Former Detroit Tigers Star Ty Cobb and His Long Journey Home To Georgia

                                                                                                          L. Reeder Tucker, Mayor  

       The Georgia Peach arrived on the first Friday of that June 1957. “I will probably have to rent a house in Royston so my things can be received and stored, while I’m building,” said Ty. “I want to be among my own people,”he continued. Ty had come from California by plane to Atlanta and drove immediately to Royston.

       Cobb had just paid Royston  a visit late in 1956. He was on hand to dedicate the Royston Gymnasium on December 1^st. The $75,000 project was voted in by the public and a bond was issued in 55’.

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