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SPRING 2022 • VOLUME 21, NUMBER
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Along the
Backroads: The Soloist
Backpacking alone in the
rain, with memories of
days gone by, may not
trigger feelings of
loneliness.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER •
APPALACHIAN TRAIL |
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Vanishing
Georgia: The Photography
of Marion Post Wolcott
She preferred taking
pictures of landscapes
rather than of people,
but her best work
embraced both.
BY CHUCK LYONS •
GREENE & MACON COUNTIES & STATEWIDE |
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George Perry's
Big Catch
With a tornado bearing
down, a family
to feed, and time
running out, a fisherman
set a world record that
still stands nine
decades later.
BY JIM PAULK •
TELFAIR & GLYNN COUNTIES |
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The Dirt on
Geophagy (Eating Clay)
You can find kaolin for
sale online and in some
Middle Georgia
convenience stores,
ostensibly as a novelty
but still to be ingested
by some.
BY BRUCE HARSHBARGER
• WASHINGTON & BALDWIN
COUNTIES |
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With Roots in
Habersham
A Roaring Twenties
entertainer, it turns
out, was born in Georgia.
BY EVELYN DAVIS
HARMON •
HABERSHAM COUNTY, NEW
YORK, LONDON |
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Ohoopee Evensong
Living beside a coastal
plain river means
colorful sunsets,
gleaming sandbars,
abundant wildlife, and
tranquility.
BY H. PARKER BLOUNT •
TATTNALL COUNTY |
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Historic Rural
Churches of Georgia:
High Bluff Primitive
Baptist
Known for her bawdy and
belligerant ways, Queen
of the Okefenokee Lydia
Stone carefully selected
her final resting place.
BY CLAYTON H. RAMSEY •
BRANTLEY COUNTY |
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Memories on
Canvas
Humble
sharecropping roots
inspired self-taught
artist Charles Adkerson.
BY
JEFF O'BRYANT • CHEROKEE
COUNTY |
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Randall Brothers
- The Success Story of
Three Determined Men
Hard work, attention to
detail, and superior
products have helped an
Atlanta business to
thrive for 150 years.
BY CLAYTON H. RAMSEY
• FULTON COUNTY
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Reluctant Rebel,
Reluctant Radical
U.S. Attorney General
Amos Akerman opposed
secession from the
Union, served the
Confederacy, and
vigorously defended the
rights of freedmen.
BY RAY CHANDLER •
ELBERT & BARTOW
COUNTIES
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There's Gonna Be
Trouble
Convicted of the murder
of Clellian
Chalker, sentenced to
death by electrocution,
and freed on appeal,
John Harris asserted the
defense of double
jeopardy.
BY LEWIS SMITH •
GLASCOCK COUNTY
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The Lake Inside
Even a well-built
shelter cannot ward of
the rain that falls from
within.
BY WILLIAM C. NOBLE •
DOOLEY COUNTY
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My Brother's
Sentimental Journey
Four young and
adventurous Georgia's
"In the Mood" to see
American in 1940 kept
time to everything from
"Swingtime in the
Rockies" to "St. Louis
Blues."
BY MICHAEL H.
MCDOUGALD •
BULLOCH COUNTY &
AMERICA
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Soul of a
Southerner
A southerner
fondly writes her
memories of growing up
and living in the South.
BY MARY ANN ANDERSON •
GEORGIA |
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Genuine Georgia
Backroads: From
Fried Green Tomatoes to
a Downtown "Fox Hunt"
With 200 years of
history, there's so much
to see and do in Forsyth
and Monroe County.
BY CHERYL RODEWIG •
MONROE COUNTY
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Southern Sun.
Sky-Blue Water
The mysteriously named
Blue Springs Branch
forms near the crest of
Horn Mountain and
empties into the
Oostanaula River,
seemingly without any
blue springs along its
length.
BY DAN ROPER
• GORDON COUNTY
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Civil War Portrait
2nd Lieutenant George W.
Wood of the 60th
Regiment Georgia
Infantry was mortally
wounded at Gettysburg.
BY DAVID W. VAUGHAN •
MERIWETHER COUNTY
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