All About the Festivals

Georgia JugFest and Old Knoxville Days are sponsored by the

Roberta-Crawford County Chamber of Commerce
rcccoc@pstel.net www.robertacrawfordchamber.org/ 478.836.3825

and the Crawford County Historical Society
crawfordhistoricalsoc@yahoo.com www.crawfordcountyhistoricalsociety.org/ 478.836.3252

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The combined Georgia JugFest and Old Knoxville Days festivals celebrate the Middle Georgia folk pottery tradition.

Crawford County was a major pottery center in the 1800s and into the 1930s. “Jug makers” from the Long, Merritt, Becham, Averett, Yaughn, Marshall, Bryant, Pyles, and other families shipped their churns, storage jars, jugs, bowls, pitchers, chicken waterers and ant traps all over the Southeast. The county’s clay is still prized today by folk and studio potters.

The Crawford County’s Historical Society’s festival proceeds will be used for development of the Old Courthouse Cultural Center which will include the Middle Georgia Folk Pottery Museum.

Proceeds from Chamber of Commerce activities are used for community and economic development. The Chamber is partially funded through the Development Authority of Crawford County.

Please join us in thanking the sponsors who make the festival possible:

2010 SPONSORS

Follow this link to see how you can show your support
by becoming a Georgia JugFest Old Knoxville Days sponsor

2009 Sponsors

Atlantic Southern Bank        Tri-Sport Towing      Public Service Telephone

Goddard-McLeighton Funeral Home      CM Wood Products     Mincey and Mincey         Flint Energies     Roberta Drugs     Mid Georgia Ambulance Robin Dunaway      Dent Rental Properties     Brannen Motor Co.
Crawford Counseling Center     Big Chick

Auctioneer, Daniel Auction Co. Exhibit Curator, Pat Keller

2009 Exhibit and Kiln Firing Contributors: Shelby and Charlie B. West, Brett Mitchell, Jim Wilcox,
Bill Babb, Bill Lindsey, Pete and Jackie Marshall, Bryant Pyles, Ronnie Payne, Josh Curtis

Tri-Sport Towing