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SPRING 2024 • VOLUME 23, NUMBER
1 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Along the
Backroads: Bookends
From the Jacks River to
Jekyll Island, Georgia
offers a remarkable
variety of lovely
scenery.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER •
MURRAY, FANNIN & GLYNN
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Vanishing
Georgia: Portraits of
the Great Depression
The final feature in our
four-part series about
Farm Security
Administration
photographers who
covered the state in the
late 1930s and early
'40s.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER •
STATEWIDE |
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The Night Tina
Came to Tifton
Fortunes for the Queen
of Rock
'n roll were fading when
she performed at ABAC's
1974 homecoming, but
nobody can keep a
goodhearted woman down.
BY FRED BOYLES •
TIFT COUNTY |
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Old Enough to
Fight, Old Enough to
Vote
With the nation
at war, lowering the
voting age from 21 to 18
became a priority for
Governor Ellis Arnall.
BY MAX LONGLEY •
STATEWIDE |
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Escape Through
the Mountains
Dozens of Union
prisoners who fled a
South Carolina prison in
1864 made the long,
hazardous journey across
Georgia's high country
to friendly lines.
BY STEVE PROCKO •
NORTHEAST GEORGIA |
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Top Tin Artist
Self-taught folk artist
Leonard Jones rose from
obscurity to fame by
painting rural scenes on
old tin roofing.
BY TOM POLAND •
LINCOLN COUNTY |
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Thwarted Alien
Invasion
The nation gasped when a
Cobb County police
officer found three men
with an alien corpse on
a rural road one
midnight in 1953.
BY JAY JARVIS • FULTON &
COBB COUNTIES |
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Historic Rural
Churches of Georgia:
County Line Baptist and
the Story of Francisco
Hidalgo
An infamous Wild West
gunfighter and his
adopted brother had deep
roots in Georgia.
BY CLAYTON H. RAMSEY •
BUTTS COUNTY |
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Sam Mayer -
Phenomenal Fielder
For Sam Mayer and other
Jewish big leaguers,
baseball was a pastime,
vocation, and refuge.
BY CLAYTON H. RAMSEY
• FULTON COUNTY
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Discovering the
Magic Behind the Mall
Surprising pockets of
beauty and serenity
sometimes survive near
congested highays and
commercial aeas like
Town Center Mall.
BY
MARLA AYCOCK • COBB
COUNTY |
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Quirky,
Colorful, Quaint: The
Columbus Collective
Museum
Come enjoy this historic
collection of
memorabilia including
lunchboxes, antique
cars, soda pop bottles,
radio state equipment,
and snackables.
BY BILL BAAB •
MUSCOGEE COUNTY
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The Shooting of
Joe Ben Jenkins
The slaying of a chief
of police triggered the
last lynching in this
northwest Georgia county
in 1930.
BY JOSEPH W. CWIK •
BARTOW 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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It would be a
Sin to Pass Up Some
Fresh Air!
A famous roadside
barbecue restaurant
draws customers from
near and far.
BY BRYAN MIMS •
BUTTS COUNTY
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Restoring
Hiawassee's Hidden Gem
The newly restored
Berrong-Oakley House is
one of this city's few
remaining historic
residences.
BY TYLER OSBORN •
TOWNS COUNTY
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Civil War Portrait
Private William D.
Purcell saw heavy action
at the Battle of
Chickamauga in 1863.
BY DAVID W. VAUGHAN •
FRANKLIN COUNTY
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