Where is uncle remus museum

Just three years later Harris watched as the troops of General William Tecumseh Sherman looted Eatonton as they passed through on their March to the Sea. The South he had known was forever changed. Using the skills he had learned under Turner, Harris set off on a newspaper career.

Harris quickly established a reputation as a voice of the New South. In his writings he urged Southerners to rebuild from the Civil War and crusaded against the racial violence fostered by the abuses of Reconstruction.

Harris is best remembered, however, for his Uncle Remus stories. Contrary to the beliefs of some modern writers, these were based not just on African American folktales, but on Native American fables as well. He absorbed the foundations of these tales from elderly story tellers who often weaved such stories around the slave cabins of the Turnwald Plantation nine miles east of Eatonton.

He later repeated versions of these stories to his own children and is first thought to have shared the character of "Uncle Remus" in print in Uncle Remus, of course, was based on the story tellers he had known in his youth.

The character first attained literary note on the pages of the July 20, , issue of the Atlanta Constitution in which Harris published "The Story of Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Fox as Told by Uncle Remus. A slightly different version of the story, in fact, is still told among Native American families in the South today. Joel Chander Harris went on to publish nine volumes of Uncle Remus stories, saving untold generations of Southern folklore that otherwise likely would have been lost to the passage of time.

He lived until , heavily influencing such writers as William Faulkner and Mark Twain. Harris is remembered in Georgia as a crusader for civil rights in the years following the Reconstruction era. Visit www. The Uncle Remus Museum is located three blocks south of the courthouse on U. Made from two original slave cabins, the museum artwork, wood carvings and artifacts associated with Joel Chandler Harris and the Uncle Remus stories.

A fireplace surrounded by mementos of the era occupy one end of the cabin. Evidences of the close affectionate relationship between the old man and his little friend are scattered about the fireside. Articles are authentic as to time and are mentioned in the stories. First editions of many of Mr. Harris' works and numerous articles of interest occupy a counter near the center of the museum. Uncle Remus books and souvenirs can be purchased.

Turner Park, site of the museum, has been acquired by the organization. The museum is open daily 10 - 5. Closed one hour for lunch. Sunday hours are from 2 - 5. Closed Tuesdays from November through March. Possum loves Peace How Mr. Rabbit was too sharp for Mr. Fox The Story of the Deluge, and how it came about Mr. Rabbit grossly deceives Mr. Fox Mr. Fox is again victimized Mr. Buzzard Miss Cow falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit Mr. Terrapin appears upon the Scene Mr.

Wolf makes a Failure.