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Visit West Georgia, Fall 2016
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although it was named after the
port town of Bremen in Germany,
residents will quickly tell you
that the name of the place is pro-
nounced Bree-man.
Before the railroad came through
here, this place was called
Wolf
Pen
, but a German immigrant
and merchant named
Ernest G.
Kramer
wanted it named after
the German city. Bremen is home
to several unique places to shop,
eat and lodge, but it is a highly
important center of west Georgia
history, because it was here that
several textile plants transformed
the economics of the entire area.
The West Georgia Textile
Museum
at 126 Hamilton Ave.,
serves as both a reminder of that
textile heritage and as a venue for
corporate meetings, art exhibi-
tions and other events.
While in Bremen, you may be
interested in dropping by the
Mill
Town Music Hall
at 1031 Ala-
bama Ave. Not only is this one of
the region’s premier stages for
musicians of every stripe, it is also
home to a collection of awards by
e of the
ain Gold
Hollywood star and
glamour queen Su-
san Hayward made
Carrollton her home
in the early 1960s
and is buried here.