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Fort Sixes, the Indian Removal, and Governor Joseph Brown - Part 1
Charles Walker's conceptual drawing of an Indian Removal fort. Nearly 190 years ago, in what is now Cherokee County, more specifically in...
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Apr 13, 20253 min read


The Civil War in Talking Rock
On the afternoon of April 2nd, 2025, Pickens County resident Jessica McCabe found a cannonball near the bridge off Swan Bridge road
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Apr 3, 20254 min read


The Tragic Trestle Collapse of 1904
The Perseverance Quarry can still be seen on the north side of Cove Road. In the 1850s Summey and Hurlick operated a marble operation...
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Mar 31, 20252 min read


Lost and Found (The Potter's Fields of North Georgia)
The Poet Bury me in a nameless grave! I came from God the world to save. I brought them wisdom from above: Worship, and liberty, and...
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Mar 27, 20255 min read


A Murder in Bent Tree
Bent Tree Community, a private gated community located four miles east of Jasper, Georgia, had its first houses built in 1970. Today,...
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Mar 27, 20252 min read


Death Comes to Corpsewood Manor
Corpsewood Manor 1981 Click here for directions on how to get to Corpsewood Manor. ...
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Nov 5, 202411 min read


The Wheels of Time and a Day in the Life
Tim Day, a member of the Gartrell/McCravey line recently reached out to me about helping him track down some long-lost relatives. Back...
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Aug 22, 20242 min read


The Howard Plantation of Bartow County
Charles Wallace Howard was born in 1811 in Savannah, Georgia. After graduating from college he attended seminary in Princeton, New...
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Aug 22, 20244 min read


Return to John's Mill: The Surprise Gift
Last summer, John Humphrey and his sons Norman and William, found themselves in unfortunate circumstances. Within two weeks of each...
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Aug 20, 20243 min read


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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Aug 16, 20242 min read
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