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WINTER 2022 • VOLUME 21, NUMBER 4 | TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Along the Backroads: Walking to the Sound of Winter
Georgia mountains in December sound alot like Virginia mountains in June.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER • NORTHWEST GEORGIA
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Her Roman Odyssey
A Georgia girl from one City of Seven Hills became nobility in another.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER • FLOYD COUNTY
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Vanishing Georgia – Streetcars
Like covered bridges, one-rooms schools, and the old country store, streetcars are relics of another era.
BY DR. CAROLE E. SCOTT • FULTON COUNTY & STATEWIDE
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“I Hope the First Bullet Gets You!”
Atlanta’s Frederck Benteen was the only U.S. cavalry officer promoted for gallantry at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
BY G. JUDSON SMITH JR. AND HAL S. RAPER JR.  • STATEWIDE
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Georgia’s Front Porch
Sylvania’s Visitor’s Information Center transports travelers to the era before interstate highways.
BY BRUCE HARSHBARGER • SCREVEN COUNTY
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The Rowdy Days of Lewis Grizzard
Georgia’s folksy, hilarious, talented writer sometimes struggled to get life right.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER • FULTON COUNTY
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The Final Days of Lewis GrizzardIconic humorist Lewis Grizzard was as spontaneous and impulsive in death as in life.

BY MARY ANN ANDERSON AND STEVE ENOCH • COWETA & CLARKE COUNTIES
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Historic Rural Churches of Georgia:  Camp Meetings

Fellowship, faith, and food are hallmarks of a grand old tradition still practiced around the state.

BY CLAYTON H. RAMSEY • STATEWIDE
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The Cost of Living Free
Clarkesville’s Charles Dees willingly paid the price to live free.
BY EVELYN DAVIS HARMON • HABERSHAM COUNTY
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One of the Most Remarkable Politicians this Country Ever Produced

For decades after the Civil War, General Alfred H. Colquitt and his allies dominated state politics.

BY CLAYTON H. RAMSEY • WALTON, BIBB & FULTON COUNTIES
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Jingle All the Way…To Savannah

North and South still debate where one of the world’s most recognizable songs was written, but Georgia seems to have the stronger claim.

BY JONATHAN SHIPLEY • CHATHAM COUNTY
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Art of the State

In this era of antiseptic, computer-generated imaging, there’s a cartographer who still meticulously draws and illustrates maps by hand.

BY MACK ANDERSON • STATEWIDE
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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: Old Gaol to Eagle Tavern

Forty-five miles of backroads traveling will take you to an old jail, two historic towns, one ghost town, a covered bridge, an iconic piece of exiled artwork, and a frontier-era tavern.

BY DANIEL M. ROPER • MIDDLE GEORGIA
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Mosquito Crossing Memories
A famous Depression-era photo triggered childhood memories of growing up right there.
BY LANELLE U. LARUE • GREENE COUNTY
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Civil War Portrait

Private William S. Askew served with the 1st Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry.

BY DAVID W. VAUGHAN • COWETA COUNTY