Spring 2010
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SPRING 2010 • VOLUME 9, NUMBER
1 • TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Rebirth and
Cultural Revival for
Eatonton's Historic
Grammar School
Volunteers helped save a
prominent Eatonton
school building that now
hosts cultural events
and houses a museum
dedicated to the history
of education in
this picturesque
township.
BY HANK SEGARS •
PUTNAM
COUNTY |
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Andrew
Jackson's Dilemma
On the cusp of
victory in their
struggle to remain
in Georgia, the
Cherokee become
unwilling
participants in a
political tug-of-war
between the Federal
government and the
state of Georgia and
South Carolina.
BY CHARMAINE DAY •
NORTH GEORGIA |
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The Last Rebel
Savannah's intractable
Charles Augustus
Lafayette Lamar was the
offspring of gentry, an
unrelenting advocate of
slavery, an ardent
secessionist, and the
last prominent
Confederate officer to
die in battle..
BY JUNE HALL MCCASH •
CHATHAM, GLYNN AND
MUSCOGEE COUNTIES |
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Night of Blood
and Thunder:
The Taking of the USS
Water Witch
With the flicker of
lightning providing the
only illumination,
determined Confederate
sailors board and
commandeer the United
States Navy's only
side-wheel steamer
man-of-war.
BY BORDEN BLACK •
MUSCOGEE AND CHATHAM
COUNTIES |
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Georgia's
Official Historical
Plates
Neither fire nor the
Great Depression could
stop the ladies of the
Transylvania Club from
developing a magnificent
set of fine china to
save their hometown
library.
BY WILLIAM RAWLINGS •
WASHINGTON COUNTY |
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Vanishing
Georgia: The
Old Dirt Road
Whether it be
through billowing
clouds of dust or
seas of red clay
muck, a drive or
stroll down a good
ol' dirt road will
bring back memories
of long ago.
BY MARY ANN ANDERSON •
STATEWIDE |
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The Rich &
Enduring Legacy of
Dahlonega's William P.
Price
Native son William Price
was a leader who lefta
lasting mark on his
mountain hometown and
the school known today
as North Georgia College
& State University.
BY ANNE DISMUKES
AMERSON •
LUMPKIN COUNTY |
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Saturdays at the
Movies
Back in the days of
Humphrey Bogart, James
Cagney, and Errol Flynn,
going to the movies in
the big city was a big
treat for a small-town
boy.
BY TRAVIS H.
MCDANIEL •
COBB AND FULTON COUNTIES |
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Genuine Georgia
Backroads - Low Country
Bounty
From
onions and pears to
tomatoes and shrimp, the
South Georgia
countryside provides a
bountiful harvest (and
some great history,
too!).
BY LYNNE TAYLOR
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