The Forgotten Golf Course of North Georgia
In 1930, in Northeastern Pickens County, Col. Sam Tate opened a 10,000-acre resort for wealthy Atlantans called Tate Mountain Estates. ...
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Mar 62 min read
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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Robert Scott Davis Jr.
Feb 247 min read
The Georgia Confederate Home Guard
The home guards remain one of the most confusing aspects of the history of the Civil War in Georgia. Family tales and reminiscences...
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Christopher
Nov 15, 20223 min read
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, 20222 min read
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 17, 20223 min read
The Connahaynee Lodge (1930-1946)
Col. Sam Tate announced the creation of a 10,000-acre estate that would serve as a summer resort for wealthy Atlantans in 1929. At the...
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Christopher
Aug 10, 20226 min read
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
Mar 6, 20223 min read
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...
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Christopher
Jan 3, 20224 min read
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
Jan 2, 20226 min read
The Late Great Professor Perrow
The Late Great Professor Perrow By Chris Feldt “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential...
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May 10, 20213 min read
The Rule of Nouns
Every noun holds a potential avenue for investigation with each noun connecting to other nouns in a web or a word cloud. Reconstructing...
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Christopher
Feb 25, 20212 min read
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, 20203 min read
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 20, 20202 min read
The Champion Trees of the Tate House (and Pickens County)
The Georgia Forestry Commission keeps a list of all of the champion trees of different species within our state. A champion tree is the...
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Christopher
Nov 13, 20202 min read
Tate Mountain Estates
Map from an early Tate Mountain Estates Publication (early 30's) Aerial photograph of the area with notable locations (1949) In 1930...
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Christopher
Nov 12, 20202 min read
Can You Hear Me Now?
Did you know that Frank Spratlin, father of Bent Tree's developer H. Dean Spratlin, helped build a radio tower for Georgia Tech on Burnt...
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Christopher
Nov 12, 20201 min read
Connahaynee
Here's a poem about the burning of the Connahaynee Lodge. Mountains, sky, field and rocks Timbers and nails, woolen socks Paths and...
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Christopher
Nov 12, 20203 min read
Dude, Where’s My Ranch?
The land that presently comprises Bent Tree was formerly owned by the marble baron Sam Tate. It was part of the Tate Mountain Estates....
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