Tag: Deepstep
Deepstep is a town in Washington County, Georgia, United States. The population was 132 at the 2000 census.
Deepstep is located at 33°1′19″N 82°58′6″W / 33.02194°N 82.96833°W / 33.02194; -82.96833 (33.021827, -82.968337).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km), of which, 0.8 square miles (2.1 km) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km) of it (2.53%) is water.
“Fighting” Fred McKinley was born and raised on a small farm five miles outside of Deepstep, Georgia. After attending, but failing to graduate from the University of Georgia McKinley moved west to try his hand at cattle farming and land speculation. After ten years of ranching and speculation McKinley had earned a fair amount of money and invested his modest fortune in the fledgling stock market. Once McKinley amassed a considerable amount of wealth in the market he decided to try his hand at politics. He ran for a seat in the South Dakota State Senate in 1916…
