Voices of The Past – Petersburg Boat Captain

Saturday, February 11th || 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 p.m. || Augusta Museum of History 

Voices of the Past is a series of character monologues that brings to life the stories of ordinary and extraordinary people from the Augusta area performed by local actors. Visitors are invited to travel back in time through interactive, personal stories of local historical figures. The character of the Petersburg Boat Pilot, is based on oral histories provided by Elberton, Georgia resident, Mr. ‘Buck’ Balchin, about his grandfather, James Henry Balchin, who from the mid-nineteenth century until 1900, crewed and piloted cotton boats from Petersburg to Augusta.

Free with Museum admission

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