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Before Grandview Lake, or the Salvation Army Camp existed, for a brief time Grandview Summer Colony was a burgeoning place to relax during the warmer months. In 1927, H.E. “Cy” Hawkins, a former minor league baseball pitcher in Carrolton, Georgia bought a bunch of land near where present-day Grandview Lake is. Cy was the salesman and brains of the operation and his brother (Ira) Tanner was the builder. Cy and his brother Tanner became land developers. They bought up much of