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Robert Scott Davis Jr.
Feb 25, 20245 min read
The First European Settlement of North Georgia and Pickens County in the American Revolution
For years, I regularly contributed articles to the now gone North Georgia Journal and Georgia Backroads. In the process, I learned much...
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Feb 16, 20243 min read
The Tragedies of Steele's Bridge: Both of them.
Most people from Pickens and Dawson County are familiar with the metal span bridge over the Amicalola River. Spanning 80 feet over a...
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Feb 13, 20243 min read
Long Swamp Town: The History and Origin of Long Swamp Creek
The Mitchell Map The Mitchell map of 1755 was the first map to show Long Swamp as a place (albeit, under a different name). The map was...
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Jan 26, 20243 min read
The Keith Plantation of Cherokee County
According to local sources, the Keith Plantation near Canton, GA, in present-day Keithsburg* during the Civil War. The property held...
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Feb 13, 20234 min read
The Georgia Nuclear Aircraft Laboratory of Dawson County
During the Cold War, Lockheed Martin partnered with the Air Force to build a remote secret laboratory in the middle of a 10,000-plus acre...
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