On these fields, Earl Carter raised the cash crops that sustained his family and neighbors, mixing cotton, corn, peanuts, sugar cane, and sweet potatoes. He boiled cane into his own syrup, sold at his commissary.
Cash Crops
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Cash Crops is a historical marker in Plains, Sumter County. It is one of 37 historical markers documented in Sumter County, among 91 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.0260, -84.4323 near Plains. The nearest cataloged historic site is Never Far from Home (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Legacy of an Outdoor Childhood, Catch the Mules, and Tennis Court.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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