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The Green-McCraw Family Cemetery of Ball Ground, Georgia
As with most counties in America, Cherokee County has several family cemeteries. Back in the days of the early settlers of a county, in...
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The Akin Lime Kiln
Lime Kilns can be seen just above center right in this Civil War era map. During the Civil War, old maps show two lime kilns located just...
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A Spring House in North Georgia
The ruins of a spring house remain down a hill behind Stamp Creek Baptist Church near the village of White in Bartow County, Georgia. One...
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3 days ago2 min read
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The Southern Marble Company Pipeline a.k.a. "The Ditch"
The Southern Marble Company can be seen in Land Lot 106, of District 4, in the 1903 Pickens County map. In the 1890s the Southern Marble...
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Aug 104 min read
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The Adventures of John Martin
John Martin may not be a widely recognized name outside of Pickens County, Georgia. But to locals, he's as Americana as Waffle House,...
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Jul 2910 min read
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How to get to Corpsewood Manor
If you're a fan of using Google Maps for navigation, you'll be surprised to know their directions to the Corpsewood Manor Parking site is...
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Jul 282 min read
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The Ancient Council Site in Talking Rock
The American Ethnologist James Mooney released his book on Cherokee legends in 1888. Only one sentence refers to a Cherokee council site....
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May 43 min read
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It happened in Oscarville: The Tragedy of Forsyth County.
At the turn of the 20th Century, Forsyth County was mostly rural and white. There were small contingents of African Americans living in...
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Apr 147 min read
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Fort Sixes, the Indian Removal, and Governor Joseph Brown - Part 1
Charles Walker's conceptual drawing of an Indian Removal fort. Nearly 190 years ago, in what is now Cherokee County, more specifically in...
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Apr 133 min read
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The Civil War in Talking Rock
On the afternoon of April 2nd, 2025, Pickens County resident Jessica McCabe found a cannonball near the bridge off Swan Bridge road
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Apr 34 min read
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