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In 1930, in Northeastern Pickens County, Col. Sam Tate opened a 10,000-acre resort for wealthy Atlantans called Tate Mountain Estates. ...

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The home guards remain one of the most confusing aspects of the history of the Civil War in Georgia. Family tales and reminiscences...

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...

In 1968, The Burnt Mountain Corporation was approached by a real estate developer named H. Dean Spratlin with a proposal. He wanted to...

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...

The Great Depression of 1929 caused massive hardships across the United States of America. In response to the dire economic situation,...

Pickens County has a history replete with convicts who escaped local authorities. This particular story took place near Sharptop Church...

Elizabeth Blink Drummond (nee Thomas) was born in 1906 while her family was stationed in Manilla. Her parents thought it cute that she...

The Late Great Professor Perrow By Chris Feldt “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential...

Every noun holds a potential avenue for investigation with each noun connecting to other nouns in a web or a word cloud. Reconstructing...

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...

In 1930, Colonel Sam Tate had just built his Tate Mountain Estates – which included his stunning Connahaynee Lodge, Lake Sequoyah and a...

The Georgia Forestry Commission keeps a list of all of the champion trees of different species within our state. A champion tree is the...

Map from an early Tate Mountain Estates Publication (early 30's) Aerial photograph of the area with notable locations (1949) In 1930...

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...

Here's a poem about the burning of the Connahaynee Lodge. Mountains, sky, field and rocks Timbers and nails, woolen socks Paths and...

The land that presently comprises Bent Tree was formerly owned by the marble baron Sam Tate. It was part of the Tate Mountain Estates....