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WINTER 2015 • VOLUME 14, NUMBER
4 | TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Along the
Backroads:
Buswhacking the Anomaly
The search for
a high altitude mountain
cove takes the author
through memorable
terrain.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER •
FLOYD COUNTY |
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Civil War
Portrait
An
unidentified member of
Company K, "Sumter Light
Guards," 4th Ga.
Regiment
FROM THE DAVID
W. VAUGHAN COLLECTION
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SUMTER COUNTY |
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Vanishing
Georgia: Backroads to
Blairsville
A Floridian learns that
every drive along
Georgia's back roads is
a journey of discovery.
BY SKIP LOWERY •
STATEWIDE |
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Reign of
Terror: The Ku
Klux Klan of the
1920s in Macon
Without support form
local citizens and
authorities, the
Klan discovers that
it can't wield
lasting power in
this most southern
of cities.
BY WILLIAM RAWLINGS •
BIBB COUNTY |
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Polishing the
Gilt Easel
Awareness of the
significance of "crayon
portraits" in genealogy
and photography (and
even in literature) is
fading with the passage
of time.
BY JORDAN SCOGGINS •
CHATTOOGA AND WALKER
COUNTIES |
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The Amazing R.T.
Henson
A North Georgia town
cherished and nurtured
the talented and
eccentric
scientist/artist who
called it home.
BY DR. KATHLEEN THOMPSON
• GILMER COUNTY |
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Historic Rural
Church: Bethel
Presbyterian
A visit to a rustic
church and its
picturesque cemetery
reveals stories of men
and women who lived and
died when this place was
at the center of
momentous events.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY RANDY CLEGG •
CHATTOOGA COUNTY |
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The Lost
Chiefdoms of Etowah and
Coosa
The slide into oblivion
for the Mississippian
people of ancient
Georgia began with the
arrival of a new and
formidable people.
BY DR. ERIC E. BOWNE
• BARTOW COUNTY |
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Taking Measure
of the Syrup Makers
The art of making syrup
in our state is still
practiced and
celibrated, be it North
Georgia sorghum or South
Georgia sugarcane.
ROBERT
LATIMER HURST • UNION
AND WARE COUNTIES |
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My Friend, John
Birch
Decades before an
anti-communist political
organization adopted his
name, John Birch was
just a country boy in
northwest Georgia.
BY HAROLD STOREY AND
STEVE TERRY
• BIBB, CHATTOOGA AND
FLOYD COUNTIES |
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Eavesdropping at
the Colonnade
During dinner in Atlanta
the writer is introduced
to the story of the
greatest natural
disaster in American
history.
BY MARCIA MAYO •
FULTON COUNTY |
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The Hanging and
Lonesome Burial of
Edmond Green
Even after the execution
of a convicted murdere,
a mountain community
displayed its scorn for
him.
BY SHEPHERD L.
HOWELL •
FANNIN
COUNTY |
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Reflections on
the Civil War
More than 150 years
after the war, a Georgia
historian offers insight
into what the war meant
and how modern
viewpoints are shaping
interpretations of what
happened.
BY HANK SEGARS •
STATEWIDE |
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The Best of Genuine Georgia
Backroads
After nearly ten years
exploring our state's
genuine back roads,
Lynne Taylor reflects on
memorable and favorite
parts of the journey.
BY LYNNE TAYLOR •
STATEWIDE |
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