Bent Tree advertisement,1970 Georgia vs Clemson game program (note – Georgia won the game that year, 38 to 0):
Bent Tree ad in football program (September 26, 1970)
Flashback to 1970
Category Archives: Bent Tree History
Flashback to 1974 – A New Convenience
I’ve posted this before, but the new Waste Management center brought it to mind again:
Before the Walk Bridge
Bent Tree spillway circa 1990
circa 1990 – no bridge at the spillway in Bent Tree
Flashback to 1982
Touching up signs in Bent Tree
Holiday Flashback to December 1979
Here’s what was happening in Bent Tree 40 years ago:
December 1979 in Bent Tree
49 Years Ago – Flashback to November 1970
Bent Tree advertisement from November 1970
36 Years Ago, the Property Owners Gained Control
Note – as you read this post, you can click on the links (yellow text) for additional Bent Tree corporate history. And, since today is Veterans Day, click here for a 2017 post about the visionary behind the Bent Tree dream.
Thirty-six years ago, a settlement agreement was reached between Bent Tree Corporation (not the same as BTCI) and Bent Tree Property Owners Association, Inc. The amenities/common properties were turned over to the property owners, under a management arrangement on November 1, 1983 and the actual transfer of ownership to the property owners occurred later that month. Bent Tree Community, Inc. was established by BTPOA to own and operate the facilities on behalf of the Bent Tree property owners. The following quote is from the November 1983 Echo (the first Echo published by BTCI instead of by Bent Tree Country Club):
from November 1983 Echo
50 Years Ago This Month
On October 30, 1969 the Pickens County Progress had a front page article announcing the plans for the development of Bent Tree. The first line of the article began “Last Thursday night at the Lions Club meeting personnel from Spratlin Associates, Inc., of Atlanta revealed for the first time publicly the projected plans for a multi-million dollar investment in Pickens County…”.
from the October 30, 1969 Pickens County Progress newspaper
And, so it began…
Fifty years ago today, the first public step towards the Bent Tree dream took place. Bent Tree Corporation (not to be confused with the current Bent Tree Community, Inc.) was duly incorporated in Georgia on August 29, 1969. Click here for a previous post with more information.
August 29, 1969 – Bent Tree Corporation comes into existence
Getting back to Bent Tree’s roots… a little more history
- There’s a discussion about Bent Tree’s original logo on the NextDoor website.
- Here’s a captioned photo from the early 1970s, with the logo smack-dab in the middle.
