The Tragic Drowning of the Hendrix Children
The summer of 1951 was a little hotter than normal. And that June 10th, Roxie Lee Blackwell Hendrix, her children, and a few others had...
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Robert Scott Davis Jr.
- Mar 11
- 23 min
LIGHT AND THEN POWER: SIXTY YEARS OF A NORTH GEORGIA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CO-OP (2001)
Amicalola Electrical Membership Co-operative began in 1940 as one of the last electrical membership co-ops. Rather than benefiting from...
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- Mar 6
- 2 min
North Georgia History Book Available (Digital and Print)
CLICK HERE TO BUY TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH: A COMPENDIUM OF NORTH GEORGIA HISTORY After four years of research and countless hours and...
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- Feb 28
- 3 min
Rural Exploration (RUREX): How to Find Historical Sites)
Being curious, detail-oriented, and courageous are the most important inherited traits of an explorer. While you can teach people how to...
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Robert Scott Davis Jr.
- Feb 23
- 3 min
The Lost History of Eastern North America’s Ancient Walls
Many millions in eastern North America live within a short distance of amazing ruins as old as two millennia but do not know it....
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Webmaster
- Jan 31
- 5 min
The Night Riders of Pickens County: Part 2 - The Enigmatic Andrew Jackson Glenn
During the heart of the Civil War, Pickens County was torn between sides. The flag that flew over the courthouse yard was a Union flag. ...
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Webmaster
- Jan 30
- 6 min
The Night Riders of Pickens County (Part 1)
During the Civil War and for several decades that followed, criminals and vigilantes from various places around the United States would...
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Webmaster
- Oct 17, 2023
- 3 min
A Moonshine Still in North Georgia
A few years ago, I ran across a reference for a reported moonshine still in a North Georgia gated community. Initially, I had doubts...
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Christopher
- Nov 15, 2022
- 3 min
My Trip To Tate Mountain
On November 9th, 2022, I was a part of a thirty-five-person group of hikers that traveled to the Tate Mountain Estates area of...
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Christopher
- Aug 19, 2022
- 2 min
Beach Mountain, Hounds Ears, a.k.a. Bent Tree
In 1968, The Burnt Mountain Corporation was approached by a real estate developer named H. Dean Spratlin with a proposal. He wanted to...
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Christopher
- Aug 10, 2022
- 6 min
Camp 1449 / P-77 (1933-1934)
The Great Depression of 1929 caused massive hardships across the United States of America. In response to the dire economic situation,...
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Christopher
- Jan 3, 2022
- 4 min
The Inimitable Blink Drummond
Elizabeth Blink Drummond (nee Thomas) was born in 1906 while her family was stationed in Manilla. Her parents thought it cute that she...
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Christopher
- Feb 25, 2021
- 2 min
The First Dude Ranch Map
Recently a photocopy of a hand drawn map of the way from Jasper and Tate to Mt. Burrell (now known as Burnt Mountain) has found its way...
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Christopher
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
The Moving of the Appalachian Trail, the Oglethorpe Monument and Free-Range Chickens (1958)
In 1930, Colonel Sam Tate had just built his Tate Mountain Estates – which included his stunning Connahaynee Lodge, Lake Sequoyah and a...
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Christopher
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
What Ever Happened to the Whittingtons?
The Whittington Family only lived in the land that is part of Bent Tree for a little over a decade. Where did they go after they left?...
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Christopher
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
The Whittington House and the End of the Dude Ranch
For 40 years the Whittington Home occupied part of the land where the sixth hole of the Bent Tree golf course is. Was this house the...
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Christopher
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
A Doss and a Pendley
Sallie Doss' chimney is the stuff of legend When you think of Sallie Doss, what comes to mind? She was a widowed landowner that bought...
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