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SPRING, 2011 • VOLUME 10, NUMBER
1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Stumbling into
History: The Story
of Andersonville
Prison's Henry Wirz
A monument to the
much-maligned commandant
of Andersonville Prison
prompts the author to
delve deeply into the
history of this complex
and tragic Civil War
site.
BY MARCIA MAYO •
SUMTER AND MACON
COUNTIES |
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No Darker
Field of Crime
Henry Wirz, the
commandant at
Andersonville
Prison, was the only
Confederate officer
executed for war
crimes. The
charges brought
against him were
shocking and
profound, but were
they justified and
justly resolved?
BY DANIEL M. ROPER •
SUMTER AND MACON COUNTIES |
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Georgia's First
National Highway and the
Great 1909 Good Roads
Tour
During the era when
paved roads and
automobiles were novel
and scarce, an array of
leaders and celebrities
made national news as
they motored 1,000 miles
from New York City to
Atlanta.
BY HOWARD LAWRENCE
PRESTON • ATLANTA AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA |
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The Idiat and
the Odd-yssey
Traveling to Geneva,
Berlin and Ephesus is
easy for any adventurous
Georgian following in
the footsteps of
"Odyfferus" on
his Homeric journey
through International
Georgia.
BY HARLAN HAMBRIGHT
• STATEWIDE |
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Riding in Luxury
on the Georgia 300
Do you remember when
rail was king and
elegant passengers rode
in style in cars that
swayed to the
clickety-clack of
wheels? For
a lucky few, that
era hasn't ended.
BY BORDEN BLACK •
STATEWIDE |
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Cartersville's
Iconic 4 Way Lunch
Serves Comfort and Food
"All the Way"
You never know who
you'll see at 4 Way
Lunch, but you can rest
assured you'll enjoy the
tasty home cooking
served in a welcoming
environment.
BY BOB KELLEY •
BARTOW COUNTY |
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Disposed to
Wander from Home
Research into family
legend leads the author
on a journey of
discovery about her
great-grandmother and
why she was sent to a
"home for the
feeble-minded."
BY KATHY SMITH •
CATOOSA COUNTY |
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Vanishing
Georgia - On the Village
at Thomaston Mills
A mill job in Thomaston
in the 1940s and '50s
meant relief from the
tedium of sharecropping
and a new and exciting
way of life "on the
village."
BY AUBREY HAMMACK •
UPSON COUNTY |
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Tom Polk
Edmondson, the Poet, and
the North Georgia Scouts
When Union troops
marched into his home-country,
a Confederate cavalry
commander led a
legendary charge
immortalized in poetry
by one of his own men.
BY ZACK C. WATERS •
MURRAY AND GORDON
COUNTIES |
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America's
Roadside Wanderer - The
Story of the Goat Man
Many Georgians remember
the Goat Man, an unusual
wanderer who traveled
the state's back roads
in the 1950s and '60s,
but few of us know why
he did so or where he
came from.
BY DEBORAH MALONE •
STATEWIDE |
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Genuine Georgia
Backroads: The
Mounds Tour - Historic
Native American Towns
From mysterious hawk
effigies to ceremonial
mounds, the works of
Georgia's Native
American people are
sprinkled
across the state.
BY LYNNE TAYLOR •
EARLY, PUTNAM, BIBB, and
BARTOW COUNTIES |
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