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SPRING 2018 • VOLUME 17, NUMBER
1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS
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To Walk a Woods
Road Wet
Time slows for those
transfixed by nature's
beauty.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER •
FLOYD COUNTY
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Vanishing
Georgia: In
Death's Day
The hallowed soil where
we commit our dead -
ashes to ashes, dust to
dust - may be hauntingly
beautiful or strikingly
austere.
BY MARY ANN ANDERSON •
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY &
STATEWIDE
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Two Worlds
Colliding: Elisha
W. Chester and the
Cherokee Removal
When Georgia filed
criminal charges against
missionary to the
Cherokee Nation Samuel
A. Worcester, a young
Lawrenceville lawyer
handled his defense.
BY STEVE CURRY •
GWINNETT COUNTY
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Remember the
Lucies
The Lucy Cobb
Institute in Athens
provided a premier
education for
generations of
girls.
BY MARCIA MAYO
• CLARKE COUNTY
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Historic Rural
Churches of Georgia:
Pine Hill Christian
A South Georgia church
was birthed in
emanicipation and took
its doctirne from an
Appalachian movement.
STORY BY
CLAYTON H. RAMSEY,
PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVE
ROBINSON • BROOKS COUNTY
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Danburg Remains
For those who look, the
past patiently reveals
itself.
BY TOM POLAND •
WILKES COUNTY
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Stalking
Spring's Ephemerals
In full recovery from
the Rough Ridge Fire,
the Cohutta Wilderness
Area is about to present
a memorable wildflower
display.
ARTICLE
BY DR. KATHELEEN
THOMPSON • PHOTOS BY
THOMPSON & NANCY SMITH •
NORTH GEORGIA
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Searching for
Fort Buffington
With the dismantling of
a wooden blockhouse in
the 1890s, the precise
location of an important
Cherokee Removal fort
has been lost to
history.
BY DEE THOMPSON •
CHEROKEE COUNTY
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In Search of the
Nine-Dime Doctor
Once upon a time, a
mystical man with
magical ways lived in
South Georgia.
BY CHUCK BOWEN
• MITCHELL COUNTY
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Last Relic of
the Cherokee Gold Fields
The picturesque Shingle
House is a remnant of an
important 19th century
goldmining operation.
BY SAMUEL L. WEHUNT •
CHEROKEE COUNTY
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Brave in War,
Bold in Peace - The Life
and Work of William
Macon Crumley
A veteran of Virginia's
battlefields returned
home to become a
successful Atlanta
businessman.
BY DR. ELIZABETH
(BETSY) HOOLE McARTHUR •
FULTON
COUNTY
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The Making of a
Treausure
Difficult circumstnaces
forged a thoughtful,
hardworking,
unforgettable woman.
BY BONNE DAVIS CELLA •
TIFT
COUNTY
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Let Us Not
Forget
Georgia's
mountain moonshine
history has an aura of
romance and daring often
tinged by tragedy and
death.
BY SAMUEL
L. WEHUNT • LUMPKIN
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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Genuine Georgia
Backroads: Beauty
and History in
McLemore's Cove
A foggy drive through a
tranquil valley enticed
a city girl and her
photographer husband to
"come home."
BY
DAVID B. JENKINS •
WALKER COUNTY
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The Peach Tree
Switch
When all is said and
done, it isn't age or
gender that matters,
it's love and character.
BY WILLIAM C. NOBLE •
DOOLEY
COUNTY |
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