The story takes place in a small, country town by the name of “Cold Sassy” in Georgia in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Due to strict Presbyterian values and segregation, the town isolates itself from the “mill people” or blue-collar workers who work in cotton mills on the outskirts of town, for the “mill people” are deemed unworthy of their upper-class society. The town in itself however, is in fact deemed “up and coming” for the town experiences superior advances in technology such as automobiles and railroad transit systems, that increases their economic status dramatically. Obviously, the novel is a fictional literary piece for Cold Sassy is not an actual town, there are no records that claim the story was based off of true events, and also one can claim that it is quite impossible to get run over by a train and live to tell the tale. Keeping this in mind though, one can also reason how it is possible that this fictional story could have occurred in real life in the late 1900s. Just as it is stated in the book, this time period was a combination of both economic growth and decline, with high moralistic values primarily centered around religion. Naturally when one does not comply with certain “standards” or fit a certain mold, they are somewhat rejected from those apart of the society that are so narrow minded, and cause this them to act out even more. We see this comparison with Miss Love and Mr. Blakeslee for even though they are more or less a disgrace to Cold Sassy, they continue to do what pleases them despite other’s wishes, showing how an event like this could have actually occurred.