The Story
This cemetery serves the Pine Mountain Valley community in Harris County, a planned settlement begun in 1934 under the New Deal Resettlement Administration. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who spent much of his leisure time nearby at Warm Springs, took a personal interest in the project, which aimed to relocate struggling farm and city families during the Great Depression. The colony operated until 1945, and many of the original valley houses and their descendants remain, with the cemetery a lasting reminder of the experiment in cooperative rural living.
About this site
Roosevelt Memorial Cemetery is a cemetery in Pine Mountain Valley, Harris County. It is one of 54 cemeteries documented in Harris County, among 84 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.7981, -84.8253 near Pine Mountain Valley. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pine Mountain Valley Resettlement Project (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Valley of Hope, Pine Mountain Valley First Baptist Church Cemetery, and Bethlehem Church Cemetery.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This cemetery serves the Pine Mountain Valley community in Harris County, a planned settlement begun in 1934 under the New Deal Resettlement Administration. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who spent much of his leisure time nearby at Warm Springs, took a personal interest in the project, which aimed to relocate struggling farm and city families during the Great Depression. The colony operated until 1945, and many of the original valley houses and their descendants remain, with the cemetery a lasting reminder of the experiment in cooperative rural living.
Sources: georgiahistory.comhmdb.org
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