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WINTER, 2009 • VOLUME 8, NUMBER
4 • TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Vanishing Georgia:
Small Town Life -
Elberton
For a teenaged girl in
Elberton in the 1960s,
there was nothing like
Saturday afternoons
spent in the comfort of
an air-conditioned movie
theater, and summer
evenings flirting with
the boys at the local
Dairy Queen.
BY MARTHA PHILLIPS •
ELBERT
COUNTY |
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The Camp Creek Train
Wreck of 1900
Pulled by an
ill-fated engine
known for its long
record of mishaps,
Old Number Seven
chugged out of
McDonough one stormy
night, bound for the
trestle spanning the
raging floodwaters
of Camp Creek.
BY JEFFERY C. WELLS •
HENRY COUNTY |
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The Last Cattle Drive
Just 87 years ago,
"cowboys" drove cattle
straight down Peachtree
Road to an Atlanta
slaughterhouse.
BY MARION BLACKWELL,
JR •
COBB AND FULTON
COUNTIES |
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The Genius of Georgia
Architect Charles E.
Choate
From Atlanta to Augusta,
from Rome to Vienna, the
elegantly designed
buildings by self-taught
architect Charles E.
Choate grace many
Georgia cities and towns.
BY WILLIAM RAWLINGS •
WASHINGTON COUNTY |
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Searching for Swamp Bats
The primordial
bottomland forests
flanking South Georgia's
rivers contain habitat
ideal for some
remarkable and
little-known bat
species.
BY DIRK J. STEVENSON •
SOUTH GEORGIA |
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A First Descent into
Pettyjohn Cave
There is no charge for
admission, but the
casual visitor must
exercise the utmost
caution upon entering
this vast and wild cave
system in northwest
Georgia.
BY ROBERT LATIMER
HURST • WALKER COUNTY |
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Turning and Burning:
The Folk Pottery Museum
of Northeast Georgia
In an era in which time,
patience, and
craftsmanship are in
increasingly short
supply, you'll enjoy a
visit to Georgia's
stoneware "capital,'
where artisans employ
skills handed down by
their forebears.
BY ANNE DISMUKES
AMERSON • WHITE COUNTY |
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The Year of the Chiefs
The 1960s was a decade
of growth and excitement
in Atlanta as the
Falcons and Braves
became the South's first
major league teams.
The city's initial
championship, though,
would come in the sport
of soccer.
BY DAVID PRICE •
FULTON COUNTY |
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The Surrency Horror
Over a span of ten
days in 1872,
hundreds of people
witnessed a series
of inexplicable
occurrences at the
residence of
Surrency, Georgia's
foremost citizen.
BY JIM MILES •
APPLING COUNTY |
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Memories of Jackson's
Elegant and Inviting
Carmichael House
Old family photographs
and a stunning
Victorian-era house in
Jackson remind the
author of her ancestors
who once called this
place home.
BY JANIE DEMPSEY
WATTS •
BUTTS COUNTY |
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Genuine Georgia
Backroads:
Camellias and
Countryside
Quaint towns, historic
houses, and beautiful
gardens await those
willing to take the back
roads.
BY LYNNE TAYLOR •
MACON COUNTY
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Dining on the Set: Fried
Green 'Maters at the
Whistle Stop Cafe
It's always a treat to
find good country
cooking at a back roads
cafe, but even more so
when your surroundings
served as a movie set
for a memorable film set
in the South.
BY MARY ANN ANDERSON •
MONROE COUNTY
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