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CLICK HERE TO BUY TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH: A COMPENDIUM OF NORTH GEORGIA HISTORY After four years of research and countless hours and excursions, I'm proud to release my first book about North Georgia history. The book spans four centuries of events with original content. Over thirty separate pieces of research are organized into six sections: The First Inhabitants - Pretribal Indians through the Cherokee Enter the Europeans - British and American Colonists from the Revolutiona

The Great Depression of 1929 caused massive hardships across the United States of America. In response to the dire economic situation, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created a series of public works programs designed to employ thousands of Americans in different areas of infrastructure, agriculture, and forestry-related jobs. For nine years, the Civilian Conservation Corps changed the American landscape by building fire towers, fire brakes, roads, and planting trees.

Looking towards the mountains north He felt a rush of air burst forth A bird called him from its nest Jocular and free, and filled with...

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...

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...

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? Woman (unknown), Laura Whittington, Howard Whittington, Emily Josephine and Gladys (photo taken in 1902) – 8 years before they moved to our area. What happened to the Whittingtons after they left our area? Howard and his wife Laura moved around quite a bit within the state of Georgia before finally settling in Paulding County, Georgia (where