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The Murder of Peter Cantrell
Peter Cantrell's grave marker, not at actual site of his murder, placed by Dutch Cantrell of Canton. Located on private property on LL...
Webmaster
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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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...

Christopher
Aug 19, 20222 min read
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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...

Christopher
Aug 17, 20224 min read
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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...

Christopher
Jan 3, 20224 min read
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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...

Christopher
Jan 2, 20226 min read
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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...

Christopher
Dec 9, 20203 min read
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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...

Christopher
Nov 20, 20202 min read
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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...

Christopher
Nov 12, 20202 min read
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