Watts pulled out and headed to Oklahoma full-time with his Mid-South brand that would morph into the UWA before its eventual demise at the hands of national expansions. West Virginia (Wheeling, Bluefield, Huntington) 1/16/50 1/17/67 Noah was the only Bainbridge wrestler to compete while the tournament was an open invitation to all [] USA gave McMahon another time slot when WWF Prime Time Wrestling, a similar program to the WWF's TBS program that aired on Monday nights and was a forerunner to the current Monday Night Raw, debuted early in 1985. 4/4/70 1/20/69 All of the NWA National Titles that were active in GCW went on to see time in JCP and the later World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in one capacity or another. [Photo: Mervyn George Bishop/Fairfax Media]Barnett stayed in Australia for the next decade until he got the call to return to Georgia in 1974. Well discuss one of the most prolific territories to have ever opened its doors on the way. WRESTLING STARS - PAUL ELLERING VOLS 1-3 - PRO WRESTLING (#185720955946). The new television deal would be one of Gunkel's last decisions. 1/29/59 8/26/58 The oldest city in Georgia and a strategic port city in the American Revolution, Savannah was the last city occupied by the British before they sailed back home in 1782. 1/24/69 Georgia Championship Wrestling is mostly remembered for its glory days from the 70s through the mid-80s as the likes of Jake Roberts, Ted DiBiase, The Hollywood Blonds (Rip Rogers & Ted Oates), Randy Savage, Dusty Rhodes and Harley Race were regularly featured in the promotion on WTBS in Atlanta. In the Summer of 1984, McMahon began a correspondence with Barnett in an attempt to buy his portion of GCW. Ohio (Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Marion, Stoobenville, Canton), MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS: The last World Championship Wrestling program under GCW control aired on July 7, 1984. 7/28/44 10/21/55 When Georgia Championship Wrestlings local television carrier, WTCG Channel 17 (later renamed WTBS) was broadcast nationally via satellite beginning on December 17, 1976, it became cable TVs first superstation and the NWAs Georgia promotion was poised to become the first wrestling program with nationwide coverage since the days of the Dumont network in the 1950s. 9/4/57 The Omni would become synonymous with WCW wrestling in later years. 1/2/68 The following year, in addition to the cable contract and his nationally syndicated offerings (WWF Championship Wrestling and WWF All-Star Wrestling), McMahon expanded further by premiering Tuesday Night Titans on USA. Jack Brisco and Gerald Brisco had major stakes in the organization while Ole Anderson was head booker and was basically in charge of operations. [4] Turner himself was angered by the sinking ratings and made two decisions that would fix the ratings problem. Along with the squash matches, Miller did interviews with many of the WWF stars, mainly to promote the upcoming, inaugural WrestleMania I. Later in 1984, McMahon decided that, as part of his continued expansion, the WWF needed a second national cable outlet for its weekly programming. $15.99. 10/7/55 1/26/61 In return McMahon received GCW's television time slots on WTBS, which McMahon then claimed for his WWF, which was in the midst of expanding into a national promotion. The exact length of several title reigns are uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. 1/10/57 1/7/69 1/14/55 Along with these matches, Miller did interviews with many of the WWF stars, mainly to promote the first WrestleMania card. Following Black Saturday, Ole sued Barnett and tried to continue with his own Championship Wrestling from Georgia. There's only you, and your opponent of equal weight and size. 4/25/70 This failed to last, and JCP took over everything that was GCW when Crockett bought out the contract from Vince in late 1984, as McMahon was trying to pool all his resources for WrestleMania I. 10/14/55 2/1/70 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), GCA Cougars baseball seeing progress in 2023 under new coach, GCA Cougars basketball defeats Fullington before falling to RTCA in final seconds, Bearcats track programs set to kickoff 2023 Larry Clark Invitational, GCA Lady Cougars basketball looking ahead as 2023 season comes to a close. 3/10/44 It can be purchased here:https://www.usawmembership.com/login. 2/7/70 12/8/61 No matter how hard they tried, the might of Vince McMahon would not be stymied from reeling in everything he could, and Georgia Championship Wrestling would be no exception. free shipping. 12/23/68 Its only a five-hour drive up I-95 from our last stop, Championship Wrestling in Florida, so lets get going. John Walker was born in the midst of the Turbulent Thirties in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. They captured their first tag titles in November 1968 and held them a record ten times over the next four years. Savannah, Georgia is steeped in U.S. history as much as it is the wrestling business. Tributes: Remembering Some of the World's Greatest Wrestlers, "End of an era on TBS Solie, Georgia and 'Black Saturday', "Full List Of WWE Network Additions (07/12/2018): Historic WWE Network Hidden Gem, Smackdown, and More! 4/17/55 4/7/70 3/21/70 Buddy Fuller and Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods gave El Mongol his best matches, but he managed to capture the title ten times in that stretch of time. Upon receiving the news that Titan Sports had purchased the promotion and its valued time slot on TBS, Ole Anderson temporarily blocked McMahon by obtaining a restraining order against Titan and he hoped that the court system would find the forced buyout to be unlawful. 11/22/63 4/11/70 Barnett saw this as an opportunity to go beyond the confines of just his home base of Atlanta to get his product into any cable market in the country. Additionally, in September of 1982, the name of the promotions highly-rated TV program was officially changed to World Championship Wrestling. As the NWA tried to broaden its scope and unify the territories, instead of seeing them bought out by the McMahon machine, many titles were absorbed and ceased to exist, as weve learned so far. GCW's core audience began writing and calling TBS in droves,[3] furious over the fact that GCW was no longer airing on the station and demanding to know why. 2/7/57 11/18/55 It was considered a power-brokering move by Barnett to secure his tight hold on the NWA office during that time. Black Inventors Online Museum While that may only be a story, it always tells the truth if you follow the money. 3/17/44 By using this site, you agree to the legal terms set out in ourDisclaimer, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclosure. As a result of its far-reaching television program as well as its newly expanded territory, the decision was made to rename the promotions major championships and the Georgia Heavyweight title became the National Heavyweight title, as did the Georgia Tag Team and TV titles. Many of the NWA's regional promoters were unhappy, but Barnett claimed since he was only using Georgia-based wrestlers, that there was no harm. It opened the door for more nationalization of contracts and the shuffling of top-tier talents between the existing NWA promotions. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DOUBLE BRACKET IN A NOVICE TOURNAMENT. View cart for details. According to Ric Flair in his autobiography To Be the Man, The Road Warriors were offered $5,000 to injure the Brisco brothers during a tag team match by an unnamed, disgruntled source. 6/8/10U-7:00 - 7:30AM - Wrestling will start at 8:00AM. 8/21/57 The two main titles in the promotion in those days were the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship and the Tag Team Championships, both of which got their starts in the early 50s. Dating back to the 1920s, professional wrestling has enjoyed a long and rich history with the city of Atlanta. 7/18/60 document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The Top Ten in All Areas of Pro Wrestling, The Longest Running Pro Wrestling Columnist, Dave Meltzer, Mike Mooneyham, Steve Yohe, Tim Hornbaker, Greg Oliver, Bill Apter, Karl Stern, Scott Teal, wrestlingclassics.com, wwe.com, kayfabememories.com, wrestling-titles.com, The Lapsed Fan podcast, 6:05 Superpodcast, Great Black Heroes 4/22/70 4/8/70 1/21/69 There's no doubt about it, wrestling tops the list of intense, highly-competitive sports. 6/24/55 Parade Of Champions By 1980, Georgia mainstays like Dusty Rhodes, Mr. Wrestling II, Tommy Wildfire Rich, The Masked Superstar, Tony Atlas, Austin Idol, Ole Anderson, Wahoo McDaniel and many others were genuine national wrestling celebrities due to the fact that Georgia Championship Wrestling had become cable TVs first legitimate hit show. 1/2/69 10/2/57 2/20/70 This was considered heresy in the wrestling world and probably did Vince more harm than good over the decade and a half that followed. 1/25/69 Wrestlers can not be addedafterregistrationcloses. 1/31/67 Ann Gunkel decided to start her own promotion outside of the National Wrestling Alliance, which she named the "All-South Wrestling Alliance.". 1/6/61 12/9/66 4/8/70 A respected member of the National Wrestling Alliance for the vast majority of his three decades as a promoter, his ABC Booking company was one of the most successful regional wrestling companies of the era and, not excluding the normal fluctuations in attendance that were a part of the promotional business, that success continued through to the early 1970s when ABC Booking became Mid South Sports, Inc. and Georgia Championship Wrestling was born. 1/5/62 The final champion was Angelo Mosca and the title was eventually abandoned after 1979. 2/28/70 12/6/53 A+++ Thank you again!!! 1/30/61 Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! 3/3/70 One worked under the mask, while the other lit the territory up like wildfire. 1/7/57 ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_Saturday_(professional_wrestling)&oldid=1117413106, TBS (American TV channel) original programming, Mass media-related controversies in the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 21 October 2022, at 16:07. 1/20/50 2/28/67 On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Rich defeated Harley Race for the NWA Heavyweight Championship in April of 1981, only to lose the title back to Race four days later. 10/31/67 The Grahams worked there for a bit, and Eddie managed to get a piece of the promotion as well. The NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship was a sought-after belt from its inception in the territory, but it was the man from Mexico known as El Mongol that really made the title his for the taking throughout the 60s and as far up as 1972. 1/25/70 11/16/56 9/16/57 8/20/59 6/25/48 2/23/70 The WWF show on TBS was a ratings disaster from the start. Lots of Buzz Sawyer though, for the people that like him.Match listing:Buzz . In 1983, WWF owner Vince McMahon, who promoted the cartoonish gimmicks that GCW fans were not traditionally supportive of and who in recent months had begun to expand his promotion nationwide, took control of the other major cable television contract at the time when he purchased Southwest Championship Wrestling's Sunday morning USA Network time slot for his All American Wrestling program. 3/20/67 9/13/56 Tommy Rich was born in the Volunteer State of Tennessee at the height of the 1956 summer. However, the story of its heyday really begins in 1944, with the first cards held by promoter Paul Jones. The team of Gene and Lars Anderson originated the Minnesota Wrecking Crew back in 1966. He first started as the tag partner to the original Mr. Wrestling but would eventually take the character full-time once Tim Woods moved on to work the Mid-Atlantic territory. 7/28/60 2/2/70 3/16/70 9/16/60 The changing of hands and promotional banners that Georgia Championship Wrestling went through in the early 70s leaves its history somewhat clouded during that time. This does not mean by any chance, though, that those divisions cooled down. On April 27's main event, Arn Anderson wrestled Thunderbolt Patterson to a no contest in the Columbus Municipal Auditorium, then CWG disappeared. He's been a wrestling fan since the late '70s and a journeyman writer for the past decade. World Titles World Heavyweight Title World Junior Heavyweight Title World Women's Title World Tag Team Title World Television Title After it was merged into the NWA World and subsequently the NWA National Television Title, the duo of Ron Garvin and Bob Roop battled back and forth for the belt. 1/1/68 3/16/70 Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. 1/27/69 The first was the differences in tastes between fanbases of different geographical regions. 1/23/50 While Barnett is scapegoated with the demise of GCW, when he sold his shares to McMahon, it allowed the WWF to run its product in the venerated 6:05 time slot on TBS. 4/18/70 Finally, on March 2, 1985, the WWF changed the name of their program to WWF Georgia Championship Wrestling and began airing in-studio squash matches co-hosted by ring announcer Miller and play-by-play commentator Gorilla Monsoon. 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Following a 1962 scandal that involved film star Rock Hudson and accusations of homosexual improprieties with some of Barnetts wrestlers, the promoter began to sell off shares and stockholdings he had in several ventures across the country. Another great transaction from this seller! 13/9/54 5/6/66 Learn more: 11 Unforgettable Wrestling Moments at The Omni. 9/30/55 1/29/70 11/26/56 5/19/44 The promotion underwent some big changes in 1972. 4/27/63 , 8/14/50 1/21/55 However, the combination of a restructured front office, a talented new booker in Jerry Jarrett (and, later, Bill Watts) and a great deal of support from the NWA enabled the Atlanta office to eventually overcome the serious challenge that was posed by Ann Gunkels All-South Wrestling Alliance and regain its position as the dominant promotion in the lucrative Georgia market. Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Inactive promotion in the Americas region Overview News and Rumors Articles Events Event Statistics Results Titles All-Time Roster Matchguide Win/Loss Records Promos Tournaments Rivalries Books Ratings Comments Year: All-Time Roster Displaying items 1 to 117 of total 117 items that match the search parameters. All wrestlers report to the awards area immediately following their medal match. Georgia Championship Wrestling has roots in Atlanta dating back to 1944. 9/17/68 DVD $8.00 Buy It Now +$3.60 shipping 5 watchers Sponsored GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING HOUSE SHOWS 1981-82 PRO WRESTLING DVD (W-992) He ended his time in Georgia with a series of matches against Ted DiBiase, where he lost his title and began wrestling under the mask against DiBiase as Mr. R. Tommy wrapped up his time in GCW in 1984 before he headed on to Memphis. 1/18/70 It was a regular stop-off for the NWA Champion, but they maintained their own set of NWA-branded Georgia championships. IF YOU DOUBLE BRACKET YOU WILL NOT BE REFUNDED. In the shakeup that occurred following the death of his top star (and minority owner in ABC Booking) Ray Gunkel, Jones company went into an unforeseen tailspin that took some time to recover from. Another great transaction from this seller! 12/30/60 1/9/70 The shortest reigning champion was Hiro Matsuda, whose first and only reign lasted 21 days. 1/21/57 12/16/55 The NWA Georgia Tag Team Championships also saw their origin in the late 60s. 1982 Has no April or July. Noah, who was accompanied by his family, entered the tournament as an individual through USA Wrestling certification.The Georgia Freshman State Championship exists to give college coaches and high school coaches a glimpse of what is to come skillswise in wrestling. 8/14/57 6/23/61 Barnett then joined Vince McMahon as the Vice President of the World Wrestling Federation, a move that would come back to haunt his former booker. Jim Oates (19801984) 3/7/53 Jones was so infirmed by this time (he died in 1988) that Gunkel effectively ran the promotion. 4/28/70 I don't exactly know the dates for these things, so they'll just go up in parts. McMahon also guaranteed jobs with the WWF for the Briscos; Jerry Brisco remained with WWF/WWE before suffering three strokes in 2009. Pro Wrestling Stories - Your daily source of nostalgia and a peek behind the curtain wall of wrestlings past! 4/2/70 3/27/67 7/20/61 , 1/7/55 4/8/55 Mid-South Championship Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida and Jim Crockett Promotions were all homes to Jackson at various points in the 80s. 1/21/69 In 2001, the WWF gained the rights to Crockett's library of GCW/WCW/NWA matches and shows, augmenting the WWE Tape Library through its purchase of assets and trademarks belonging to the now-defunct WCW (now a legal entity called WCW, Inc.). Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Inactive promotion in the Americas region Overview News and Rumors Articles Events Event Statistics Results Titles All-Time Roster Matchguide Win/Loss Records Promos Tournaments Rivalries Books Ratings Comments Results Displaying items 1 to 100 of total 2063 items that match the search parameters. Mr. Wrestling II worked as a singles and tag competitor during his time at Georgia Championship Wrestling, but two of his opponents really moved that promotion into the 80s and stood out among the many who worked there. 1/10/69 1/1/65 3/9/70 4/13/70 He brawled his way through the Georgia heavyweight division, capturing the title four times during his time there, and he unified his belt with the newly formed NWA National Heavyweight Championship in September 1981. 10/7/55 When WTCG became distributed via satellite in 1976, the renamed Georgia Championship Wrestling became the first television program produced by an NWA-affiliated promotion to be broadcast nationally. [2] In time, the show was renamed WCW Saturday Night, reflecting an overhauled look and a new home studio-arena at the CNN Center. 2/21/67 12/29/62 3/22/70 Promoter and businessman, Grady Odum acquired the rights to Georgia Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s. 2/25/44 4/15/44 Pennsylvania (Johnstown, Scranton, Erie, Reading, Altoona, Harrisburg) 10/15/57 Fast shipping! 3/9/70 No pads or helmets or jerseys. The past wrestling season Noah transferred in from Ohio to begin the season and finish with a near flawless record losing only once during the middle school and high school season. Event Name: All wrestlers report to the awards area immediately following their medal match. 7/21/61 While The Torres Brothers and The Vachons went to war in the fall of that year, there was another powerhouse that was about to get the titles in their grasp. Wrestling is perhaps the purest form of athletic competition to exist in the realm of organized sports. 12/9/57 Though he had a tough time getting his product out there as easily as he thought, things began to pick up swiftly. The second half, however, ushered in such promotional notables as Ray Gunkle, Jim Barnett, and Paul Jones, who made Georgia Championship Wrestling, Inc. (a member of the National Wrestling Alliance) a household term throughout the state via television. 4/7/70 World Championship Wrestling was a program featuring the "rasslin'" style of wrestling, that emphasized a more athletic product and put less emphasis on cartoonish gimmicks. 3/3/66 Jim Barnett quickly saw the marketability in Rich and christened him "Wildfire" Tommy Rich due to his ability to captivate and pop a crowd. 2/4/57 7/16/63 Nick Bockwinkel and Thunderbolt Patterson both held the title three times in the 70s, with Bob Armstrong holding it twice in those years as well. Est 3:30PM Finalist Ceremonies and Finals for 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th place matches - -State Championship ONLY - - Novice Championship will run straight through the finals. 4/6/70 1/4/69 5/18/67 3/20/69 4/17/64 Then, only a month later, in a match where they defeated NWA National Tag Team Champions Robert Fuller and Stan Frazier, better known for his time in the WWF as Uncle Elmer, The Freebirds unified the NWA and Georgia Tag Titles. 7/15/53 While still a shareholder in the company, Paul Jones was, by this point, a silent partner and the day-to-day operations of the promotion were primarily handled by the Chief Executive Officer of Mid South Sports, James E. Barnett and his booker, Ole Anderson. 4/4/70 The only other national cable deal available at the moment was the one GCW had with WTBS; if McMahon was able to acquire this time slot, he would control all nationally televised professional wrestling in the United States. legends of wrestling - pedro morales vols 1-10 - pro wrestling. Georgia Television title (1969-1979) In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling renamed its weekly program World Championship Wrestling, a name the entire promotion would grow to be identified by. 5/10/63 2/9/70 Paul Jones (1944-1984) 1/23/70 10/14/58 4/21/70 3/3/44 Firstly, it started promoting matches at the then-brand-new Omni Coliseum. 1/14/57 After a falling out there, Ole was booted out of the faction, and he returned to Georgia Championship Wrestling. In 1955, Barnett leveraged his way into the Chicago promotion and bought into the NWA franchise. Austin Idol is still in the aftermath of breaking Tommy Rich's leg plus other great moments from that day at TBS Studios 1/1/69 Georgia Wrestling Announcer Freddie Miller Introducing Vince McMahon, That did not turn out to be the case and on July 11, 1984, Titan Sports officially took legal control of Georgia Championship Wrestling, Inc. and its two weekend time slots on Ted Turners Superstation. 2/10/61 4/8/70 7/27/50 In April 1985, shows began being co-promoted with Jim Crockett Promotions. 4/29/70 Noah competed at the 170 lbs weight class and was the eventual Georgia State Freshman Champion. The WWF's style of wrestling sharply differed from that of GCW, with the WWF featuring cartoonish characters and storylines and squash matches and GCW featuring more athletic competition. 3/12/70 Before he left GCW, Rich also feuded with the newly arrived Road Warriors. 4/23/70 GCW moved its weekly live shows to the new venue, and it held wrestling events there over the next 25 years. 1/27/70 1/28/70 3/12/65 2/14/67 Georgia Championship Wrestling's first weekly television series had premiered on then-WTCG in 1972 when station owner Ted Turner purchased the rights to air the program from station WQXI. 7/18/56 2/12/70 Despite his setback with regard to the TBS time slot, McMahon's USA Network contract and syndicated programming were not affected in any way. 2/18/70 9/16/70 However, once he paired with Renesto, the team of The Assassins tore through the Southern and Southeastern wrestling area and left no prisoners in their wake. The promotion was affiliated with what had been the world's top sanctioning body of championship titles for decades before, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and ran live wrestling shows throughout its geographic "territory" of Georgia. 1/16/67 It was launched under the ABC Booking company run by Paul Jones (not to be confused with Paul Frederik, who was later given the name), a former wrestler who went by the name of Andrew Lutzi. This left Ole out in the financial cold with his drawls in the breeze. 2/6/59 1/17/57 4/28/70 3/18/70 11/6/57 Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Inactive promotion in the Americas region. This was in direct violation of a promise McMahon had made at the time of the purchase to provide original programming for TBS,[1] including having shows taped at the TBS studios. 1/28/57 Georgia Championship Wrestling has roots in Atlanta dating back to 1944. Jim Barnett also worked for JCP for a short time as well. 3/31/70 2/6/70 Turner's decision to give time slots to Bill Watts and Ole Anderson indirectly led to other wrestling organizations gaining national cable television contracts. 8/7/61 , 1/31/58 7/14/58 No one was safe, and no quarter was given when the Wrecking Crew hit the ring. He held the Georgia Tag titles with Tarzan Tyler for a short time, but it was short-lived as the Torres and Vachon families battled for the straps for most of 1968. 11/19/57 3/19/70 1/1/68 1/2/59 , 1/9/50 Vince McMahon is a very ambitious individual. Jack Brisco and Gerald Brisco had major stakes in the organization while Ole Anderson was head booker and was basically in charge of operations. 7/4/66 GCW also expanded its reach into Ohio and Michigan; wrestling returned to Dayton, Ohio in January 1983 after a lay-off of no wrestling in Dayton for five years. 2/1/69 According to Ric Flair in his book To Be The Man, Ole vowed revenge, and he even attempted to pay the Road Warriors to cripple The Briscos in a tag match over the NWA National Tag Titles in Georgia. This helps us provide free content for you to enjoy! It looked like Ann had Mid-South against the ropes, but it was an audible call by Watts to bring in outside help that would finally help him win the insurrection. 4/20/70 4/28/70 , 1/3/57 He was 80 years old. 4/25/70 , 1/2/61 2/23/70 Given the programs nationwide reach, it was soon common to see performers who were not normally associated with Georgia to come into the territory for short stints in order to benefit from the exposure that WTBS and Georgia Championship Wrestling afforded them, men like AWA legend The Crusher, Texas Kevin Von Erich, Calgarys Bret Hart, Mid Atlantics Ric Flair, Roddy Piper and Greg Valentine and even WWF Heavyweight champion Bob Backlund. 1/14/70 Yes this is some of the most legendary of all Georgia Championship Wrestling television with the angle in full and all the promos in the aftermath from every. Secondly, Southerners resented the symbolism of a "Yankee" company coming down from the North and "taking over" their wrestling. Ole Anderson (1980-1984) Well see you here next time and never forget: Our wrestling history is gold. 7/17/57 Though many teams like Buddy Fuller and Ray Gunkel managed to wrangle the belts away from them on a few occasions, The Assassins always seemed to get them back in short order. Noah Stutler, a 8th grade wrestler for Bainbridge Middle School and also a Junior Varsity starter for the Bainbridge High School wrestling team competed at the Georgia All Freshman State Competition yesterday in Atlanta. 4/30/57 Thank you for keeping up with us in this series as we delve into the history of the wrestling territories. The show featured wrestling matches, plus melodramatic monologues and inter-character confrontationssimilar to the programming offered by other territories, including the Northeast-based World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). 3/31/70 6/16/44 Awards ceremonies will take place by weight-class as each weight class iscompleted. Word began to spread between workers who lived on the East Coast and out to California that Georgia was one of the places to get over and make some money.
