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A history of violence used to protect tradition, and fighting against a centralized economy and power structure can be found in the...

My late grandfather John Richards Davis, in speaking about his ancestry, said that he knew little of the Allreds except that their...

Most people from Pickens and Dawson County are familiar with the metal span bridge over the Amicalola River. Spanning 80 feet over a...

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...

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

A few years ago, I ran across a reference for a reported moonshine still in a North Georgia gated community. Initially, I had doubts...