The Last Old School: Bethel
One of the last pictures taken of Bethel School. It was torn down around October, 2020. A new trailer sits where the school once was. ...
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Feb 8, 20232 min read
Carmel Station/Taloney: Missionaries among us
Carmel Mission, which took its name on January 7, 1824 - previously named Taloney Mission, was a missionary outpost of the Presbyterians...
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Feb 7, 20231 min read
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...
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Jan 31, 20233 min read
The Griffeth Pendley Dogtrot Ax Murder
In 1877, a one-story dogtrot-style home was built off of the old Dawsonville-Jasper Road (present-day Cove Road). Over the hill and...
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Jan 30, 20231 min read
The Old Coward/Fitts/Hendrix House
Standing not more than a mile away from Long Swamp Baptist Church is the old Coward' homestead. The Cowards had moved here (then...
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Jan 9, 20232 min read
Young Potts Cemetery
In 1829, a man named Young Potts moved to Dawson County from South Carolina. He hit the ground running and made a small fortune in his...
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Christopher
Dec 2, 20222 min read
John Dilbeck and the lost town of Johntown (Dawson County)
1886 Map with Johntown, Georgia John Dilbeck was born in 1787 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Around 1839 he moved to Dawson...
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Christopher
Nov 15, 20223 min read
My Trip To Tate Mountain
On November 9th, 2022, I was a part of a thirty-five-person group of hikers that traveled to the Tate Mountain Estates area of...
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Christopher
Aug 19, 20222 min read
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...
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Christopher
Aug 17, 20223 min read
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...
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Christopher
Aug 10, 20226 min read
Camp 1449 / P-77 (1933-1934)
The Great Depression of 1929 caused massive hardships across the United States of America. In response to the dire economic situation,...
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Jun 15, 20221 min read
Looking Towards the Mountains Far
Looking towards the mountains far brightened by a distant star they thought of all that they had seen Where they'd gone Where they'd been...
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Apr 5, 20221 min read
Tragedy and Triumph: Select Pickens County History (1776-1978)
On Thursday, Mar 31st, guest speaker Chris Feldt gave a speech on various historical topics related to Pickens County that occurred...
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Christopher
Mar 18, 20222 min read
Grand View Summer Colony, Lodge and Pleasant Valley Lake: (1926-1933)
In 1927 H.E. “Cy” Hawkins bought a bunch of land near where present-day Grandview Lake is. Cy was a former minor league baseball pitcher...
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Mar 6, 20223 min read
Crime, Luck and Redemption: The Life and Times of Wallace Hughes, Jr.
Pickens County has a history replete with convicts who escaped local authorities. This particular story took place near Sharptop Church...
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Christopher
Jan 3, 20224 min read
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...
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Christopher
Jan 2, 20226 min read
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...
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May 10, 20213 min read
The Rule of Nouns
Every noun holds a potential avenue for investigation with each noun connecting to other nouns in a web or a word cloud. Reconstructing...
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Christopher
Feb 25, 20212 min read
The First Dude Ranch Map
Recently a photocopy of a hand drawn map of the way from Jasper and Tate to Mt. Burrell (now known as Burnt Mountain) has found its way...
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Dec 9, 20203 min read
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...
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