Georgia Roots: 1924-1976

In 1928, the Carter family moved to a 350-acre farm near Plains in the tiny community of Archery, Georgia. The young Carter is pictured here atop his Shetland pony named Lady. (Credit: Jimmy Carter Library)

Main Street in Plains, Georgia, circa 1925. J.E. Carter and Company, the store owned by Jimmy’s father, Earl Carter, is on the corner at far left. (Credit: Jimmy Carter Library)

At Jimmy Carter’s graduation from the Naval Academy on June 5, 1946, his mother, Miss Lillian, and his fiancée, Rosalynn Smith, pin epaulets on Ensign Carter, with his father, Earl Carter, in the background. (Credit: Jimmy Carter Library)

Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Smith were married on July 7, 1946. (Credit: Jimmy Carter Library)

In the Navy, Jimmy Carter was a submariner serving in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and was chosen for the nuclear submarine program. He rose to the rank of lieutenant. (Credit: Jimmy Carter Library)

Jimmy Carter shoveling peanuts on his farm in Plains, Georgia, in 1965. (Credit: Jimmy Carter Library)

Sister Ruth Carter, Jimmy Carter, mother Lillian Carter, brother Billy Carter, sister Gloria Carter, December 3, 1966 (Credit: Jimmy Carter Library)

Jimmy Carter became Georgia’s 76th governor on January 12, 1971, tackling disorganization and waste in state government, improving race relations, opening state jobs to African-Americans, achieving tax reform, and reforming the state prison system. (Credit: Jimmy Carter Library)