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SPRING 2023 • VOLUME 22, NUMBER
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Along the
Backroads: The Whole
Truth
Photographs and words
can usually show or
speak the truth but
seldom tell the whole
truth.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER •
NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS |
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Vanishing
Georgia: The Photography
of Dororthea Lange
One of America's great
photographers took many
unforgettable photos
right here in Georgia.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER •
STATEWIDE |
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The Sardis Iron
- Georgia's Largest
Meteorite
Eighty years of
scientific examination
and analysis have not
explained the origin of
the state's largest
meteorite.
BY THOMAS THURMAN •
JENKINS COUNTY |
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A Most Rancorous
and Deadly Hate
A widow erected a
memorial to her slain
husband, beseeching
travelers, "Spare this
sacred monument, all ye
that pass by."
BY S.T. LANTER •
MCINTOSH COUNTY |
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Gray Shadows
Over Wolfpacks
During World War II,
airships from
Brunswick's Glynco Naval
Air Station patrolled
the Atlantic to counter
the threat posed by
enemy submarines.
BY KEITH PROPST •
GLYNN COUNTY |
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This Woman Torn
With stubborn, immutable
conviction, Marion
Toombs Colley cast a
vote in 1924 that roiled
national politics.
BY MAXIMILLIAN "MAX"
LONGLEY •
WILKES COUNTY |
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An Old Rebel and
His Sword
The auction of an
antique sword raised
questions about Civil
War veteran Charles
Irvin.
BY DONALD MARTIN •
WILKES COUNTY |
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Cast Down Your
Bucket
In life and in death,
Theo Williams faithfully
served his family and
the Paine Bottom
community.
BY EVELYN
DAVIS HARMON • MACON COUNTY |
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Putting the 'e'
Back in Metcalfe
A community rallied to
preserve an historic
town just north of the
Florida line.
BY THERESA K. BROWN
• THOMAS COUNTY
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Putting the 's'
Back in St. Simons
A community rallied in
opposition to a federal
government decision to
change the historic
island's name.
BY STEVE SWAIN •
GLYNN COUNTY
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Hunting Memories
at Paulks Pasture
Wild game at this
hunter's paradise drew
sportsmen like Ty Cobb
and Babe Ruth.
BY BILL BAAB •
GLYNN COUNTY
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No Noose is Good
News
Jasper's Old Jail Museum
is devoted to justice
and law enforcement in
the mountains a century
ago.
BY MARIA BOLING •
PICKENS COUNTY
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Teaching
One-Hundred Percent
Americanism
Lanier University's run
as America's KKK College
was brief and
tumultuous.
BY CLAYTON H. RAMSEY •
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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Louise the
Dynamite Packer
A young bride
contributed to the war
effort by taking a job
at an ammunition plant.
BY JEFF O'BRYANT •
WALKER COUNTY
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Tally Boy to a
Timber Cruiser
When cottonmouth
moccasins ae an
occupational hazard,
timber cruisers walk
softly and carry a big
stick.
BY JIM NICHOLS
• LOWNDES COUNTY
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Civil War Portrait
Photographer J.A.
"Dolph" Pugh, of Macon
did a great deal of his
work during the Civil
War years.
BY DAVID W. VAUGHAN •
BIBB COUNTY
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