Christopher
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
Oct 6, 20224 min read
Andrew's Chapel Cemetery
Cherokee County officially came into existence in 1831. Previously, the land was known as the Cherokee Territory. Two years before,...
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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 28, 20221 min read
My Queen Reborn
Her castle, impregnable. Her moat most immense. Her gates adamantine. A brilliant defense. Against friend or foe, ally or invader, her...
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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 8, 20221 min read
Scion
An enigma of the past origins unknown darkness backwards vast A seed becomes full grown References of a ghost with all certitude gone yet...
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