A view of the northwest side of the mountain showing the normal route. Aconcagua in 1897, photograph by A E Lightbody from the book 'The Highest Andes' by E. A. FitzGerald. The view south to Aconcagua from high on Mercedario's summit ridge. An unusual view of the north side of the mountain.
Evans County is located in an area known as the Magnolia Midlands within the Historic South region. The current Evans County Courthouse was created in 1923 and, in 1940, the people of Evans County elected their first female sheriff.
Metter, the county seat of Candler County, originally incorporated in Bulloch County on August 17, 1903. Later, the state legislature redrew the county boundaries, and Metter joined Candler County. Metter's beginning, like those of many other small cities in Georgia, depended on the railroad. The city grew up solely as a rail stop. In fact, as legend has it, the city's name honors a railroad official's wife.