Eatonton GA, home of Uncle Remus and many other stories

Eatonton is a city in and county seat of Putnam County, Georgia. It was named after William Eaton, an officer and diplomat involved in the First Barbary War. Eatonton was founded in 1807 as the seat of newly formed Putnam County. After the war, settlers were moving west and settling in the upland Piedmont region to develop cotton plantations. The city is the birthplace of several noted writers, such as Joel Chandler Harris (journalist and author of the Uncle Remus stories), 19th century poet Louise Prudden Hunt (Mrs. B. W. Hunt), Henry Grady Weaver, author of The Mainspring of Human Progress, and Alice Walker, author of the novel The Color Purple and other fiction. We found it to be a wonderful little town that is very proud of its history, come along with us as we walk through this tidbit of history!