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SUMMER 2022 • VOLUME 21, NUMBER
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Along the
Backroads: Who We Were,
Who We Are
How we handle the complex history of
Louisville's Old Market
will reveal much about who
we will become.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER •
JEFFERSON COUNTY |
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Vanishing
Georgia: The Treason of
Aaron Burr
Each time Vice President
Aaron Burr came to
Georgia he was in
distress or under
duress.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER •
WASHINGTON COUNTY & STATEWIDE |
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A Circuit
Rider's Wife Goes to War
During
the opening months of
the Great War, famed
Georgia novelist Corra
Harris served as a war
correspondent in Europe.
BY RAY CHANDLER •
ELBERT & BARTOW COUNTIES |
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Plane, Crane,
Truck, Train
A cascade of
unforeseeable events led
to a convergence of
conveyances at a
railroad crossing in
Chamblee in 1948.
BY WILLIAM R. COBB •
DEKALB COUNTY |
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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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Historic Rural
Churches of Georgia: The
Good Book
For one hundred years,
the most influential
printed work in our
state's history was
surprisingly scarce.
BY CLAYTON H. RAMSEY •
STATEWIDE |
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Still Rising in
Dalton: The Spirit of
"Dear Ole Emery"
Thousands of historical
treasures are housed in
a newly refurbished
school building that is
now the Emery Center.
BY DR. ELIZABETH
HOOLE McARTHUR •
WHITFIELD COUNTY |
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Another Bottle
of Belle's
A family's roots in
Augusta include two men
who pioneered the city's
brewery and soda
businesses.
BY BILL BAAB •
RICHMOND COUNTY |
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The Picture Show
A well-meaning but
unfortunate family
"casts" a young boy in
its drama.
BY
WILLIAM NOBLE • DOOLY COUNTY |
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Old Charley, the
Fifer
Charles Benger's long,
notable life earned the
respect of his fellow
veterans and Macon's
citizens.
BY DR. FAY STAPLETON
BURNETT
• BIBB COUNTY
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Top Ten Novels
About Georgia
Revisit our 2009 ranking
of the best novels set
in Georgia, showing each
writer's aptitude at
painting pictures with
words.
BY DAN ROPER •
STATEWIDE
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Between a Rock
and a Hard Place
Born in Georgia, a
businessman in New York
City, and owner of
plantations in the
Confederate States,
Leroy M. Wiley endured a
strange and complex
Civil War.
BY DR. CAROLE E.
SCOTT •
HANCOCK & BALDWIN
COUNTIES
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Some Family
Legends are Just That
A writer investigates
why his
great-great-grandfather's
gravestone faces the
wrong way.
BY JEFF O'BRYANT •
WHITFIELD COUNTY
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A Dismal Howling
of the Wind
The 1804 Hurricane
wrought devastation on
coastal Georgia, killing
scores.
BY S.T. LANTER •
GLYNN & McINTOSH
COUNTIES
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Genuine Georgia
Backroads:
Benevolence to Fort
Gaines
Quaint towns, striking
architecture, and rich
history characterize
"frontier Georgia."
BY DAVID B. JENKINS
• SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
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Civil War Portrait
Colonel Edward C.
Anderson of the 7th
Regiment Georgia
Cavalry was wounded and
captured but escaped.
BY DAVID W. VAUGHAN •
CHATHAM COUNTY
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