The Sundown Counties of Georgia
A history of violence used to protect tradition, and fighting against a centralized economy and power structure can be found in the...
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Robert Scott Davis Jr.
Mar 74 min read
Into the Wilderness:John Kellogg’s Journey Through Civil War North Georgia
John Azor Kellogg wrote a memoir of the time he spent with the people of north Georgia that his family published after his death. He was...
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Robert Scott Davis Jr.
Feb 255 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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Robert Scott Davis Jr.
Feb 233 min read
The Lost History of Eastern North America’s Ancient Walls
Many millions in eastern North America live within a short distance of amazing ruins as old as two millennia but do not know it....
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Jan 306 min read
The Night Riders of Pickens County (Part 1)
During the Civil War and for several decades that followed, criminals and vigilantes from various places around the United States would...
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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 17, 20233 min read
A Moonshine Still in North Georgia
A few years ago, I ran across a reference for a reported moonshine still in a North Georgia gated community. Initially, I had doubts...
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Christopher
Jul 26, 202313 min read
The Tornado History of Pickens County, Georgia
(1884 - 2023) Since 1884, the year of the first documented tornado in Pickens County, there have been many minor and several devasting...
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Feb 27, 20231 min read
The Tornado of 1884, Cagletown, Tate, and more.
In February of 1884, a tornado visited Pickens County and cut a 15-mile path, leaving several residents dead (including the Cagle and...
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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 6, 20233 min read
The National Forest Serial Killer, Huddle House, and the Dawsonville Wildlife Management Area
61-year-old Gary Michael Hilton, a.k.a. The National Forest Serial Killer, finally got caught in 2008 after committing a grizzly series...
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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 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
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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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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Nov 24, 20202 min read
Murphy Bottom Uncovered
If you ask old-time residents of Pickens County, they'll tell you that Murphy Bottom off of Jerusalem Church Road (near two branches of...
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Christopher
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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