[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 49 (Monday, May 1, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S3798]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          ADDITIONAL STATEMENT

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                     TRIBUTE TO BERRIEN COUNTY, GA

 Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I rise today to honor in the 
Record the 150th Anniversary of Berrien County, GA.
  Berrien County was created in 1856 from Coffee, Irwin and Lowndes 
counties. It was named for a great Georgian, John McPherson Berrien, a 
U.S. Senator who also served as President Andrew Jackson's Attorney 
General. From the area labeled on early Georgia maps simply as ``Pine 
Barrens,'' because of its vast acreage of pine trees, Berrien County 
has become one of the top agriculture-producing counties in Georgia and 
the Southeast. Known as the ``Bell Pepper Capital of the World,'' 
Berrien County farmers also have made significant contributions in the 
production of cotton, corn, peanuts, livestock, and especially tobacco.
  During the summer when the tobacco markets opened, hundreds of 
families would come to the county seat of Nashville to market their 
crop and, in turn, purchase much needed items from area businesses with 
the money earned from that year's crop. Nashville has two historic 
buildings on the National Register of Historic Places--the old jail and 
the Berrien County Courthouse.
  In addition to Nashville, Berrien County includes the great towns of 
Alapaha, Ray City, and Enigma.
  It gives me a great deal of pleasure, and it is a privilege to 
recognize on the floor of the U.S. Senate, the contributions of Berrien 
County to the State of Georgia. I congratulate this great county on its 
150th anniversary. 

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