Echoes from the Valley steps back into history to relive the storied past of one of Georgia's most unique cities - Fort Valley, U.S.A. True stories from the Valley include: The 1920s Peach Festivals in the Peach Capital of the World... The railroad comes to the Valley... the inspiring story of Blue Bird Body Company... The birth of Fort Valley State University... Henry Alexander Hunt's dream... founding of Fort Valley, Byron, Powersville, and creation of Peach County... History of Everett Square... unforgettable establishments and historic landmarks... Fistfight at Bay Creek... Newsprint and Bookshelves... Historic Churches... Sports Heroes and State Championship teams... World Wars I and II veterans... AND the shocking murders that reveal the dark side of this seemingly peaceful community: the savage slaying of Denise Murray Allison, whose unknown murderer walks among us; the man hanged, and buried north to south; the saga of Nimord Jackson, who was buried alive; and other stories that tell of a small Middle Georgia community that has known its share of triumph and tragedy... It all happened in Fort Valley, Georgia, a small town like a thousand others...