In the glass industry hydrogen is used as a protective atmosphere for making flat glass sheets. In the electronics industry it is used as a flushing gas during the manufacture of silicon chips. The low density of hydrogen made it a natural choice for one of its first practical uses â filling balloons and airships.
Email Address: cblavkshearga@accessatc.net. Blackshear, the county seat of Pierce County, honors General David Blackshear, the commander who led the troops that constructed Blackshear Road, a route between Hartford and the Flint River in the early 1800s. The Marion Anderson Library Black Heritage Collection in Blackshear contains about 300 volumes and oil paintings addressing black heritage.
Bulloch County Historical Society. Stilson, Georgia. When the Savannah & Statesboro Railway was completed in 1899, some of the stations along the track began to grow into villages. One of these was Stilson, named for Stilson Hutchinson who was instrumental in getting the Railway to pass through this area. The first postmaster was William Strickland in 1899 and the last was Edith Hutchinson in 1966. In 1900, Stilson had a population of 138.