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This is the fall line.

You've probably never heard of Tennell, Georgia. That's not surprising. It's not a big town.

It's the midpoint between Atlanta and Savannah, situated in Washington County. The area was,

and still is, a central point in the Georgia Railway system. So central that during the Civil War,

Sherman made sure to destroy it. According to the town's website, he quote,

he did and twisted the rails until they were useless. One thing Washington County is known for

is its chalk mines. The county seat, Sandersville, is just three miles from Tennell,

and Sandersville is famous in its own way. Not for anything flashy, of course,

but rather for its industry. It's known as the Kaelin Capital of the World. That's another

way of saying Georgia white clay. The Illumina silicate that, as the town website proclaims,

is quote, used in hundreds of products ranging from paper to cosmetics to the nose cones of rockets.

That Kaelin employs many residents in Tennell and Sandersville and other nearby towns.

Washington County falls in what's called the white gold belt. Quote, 13 counties along the

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