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WINTER 2023 • VOLUME 22, NUMBER
4 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Along the
Backroads: A Dream from
Shiloh's Good Ground
Two men who profoundly
influenced America in
the 20th century had
deep roots in Penfield's Prosperity
Ridge.
BY VIRGINIA BOLTON &
DANIEL M. ROPER • GREENE
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Vanishing
Georgia: "It's too Wild
Lonesome Up Thar!"
The old ways of life
were still evident in
the mountains during the
early years of Georgia's
Appalachian Trail.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER •
NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS |
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The Ghosts of
January
When a young hiker's New
Year's Day outing on
Blood Mountain descended
into chaos, she
tenacously fought for
her life.
BY DWAYNE KEITH
PETTY •
UNION & DAWSON
COUNTIES |
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"I'm the
Veterinarian, Okay?"
A rural veterinarian
handles unusual
situations and bizarre
questions.
BY PAT RANDOLPH •
NORTHEAST GEORGIA |
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Georgia's First
Christmas Tree
Did German immigrant
George Loehr really
introduce Christmas
trees to Georgia?
BY RAY CHANDLER •
ELBERT COUNTY |
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Three Years on
Stone Mountain
Walking the great, gray
leviathan gave Zach
Cross a new way of life
and a new outlook
on life.
BY MICHAEL MICHELSEN
JR. • DEKALB COUNTY |
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Reverend
Hillman's Shocking Rocks
Natural electric current
in the ground drew from
near and far the curious
and those needing a
miraculous cure.
BY RAY CHANDLER •
WILKES COUNTY |
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The Saga of the
Prince of Southern
Farmers
Complex and
controversial family
relationships led David
Dickson to make an
unusual, unprecedented
bequest to his daughter,
Amanda America Dickson.
BY
WILLIAM RAWLINGS •
HANCOCK COUNTY |
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Historic Rural
Churches of Georgia:
Kiokee Baptist
Founded during the
colonial era, Kiokee is
the state's oldest
continuously functioning
Baptist church.
BY CLAYTON H. RAMSEY •
APPLING COUNTY
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"If Ordered to
the Front, I'll have to
be Tied and Carried"
Aging and irascible,
Mitchell's Thunderbolts
grudgingly assembled to
defend Athens.
BY
SAM THOMAS • CLARKE
COUNTY |
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The Unknown
Soldier at King's Tan
Yard
It took more than a
century to identify the
remains of a Confederate
cavalryman killed in
action in 1864.
BY LISA SCOTT •
BARROW COUNTY
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My Hostel in the
Forest
In the 1970s, a young
Brunswick lawyer dreamed
of creating a hostel in
Georgia like those he
had enjoyed while
touring Europe.
BY TOM DENNARD •
GLYNN COUNTY
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Soul of a
Southerner
A southerner
fondly writes about growing up,
and living, in the South.
BY MARY ANN ANDERSON •
GEORGIA |
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Genuine Georgia
Backroads:
Hofwyl-Broadfield to
Jekyll Island
From salt marsh to tabby
to stained glass,
Georgia's southeast
coast offers the visitor
a remarkable variety of
things to see, to smell,
to sense, and to savor.
BY DAVID B. JENKINS
• COASTAL GEORGIA
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Searching for
the Muse on U.S. Hwy. 1
Awed by South Georgia's
brown dryness, a
travelder discoverd the
real richness of the
countryside and its
people.
BY DREW TONEY •
U.S. HIGHWAY 1
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Civil War Portrait
Colonel William
Salisbury was gunned
down thirteen years
after the end of the
Civil War.
BY DAVID W. VAUGHAN •
MUSCOGEE COUNTY
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