A simple flip of the switch these days turns on the lights.
But in many rural areas in Northeast Georgia, electricity is a fairly new phenomenon. Only within the last 70 years or so did electricity become available to residents of some Athens area communities.
That effort and history – and how it reshaped Georgia – is the subject of the year-long “Power to the People! Rural Electrification in Georgia” exhibit at the University of Georgia’s Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies in the UGA Main Library.
Click here to read the full story at the Athens Banner-Herald.