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Bent Tree Community, a private gated community located four miles east of Jasper, Georgia, had its first houses built in 1970. Today, there are over 1,100 homes. When I moved into the community in late 2018, I was told a murder had never happened within Bent Tree's gates throughout its entire history. Forever a skeptic, I set out to determine the truthfulness of that statement. In 2022, as we approached the 50th Anniversary of the Bent Tree Golf Course, I reached out to two

(1884 - 2023) Since 1884, the year of the first documented tornado in Pickens County, there have been many minor and several devasting...

Downed trees and power lines on Fitts Rd, a week after the tornado blew through the street. On Thursday afternoon, July 20, 2023, two tornadoes ripped through East and West Pickens County. The tornadoes were confirmed by the National Weather Service on July 21, 2023. One was spotted on Fitts Road, just north of Cove Rd, and east of Bent Tree Community. The other was spotted along Carver Mill Road near Hinton. The intensity of the storm lasted for less than an hour, and y

In 1968, The Burnt Mountain Corporation was approached by a real estate developer named H. Dean Spratlin with a proposal. He wanted to...

Fifty years ago, in June of 1970, Spratlin and Associates had mailed out their very first newsletter to lot owners. The first house in...