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The Mitchell Map Wauchope's Interpretation of the Mitchell Map The Mitchell map of 1755 was the first map to show Long Swamp as a place...

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

Policeman Lee Cape had always suspected his enemies would eventually get him.  But he would tell his friends, “but when they do, I’ll be...

During the heart of the Civil War, Pickens County was torn between sides. The flag that flew over the courthouse yard was a Union flag. ...

During the Civil War and for several decades that followed, criminals and vigilantes from various places around the United States would...

The Keith Plantation of Cherokee County The overgrown entrance to the Keith Plantation. Note the main house in the background According...

In 1890, a small hamlet in south-central Pickens County named Jockey arose near the Cagle Mills on Sharp Mountain Creek.    A post office...

During the last two decades of the 19th Century, the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad (MNGR) finally reached Jasper, eventually making...

In the early months of 1910, brothers Enoch and William Padgett constructed a rock wall and dam on Pettit Creek to irrigate their lower...

Kate Southern In 1887 in the mountainous forests of Northeast Pickens County, in an area once known as the Lansdown, Kate Southern...