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Bulloch History: What does Bamboo, Henry Ford and Savannah Avenue have in Common?

Thanks to McCook's Pharmacy for making the replay of the Bulloch Tid Bit's available on Grice Connect.  I will battle invasive bamboo on my property at 315 Savannah Avenue until I die. It was planted by Dr. RJH DeLoach and Henry Ford. This was during WWI and they were experimenting with a rubber replacement. The Vagabonds, including, Ford, Thomas Edison and John Burroughs, visited Statesboro and Savannah Avenue. This is fabulous, forgotten history of our town.

Thanks to McCook's Pharmacy for making the replay of the Bulloch Tidbits available on Grice Connect. 

I will battle invasive bamboo on my property at 315 Savannah Avenue until I die. It was planted by Dr. RJH DeLoach and Henry Ford. This was during WWI and they were experimenting with a rubber replacement. Who were the Vagabonds? The Vagabonds, including, Ford, Thomas Edison and John Burroughs, visited Statesboro and Savannah Avenue. This is fabulous, forgotten history of our town.

Bulloch Tidbits are a weekly feature written and narrated by the Bulloch County Historical Society (BCHS) Executive Director Virginia Anne Franklin Waters.  Each week Virginia Anne takes Grice Connect readers onto a historical journey back in time saluting the people and places that have make Statesboro and Bulloch a wonderful place to call home.

Bulloch Tidbits on Grice Connect are made possible thanks to the generous support of McCook's Pharmacy a locally owned pharmacy located at 23630 US-80 in Statesboro. 

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