Robert Scott Davis Jr.
LIGHT AND THEN POWER: SIXTY YEARS OF A NORTH GEORGIA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CO-OP (2001)
Amicalola Electrical Membership Co-operative began in 1940 as one of the last electrical membership co-ops. Rather than benefiting from...
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Robert Scott Davis Jr.
Feb 247 min read
The Georgia Confederate Home Guard
The home guards remain one of the most confusing aspects of the history of the Civil War in Georgia. Family tales and reminiscences...
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Jan 315 min read
The Night Riders of Pickens County: Part 2 - The Enigmatic Andrew Jackson Glenn
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. ...
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Jan 263 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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Jan 163 min read
John Wesley Cagle and a Hamlet Named Jockey
In 1890, a small hamlet in south-central Pickens County named Jockey arose near the Cagle Mills on Sharp Mountain Creek. A post office...
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Oct 3, 20233 min read
The Convict Lease System of Georgia
The system was born of the southern states' emergent need for free labor at the end of the Civil War. Within a decade of the end of the...
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Sep 25, 20233 min read
Lonesome City: The Forgotten Hamlet of Tate
According to Dr. Kathleen Thompson, in her October 5th, 2011, Pickens Progress article about Black Communities in Tate and Jasper:...
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Aug 4, 20232 min read
The History of John's Mill/J.W. Dean's Mill
In 1966, John Humphreys moved to the Hinton area of Pickens County. A machinist by trade, he purchased the land of the former Dean Mill...
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Mar 22, 20233 min read
The Lost Maps of 1883. (The Railroad Comes to Jasper and the Creation of Talking Rock)
In searching through the archives of deeds at the county, I came across this map of the town of Jasper dated March 5th, 1883. The chief...
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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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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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Nov 20, 20202 min read
The Champion Trees of the Tate House (and Pickens County)
The Georgia Forestry Commission keeps a list of all of the champion trees of different species within our state. A champion tree is the...
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Nov 12, 20202 min read
Can You Hear Me Now?
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...
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