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The Sundown Counties of Georgia

A history of violence used to protect tradition, and fighting against a centralized economy and power structure can be found in the...

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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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The Other Fugitive of Lee Cape's Murder

As with Lindsey Williams Evans, Carter Lee Smith, C.L. “Seal” (a pronunciation of the C and L together) Smith, was determined not to...

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Death Comes to Corpsewood Manor

The tragic tale of Dr. Charles Scudder and Joseph Odom began in Chicago in the 1960s. Dr. Scudder was a pharmacologist at Loyola...

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Staged Death at the Cove

Juan Contreras, Sr.'s grave marker - Pleasant Union Baptist Cemetery, Waleska This is the tragic story of the Contreras family of...

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The National Forest Serial Killer, Huddle House, and the Dawsonville Wildlife Management Area

61-year-old Gary Michael Hilton, a.k.a. The National Forest Serial Killer, finally got caught in 2008 after committing a grizzly series...

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The Murder and Exhumation of Chief James Vann

Chief Vann was a controversial figure. Born in the 1760s, the half Scotsman/half Cherokee, grew to become a wealthy businessman,...

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The Griffeth Pendley Dogtrot Ax Murder

In 1877, a one-story dogtrot-style home was built off of the old Dawsonville-Jasper Road (present-day Cove Road). Over the hill and...

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Crime, Luck and Redemption: The Life and Times of Wallace Hughes, Jr.

Pickens County has a history replete with convicts who escaped local authorities. This particular story took place near Sharptop Church...