeanor that set her apart... Her skill as a field worker, hoeing, picking cotton, or shaking peanuts was legend...Rachel was the one who took me fishing... and taught me... the names of trees and wildflowers, the habits of animals, how to avoid getting lost in the woods and swamps...
Whenever both my mother and father were away from home, I stayed with Jack and Rachel.Perhaps because of this, I felt at ease in the homes of other black families in the neighborhood.My childhood world was really theirs.
Jimmy Carter, 1999
The Clark home originally sat in the curve of the highway to your right. road work in the 1960s moved the house here. Just up the road was the whistle-stop community of Archery, consisting mostly of African-American families.
Some of the people who lived there were employed by Earl Carter to work on his farm.
| HM Number | HM12GF |
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| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, September 4th, 2014 at 1:05pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 742574 N 3546142 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.02546667, -84.43153333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 1.528', W 84° 25.892' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 1' 31.68" N, 84° 25' 53.52" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 229 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 203 Old Plains Hwy, Plains GA 31780, US |
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