He was also looking at other areas in the meantime. He began spending time in Cornelia some 30 miles northwest of Royston. It was only several miles from the Narrows in Banks County where he was born. His cousin, on his mother’s side, lived there and probably help him locate the perfect place for Ty to build on and to “fit in.”
“Welcome To Royston, Home Of Baseball’s Immortal – TY COBB.”
The sign that has been erected by the Royston-Franklin Springs chamber of commerce shortly before July 1961 has stood at all directions leading into this city of about 2,500.
The purpose of Mr. Cobb’s last visit to Royston was to see the signs which he then, after a short visit in Royston, return to Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital where he would continue his treatment for all his ailments.
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