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SPRING, 2008 • VOLUME 7, NUMBER
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Matthew Batson's
Magnificent Flying
Machine
More than a decade
before Charles
Lindbergh's historic
flight, a Savannah
entrepreneur built an "aeroyacht"
designed to carry twelve
passengers across the
Atlantic Ocean to Europe.
BY FRANK W. SEILER
• CHATHAM COUNTY
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Vanishing Georgia:
The Old Home Place
Whether humble or
grand, enduring or
relic of the distant
past, the old home
place holds special
memories.
BY BARBARA WOODDALL •
STATEWIDE |
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How Sweet it is!
You can travel the world
in search of the finest
honey, but you'll find
none better than that
made right here.
BY SARA HINES MARTIN •
HABERSHAM COUNTY
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Seasons with Vipers
Scripture says we
will crush their heads
and they will strike
our heels, but
notwithstanding the
age-old antipathy
between mankind and
serpent, poisonous
snakes are a facinating
part of Georgia's
ecosystem.
BY DIRK J. STEVENSON •
STATEWIDE |
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Microcars in Madison
While Atlanta didn't win
the recent sweepstakes
to host the NASCAR
museum, Madison hit the
jackpot with its zany,
colorful Microcar
Museum.
BY CAROL THOMPSON •
MORGAN COUNTY |
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Genuine Georgia
Backroads: Stills,
Murals & Mills
The back roads of Deep
South Georgia are full
of surprises like
Lakeland's colorful,
historic murals and
Willacoochee's rustic
turpentine still.
BY LYNNE TAYLOR •
SOUTH GEORGIA |
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There will never be
another place like it!
Lively music, the splash
of water, and laughing
visitors were once
common at Albany's
Radium Springs,
but today it is a quiet
place filled with
poignant reminders of
its glory days.
BY MARY ANN ANDERSON
AND MICHAEL THOMPSON •
DAUGHERTY COUNTY |
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A Murder in Clarkesville
A ghostly apparition in
a Clarkesville, Georgia,
cemetery triggers a new
investigation into an
1834 murder, yielding
some surprising
discoveries.
BY DAVID PRICE •
HABERSHAM COUNTY |
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A Tall Texan Got His
Start in Georgia
Documents long forgotten
disclose the real reason
a Texas founding father
left Georgia for the
Lone Star State.
BY DAVID PRICE •
HABERSHAM COUNTY |
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A Lone Star Ascending
A bold young Georgian
serves valiantly in the
cause for Texas
independence, quickly
rising in rank from
private to colonel to
the new republic's vice
presidency.
BY MICHAEL WILLIAMS •
MUSCOGEE COUNTY |
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When Norcross, Georgia,
was Baseball Capital USA
During the first half of
the 20th century, more
professional baseball
players came from
Norcross than any other
town in America.
BY SALLY TOOLE •
GWINNETT COUNTY
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Enjoy old-fashioned,
elegant dining at the
New Perry Hotel
An historic, graceful
hotel in downtown Perry
offers simple but
scrumptious southern
cuisine.
BY MARY ANN ANDERSON •
HOUSTON COUNTY
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One Man's Dream was his
Castle
With high hopes for the
future, a New Yorker
moved to Georgia in 1908
to build his dream house
on a hill overlooking
Rome.
BY DEBORAH MALONE •
FLOYD COUNTY
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