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Monday, June 22, 2009 11:37 AM

A closer look: Garnett

By The Herald Staff

Garnett, in Anderson County, was named in honor of W.A. Garnett, who was a prominent citizen of Louisville, Ky.

He financed the colony and bought a flour mill and saw mill for the new town. George W. Cooper organized a group of men to create a town company consisting of himself, Garnett, R.B. Hall, George Dunn and Theodore Harris.

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