A short history of Pulaski
The community was founded in 1900 as a railroad town, and in 1905 the Georgia General Assembly incorporated Pulaski as a town. The town was named for Count Casimir Pulaski, a Polish American Revolutionary War hero.
The town developed initially with a hotel and several stores. The Central of Georgia Railway Company connected the community to Savannah and Dublin. Around the turn of the 19th century, early resident Leonard Franklin built the Pulaski Hotel. He built additional buildings on his surrounding property. He donated a portion of his property to the Black Community for the construction of building that doubled as a school and Prince Hall Freemasonry lodge space. By 1924, the town's largest employer was the turpentine distillery.
In 1948, Pulaski was Candler County's second largest town (second to Metter) and dealt in the shipping and trading industries. The schools systems at this time within Candler County were segregated.
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