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Winter, 2011 • VOLUME 10, NUMBER
4 | TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Writing the
Georgia Landscape
North Georgia's splendid
mountain scenery leaves
an indelible mark on a
grandfather's heart.
BY SKIP LOWERY •
UNION
COUNTY |
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Vanishing
Georgia: A Mill Village
Kid Learns a Few Lessons
Extravagant lifestiles
were unknown to the
residents of the ATCO
mill village in
Cartersville a
half-century ago, but
the community offered a
good environment in
which younsters could
make a lifetime of
memories.
BY YVONNE MASHBURN
SCHMIDT • BARTOW
COUNTY |
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To Laugh in
One Hand and Cry in
the Other
A free black man in
19th-century
Rome walks a
dangerous tightrope
in giving the
appearance of
supporting the
Confederate cause
while actually
working against it.
BY DAVID T. DIXON •
FLOYD COUNTY |
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Soon all the
Barns will be Gone
South Georgia's old
tobacco barns are
reminders of a way of
life rapidly
disappearing from the
landscape.
BY DIANE J. SHEARER
• SOUTH GEORGIA |
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At One Moment in
Time: The Civil
War Photograph
Collection of David W.
Vaughan
Through a blend
of hard work, good
instincts, and a
generous dose of good
fortune, an Atlanta
collector has assembled
America's finest
selection of photographs
of Georgia Civil War
soldiers.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER •
STATEWIDE |
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From Atlanta to
the Atlantic, by Canoe!
Speeding down interstate
highways at 70 miles per
hour whisks travelers
from Atlanta to the
Atlantic in just five
hours, but paddlers
making that same journey
at 28 miles a day take
home a lifetime of
memories.
BY SCOTT STEPHENS •
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN |
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The Life and
Work of Artist and
Historian Wilbur G.
Kurtz
Although he was from
Illinois, Wilbur
Kurtz became one of
Georgia's leading
artists and Civil War
historians.
BY HANK SEGARS •
FULTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES |
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The Most
Atrocious Murders that
Ever Occurred
When a emember of a
prominent Baldwin County
family loses a
long-standing battle
against his own
demons, there's the
butcher's bill to pay.
BY MARK SCROGGINS •
BALDWIN COUNTY |
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Judge Plott:
Mountain Man of Firsts
A century ago, an
enterprising
mountaineeer excelled at
finding novel ways to
get things done.
BY IRMA FLANAGAN
• TOWNS COUNTY |
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Letters from a
Plantation Mistress
A young woman born into
an abolitionist New York
family marries into a
prominent Georgia
slave-owning family.
When war breaks out
between North and South,
she has no doubts where
her loyalty lies.
BY ROBERT LATIMER
HURST • CAMDEN, CHARLTON
& WARE COUNTIES |
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Genuine Georgia
Backroadss: A Day
in Lowndes County
Traveling alongside a
historic railroad gives
the author a rich and
intimate look into the
history of south
Georgia's
Lake Park, Valdosta, and
Hahira.
BY LYNNE TAYLOR •
LOWNDES COUNTY |
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Along the
Backroads: The
Heroes of Keown Falls
On a hike up
a rugged mountain trail,
the remarkable character
of the students and
staff from of a special
needs class is quite
apparent.
BY DANIEL
M. ROPER • WALKER COUNTY |
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