The public well was one of the most important gathering places in Georgia’s earliest towns and villages, as access to clean drinking water was a necessity and infrastructure was non-existent when forests were cleared for settlement. Though this well is dated to 1780, the well itself and the well house have obviously been updated over the years. Nonetheless, it’s an important place in the history of Culloden.
Culloden Historic District, National Register of Historic Place
I remember the days of public wells – 40’s and 50’s. Most people were still using outhouses and some didn’t have electricity in rural areas. Farming, logging and fishing were major industries at that time. How things change in one lifetime!