tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12056264019844496162024-03-07T18:16:04.308-08:00Georgia On My MindHome of the Georgia Carnival, the Georgia blogroll, Georgia History, and a little bit of everything else!EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comBlogger424125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-72908418337424894312015-04-20T19:05:00.000-07:002015-04-20T19:05:33.270-07:00Please follow me to my new website...
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a big HELLO to those of you who might find yourself here through a Google search, or you are a long-time subscriber to this site via Feedburner and/or RSS Feed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I've moved!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'd love to have you visit me at my own domain where I come out from behind the ElementaryHistoryTeacher name, but continue to share the stories behind the history.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Unfortunately, I couldn't take my current subscription list to the new site. <strong>You will have to join my new mailing list</strong> to receive information regarding blog updates, new books as they are published including my own brand of history curriculum for educators.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My teaching memoir will be published in 2016 along with the first of my curriculum units.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The new website, <a href="http://lisalandcooper.com/">LisaLandCooper.com</a> is up and running!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">All three pages contain hundreds of vintage images with new ones being added daily!</span><br />
EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-14183217450541006562014-08-18T18:29:00.000-07:002014-08-18T18:29:22.532-07:00Finally! I've Written a Book!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've written and published a book!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Of course, that was my intention when I began writing online way back in 2006 while I was still in the classroom, but the book I've published isn't exactly the book I had planned. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The planned project - a teaching memoir - will still be published along with a few other projects, but this book feel into my lap along the way, and it needed to be done. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">History education is my prime focus along with writing curriculum. Over the last couple of years I've written some college courses used by teacher candidates at Johns Hopkins University School of Education, and I have some other curriculum ideas up my sleeve, but local history has taken a front-burner position over the last year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I've been researching and writing the local history of Douglas County for the past four years, and have had a weekly column with the <em>Douglas County Sentinel</em> for a year and half. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I've been a longtime fan of the Images of America series of books from Arcadia Publishing. Several towns in Georgia are included, but my town of Douglasville was missing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When Arcadia contacted me last year, there was no other alternative than to sign the contract and get busy. The book was released July 14th, and I'm very proud of it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The book contains 200 vintage images depicting the history of Douglasville, Georgia with some dating back to the 1870s and covering the next one hundred years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As far as a southern town goes, Douglasville is a bit unique as it IS the quintessential New South town having been birthed in 1875 during Reconstruction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You can see a Google preview of the book <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vc28AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4&dq=arcadia+publishing,+douglasville&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5IryU8XtKsH-yQSqooCoCA&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=arcadia%20publishing%2C%20douglasville&f=false">HERE</a>, and you can purchase it via Amazon </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1467112100/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1467112100&linkCode=as2&tag=historyiselem-20&linkId=F7DGSO6WRBZJJ67Q"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=historyiselem-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1467112100" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span>EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-62005074501487871372014-01-27T09:00:00.000-08:002017-05-26T13:44:23.481-07:00The Murder of Sarah Collins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When thinking about past events it is easy to speed up time.
For example, several events occurring over a few weeks can be interpreted in
just a few days especially once they hit the movie screen.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Atlanta's involvement in the Civil War is one such example,
and I blame the movie….not the book….<em>Gone with the Wind</em> for the
"speedy" version most people have in their minds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We see Aunt Pittypat upset because Yankees have reached
Georgia as she is evacuating the city. The Battle of Atlanta occurs, Miss Melly
has her baby and that scoundrel Sherman burns the town.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What a day!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However, those events occurred over several weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Battle of Atlanta occurred on July 22, 1864 with the
Rebels retreating from the city.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Mayor of Atlanta didn't surrender the city to the Union
until September 2, 1864 following a five week siege.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Five long weeks….<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While there were some heart wrenching events during those
weeks of siege many folks in the city of Atlanta tried to get on with some
semblance of normalcy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In his book<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, The
Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta</i>, Marc Josef Wortman states,
"Thumbing their collective rebel noses at Sherman amid the siege,
Atlanta's party life went blithely on. Distillers sold corn whiskey to
soldiers, and prostitutes serviced the troops behind the lines. Officers went
to festive balls, where bands played while fiery exploding shells passed
overhead."<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One such ball was given by the Atlanta Medical College on
August 12, 1864 just twenty-one days after the Battle of Atlanta.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Atlanta Medical College would eventually become Emory
University's School of Medicine. The picture I've posted above is the school as it appeared in 1957. This image is a drawing that appeared in the<em> Illustrated History of Atlanta</em> by Edward Young Clarke.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm uncertain as to why the school decided to
give a ball during the siege of Atlanta since they had suspended lectures on
July 3rd, but they did.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the young ladies who attended the ball happened to be
Sarah Collins, a woman described as beautiful and held a "high position in
the first circles of the city."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sarah had arrived in Atlanta a year earlier as a refugee
from Memphis.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Medical College ball would be her last event.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the midst of war in a city that was under siege, Sarah
was murdered.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The newspaper at the time....the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Daily Intelligencer</i> reported the murder of Sarah Collins describing
the event as "the most horrible crime that has ever been committed in [the
city of Atlanta]." She was found strangled in her bed. The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Daily Intelligencer</i> reported "her
throat was perfectly black where she had been choked, her arms were bruised,
and her body terribly mutilated; her clothing was torn and muddy as though she
had been drug through the mud by some villain who had violated her
person."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately, due to the chaos of the times with no real
law enforcement no one was ever brought to justice for the murder of Sarah
Collins.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To my knowledge the murder remains an unsolved crime with
very little written about it other than the article that appeared in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Daily Intelligencer</i> during August, 1864
and a mention here and there in various books.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-70932613521493585832014-01-20T12:48:00.000-08:002014-01-21T15:16:46.219-08:00Atlanta by Gaslight<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People lament all the time that the old Atlanta is gone –
torn down, built over, swept away and forgotten. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think the past is still with us in a tangible way such
as the Tullie Smith house or the Wren’s Nest, but yes – sometimes we do have to
be satisfied with historical memories via the written word or images presenting
places long gone like the grand mansions that lined Peachtree Street once upon
a time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there ARE those situations where bits and pieces
remain.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I find those fragments of history to be the most
fascinating because they hide in the contemporary landscape with most never
realizing they are passing a gateway to Atlanta’s past each and every day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take the three streetlights that stand in Piedmont Park near Park Drive Bridge, for example.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The streetlights stand as a testament to Atlanta’s history
dating back to 1916 when the lights were placed in the park in remembrance of
the Gate City’s proud history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s something isn’t it? Items still standing that date
back to 1916.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But wait – there’s more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The light poles actually date to 1855 when they were
ordered from the Schofield Iron Works of Macon at a cost of twenty-one dollars
each.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The granite bases for the three
poles were taken from some of the first pavement, or what existed as pavement,
at the time in the city.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally the poles were topped with gas lamps and were
installed along an Atlanta street by the Atlanta Gasworks. Today we know the company as the Atlanta Gas
Light Company, the oldest corporation in the city and second oldest in the
state.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today’s news reports advise some of the streets in
Atlanta are dangerous at night, but in 1855 the reasons were very different.
Livestock roamed the streets and some of the pothole situations were described
as virtual pits that someone could stumble into if they were wandering around
in the dark.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The young city had been interested in the new technology
of gas lamps but cost was a factor. A couple of proposals were made for a city
gasworks, but the city council waited.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, William E. Helme made his proposal. He was a
businessman from Philadelphia who had installed the gasworks for the city of
Augusta. He along with his partner, McIlhenny had patented gas meters and other
equipment. You can find out more about McIlhenny <a href="https://www.philamuseum.org/pma_archives/ead.php?c=HPM&p=hn">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apparently, dabbling in the gas works industry was very
lucrative. This is the Helme home near Philadelphia in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It sat on
eleven acres at Pike and St. David’s Road. </span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We must remember that in the early days, natural gas had
not yet been harnessed for energy purposes. The plant Helme proposed to build
would be one that burned coal in order to produce the gas. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plant would cost $50,000. His exclusive
contract was for a period of fifty years, and fifty street lamps would be
provided initially at $30 per annum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Helme set to work laying the first three miles of pipe
for the gas. Atlanta's citizens celebrated on December 25, 1855 when the first gas lamps
were lit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The gasworks company and the shareholders earned handsome
dividends over time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the Civil War the city took over the company.
Since Helme and many of the shareholders were Northerners, they were declared “alien
enemies”. The seized shares were soon auctioned off to folks of the Confederate
persuasion. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, Helme and his investors weren’t the Yankees the
city council should have been concerned with since it was General Sherman who
ordered the Gas Works to be burned in 1864.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following the war it took a while, but by 1880 all of the
city’s lamps were lit again, and by 1881 the city converted all 426 gas lamps
into electric ones.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the lamp posts can be seen at Oakland Cemetery as
seen below (photo credit: Robert Lz/Flicker)</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can view pictures of one of the three Piedmont
Park lamps mentioned above at <em>History Atlanta</em>, one of my new blog finds that I
ADORE <a href="http://historyatlanta.com/the-street-lamps-in-piedmont-park/">here</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fantastic site and great
scholarly research!</span></span>EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-17657454196631992952014-01-14T11:01:00.000-08:002014-01-14T11:01:00.536-08:00Georgia History: New and Soon to be available titles from Arcadia Publishing
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arcadia Publishing has recently announced two new titles in their <em>Images of America</em> series focusing on the towns of Smyrna and Stone Mountain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The <em>Images of America</em> series are unique in that they tell the history of small towns and downtown areas through vintage pictures with informative captions. The Arcadia website states, "Local authors transform dusty albums and artifacts into meaningful walks down memory lane. Millions of vintage images become tiny time capsules, re-establishing memories of the formerly familiar, introducing generations to what once was, and reminding us all of what has been (and can be) in every corner of our nation. The popular series has expanded over to time preserve and celebrate additional worthy topics including local landmarks, architecture, ethnic groups, and more."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The city of Smyrna dates back as far as the 1830s getting its start as a religious campground. The book "Smyrna" (the cover image is provided below) traces the town's history through several events including Civil War battles, the growth stemming from US 41, and the impact of Bell Aircraft Corporation (Lockheed). The book was put together by Harold Lee Smith, a co-founder of the Smyrna Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. and the Smyrna History Museum. He's also a former city council member and Smyrna mayor. Mr. Smith's co-author is Kara Hunter-Oden, a curator of the Smyrna History Museum and vice president of the Smyrna Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who doesn't know about Georgia's iconic Stone Mountain, but what do we really know about the community of the same name? The new Arcadia volume titled "Stone Mountain" ( the cover image is seen below) provides a fantastic chance to learn about the "village that developed in its shadow". Who knew that "a flourishing granite industry attracted skilled, European laborers" or that following the Civil War the neighborhood of Shermantown was established by former slaves? The book was put together by the Stone Mountain Historical Society. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This spring, Arcadia Publishing will be announcing other new titles for Georgia including <strong><u>MINE</u></strong>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Yes! My <em>Images of America</em> volume titled "Douglasville" will be ready for purchase by May, 2014!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Stay tuned for more information.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Hundred of history enthusiasts across the nation actually collect the <em>Images of America</em> series, and Arcadia makes collecting and purchasing easy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You can search for and purchase titles directly from the Arcadia website, and easy to use social media buttons make it easy for you to alert friends and family concerning your favorite volumes. They even provide a few pages for you to review titles before you purchase via Google Preview.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">If you sign up for the Arcadia newsletter, you will receive 20% off your next purchase.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><u>HINT:</u></strong> You can use the discount to purchase MY book!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Smyrna volume can be reviewed and purchased <a href="http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467110891/Smyrna">here</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Stone Mountain volume can be reviewed and purchased <a href="http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467111003/Stone-Mountain">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I can't wait for my copies of "Smyrna" and "Stone Mountain" to arrive, but I have to be honest - I'm really getting excited about the release of my own title.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm so ready to share it!</span>EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-39018428289619462942014-01-06T11:14:00.000-08:002014-01-06T11:14:01.305-08:0013 Things About King George II<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The colony of Georgia was named to honor King George II. This list of 13 things concerning his life is by no means complete, but is a list of things I found to be highlights of interest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Georgia was the thirteenth and final colony set up by
Great Britain in 1733. Since it was formed during the reign of King George II
it makes sense that the colony was named for him. What a great way to get his attention!</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. King George II wasn’t just the King of Great
Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His official title was King of
Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover), and Prince
elector of the Holy Roman Empire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brunswick-Lüneburg was a historical ducal state dating to
the late Middle Ages and was the principal home for George II and his father
before him, George I.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. As a Prince elector of the Holy Roman Empire, George II
was a member of the Electoral College that had the privilege of electing the
King of the Romans/Holy Roman Emperor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When thinking of the Holy Roman Empire, think primarily about Germany
and Italy. After existing for hundreds of years the title was phased out in the
early 1800s. I could launch off into an exhausting history side-bar here....but I won't, and you're welcome. </span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. King George II was the last British monarch to have been
born outside Great Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, it
seems strange that a German born prince born in the German city of Hanover took
the British throne.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, it was
due to his grandmother, Sophia of Hanover and an act of Parliament.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Act of Settlement in 1701 restricted
Catholics from taking the throne throwing Sophia of Hanover several steps up
the line of succession and resulting in George II’s father, George I taking the
throne in 1714. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. George II had little power. By 1729, Parliament
controlled domestic and foreign policy in Great Britain, but George II still
managed to influence affairs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
actually had more power in Hanover, and spent many summers there overseeing
things. You can't blame the guy....</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. George II married Caroline of Ansbach in 1705. He
actually visited the Ansbach court under a false identify so he could check
Caroline out to make sure she would be a suitable bride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently, she passed muster since they had
many children over the years. Still ,
his high regard for Caroline did not keep George II from having mistresses.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s good to be the King, right?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In fact, on her death bed Caroline implored the King to remarry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He told her no, but he would have
mistresses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nice, huh? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. So, what’s a German Prince to do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not like they can go down to the corner
and get a job at the drugstore or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While he was a king-in-waiting, George II wanted to lead men in battle
and do the whole “play soldier” thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His father flatly refused until a son and an heir were produced. After that little assignment was completed
the future George II participated in the Battle of Oudenarde in 1708.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Say what you want to about prissy German
princes, but he had to have some bravery in him somewhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His horse was shot out from underneath him
and the Colonel riding beside him was killed. It is said that the future king
bravely charged ahead of his troops, and in fact, George II is the last British king who led troops into battle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once George I was crowned King of Great Britain, the future
George II became Prince of Wales. At one point in 1716 his father returned to
Hanover to oversee matters of state there. The future George II was given
limited powers to govern in his father’s absence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He went on a tour of country through several
towns and the public was “allowed to see him dine at Hampton Court Palace.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can you imagine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>People showing up to gawk at you while you eat?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I guess it really is an uneasy head the crown rests on
because it was during this time<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an
attempt was made on his life at Drury Lane Theatre.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. King George I died in 1727 and King George II finally
assumed the throne. To fully cement his place among the British people (since
some were still wary of their German kings) the new king decided not to travel
to Germany for his father’s funeral.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Folks saw it as a declaration of a firm commitment to Great
Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While it looked nice in
public, more than likely the real reason is through the years father and son
had quarreled over matters of state. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. The charter creating the colony of Georgia was granted to
General James Oglethorpe on April 21, 1732. In the beginning Oglethorpe desired
a colony that would be a place where debtors could go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might have even been taught that in
school, but while Oglethorpe wanted the colony to be a place where debtors
could find refuge and work their debts off free of prison, a debtor’s haven
never materialized.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Georgia colony was NOT a haven for British debtors. King George II and his
advisors put a stop to that. Each of the 114 original settlers who sailed on
the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Anne</i> in 1733 was chosen for the
skills they could bring to the new colony, and there wasn’t a debtor among
them. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead, the King and other government officials liked the theory
that the newest colony could serve as a buffer zone between South Carolina and
lands to the south belonging to Spain.In order to serve as a “garrison province” that would defend the
southern colonies from invasion the new colony of Georgia would need to be
populated with strong folks willing to work hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In order to make sure the new Georgia citizens were on their
toes, Oglethorpe banned alcohol in the new colony as well as slavery. The men sent to the new colony were heavily
trained as members of the militia<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. While King George II did everything he could to prove to
the British people he was their king, he was also the Duke of Hanover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He returned there in 1736 to oversee
things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After an absence of several
months citizens attached a note to the gates of St. James’s Palace stating, “Lost
or strayed out of this house, a man who has left a wife and six children on the
parish.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, at least the British had a sense of humor regarding
their absent king.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11. Just as King George II couldn’t get along with his
father, George I, he also couldn’t get along very well with his son and heir
Frederick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Frederick, the Prince of
Wales applied to Parliament to increase his allowance, it caused a rift between
father and son.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feelings of ill will
were so high that when Frederick’s wife was about to give birth to the heir,
Frederick bundled her up, thrust her into a carriage and drove off in the
middle of the night to keep his parents from being present at the birth.
Frederick was banned from court after that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12. Getting back to the colony of Georgia, ever hear of the
War of Jenkin’s Ear? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Britain and Spain went to war in 1739.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over in Europe the fracas became part of the
War of the Austrian Succession. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
British monarch, King George II didn’t have much to say or do with the war, but
as the Elector of Hanover he could have a say and intervene directly in
European affairs, so he hightailed it to Hanover during the summers of 1740 and
1741 to participate more directly in the war.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As far as the colony of Georgia is concerned, colonists
attacked the Spanish city of St. Augustine in 1740 aided by a British naval
blockade, but were turned back. The British forces were led by James Oglethorpe.
They attempted to take the city of St. Augustine for over a month before
retreating. They finally just gave up. The Georgia colonists simply walked away
from their artillery.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13. Following the approval of the Colony of Georgia’s charter
the council of Trustees governed the colony deciding how subsidies received
from Parliament would be allocated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Running a colony where everyone has different agendas is more difficult
that it seems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oglethorpe finally
returned home for the last time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On June 23, 1752, the Trustees submitted a deed of reconveyance
to the crown and three years later the colony ceased to be a proprietary colony
and became a crown colony. It remained that way until the American Revolution.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">King George II died in October, 1760 leaving the throne in
the hands of his grandson, George.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At
the time of his death the king was blind in one eye and could barely hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was determined he died from an aortic
aneurysm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was buried in Westminster Abbey next to his wife. It’s
interesting to note that he had left instructions for his coffin and that of
his wife to have the sides removed so that their remains could mix together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Picture credit: Portrait of George II, 1730 by Enoch Seeman via
WIkipedia</i></span>EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-53573113527891023432013-11-06T18:32:00.001-08:002015-09-28T12:06:15.986-07:00The Confederate Rosie the Riveter<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the iconic images of World War II happens to be Rosie the Riveter representing thousands of women who entered the work force at a time when the majority of Americans felt a woman's place was at home. Conditions were often harsh, pay was not equal, and most had to deal with unfavorable treatment by men working beside them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It took a strong woman to become "Rosie the Riveter".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It took a fighter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">One Georgia native - Helen Dortch Longstreet - was a fighter. In fact, over and over during her life she had earned the nickname "fighting lady".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In 1894, she was appointed assistant state librarian - the very first woman in Georgia to hold that position. In 1896, the Dortch Bill passed the state legislature. It was named for Helen Dortch Longstreet and paved the way for any woman to be able to hold state office.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In 1897, Helen met General James Longstreet through her college roommate. He was 76. She was 34. The same year the General was busy with Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, Helen was born!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Though they were only together for six years before General Longstreet died, it must have been a very special relationship. Found among Helen's papers stored at the Atlanta History Center you can find an unpublished essay written by Helen that details their courtship titled <em>Wooed to the Warrior's Tent.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wooed? Why General Longstreet! I do declare!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I really need to get to the Atlanta History Center and look through Helen's papers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">After the marriage, Helen took on the job as postmistress in Gainesville, a post she held though 1913. She also championed her husband's reputation as the controversial general who failed to follow orders at Gettysburg. She fought until the end of the General's life and then her own to portray his life correctly in history. In 1905, Helen published <em>Lee and Longstreet at High Tide</em> to that end.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In 1911, Helen fought unsuccessfully with Georgia Power over their wish to build hydroelectric dams along the Tallulah River citing that no one knew for sure what the impact the dams would have on the river or to Tallulah Gorge. Her fight is considered to be one of the first efforts at conservation in Georgia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">During World War II at the age of 80, Helen Dortch Longstreet packed a lunch, picked up her tools, and stood alongside other Georgia women at Bell Bomber (Lockheed) building B-29s. <em>Life</em> magazine featured Helen in their issue dated December 27, 1943 as the "Confederate General's Widow". The picture below appeared in <em>Life.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">During the 1950s, Helen Dortch Longstreet led an unsuccessful write-in campaign against Herman Talmadge for governor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Think of that! A woman running for governor in the 1950s, even if it was a write-in campaign. Helen was most certainly a woman before her time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Another first for Helen involved her portrait hanging at the state capitol building in Atlanta. Yes, hers was the first portrait to hang alongside important men throughout Georgia's history. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Several resources state Helen Dortch Longstreet was, at the time of her death, the last surviving widow of a Confederate General. It's hard to know for sure since records weren't kept very well on the Confederate side. One thing can't be disputed - Georgia did have a Confederate Rosie the Riveter, and she knew how to fight for issues she believed in. </span>EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-90838213866150063882013-10-07T15:00:00.000-07:002013-10-07T15:00:27.786-07:00Palmetto's Railroad Depot Museum
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the time I was aware of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad depot buildings they were all but abandoned since the railroad no longer used them by the mid-1960s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Red Oak's depot was moved to another location. I'm sure the depot in College Park was used for something, but I can't remember. I do remember a law firm making their home in Fairburn's depot (it's still there), and the city of Palmetto used their depot for city offices including the police department.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The other day as I was heading through Palmetto I noticed they had opened a museum in their depot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I decided to take a few minutes and stop. I'm glad I did. The docent and I had a lovely time sharing history. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Palmetto's depot was built somewhere between 1914 and 1917 with plenty of room for freight on one side of the building and passengers on the other. At the time the depot was built, the rails through Palmetto didn't set up as high as they do now. In fact, they dipped down to the point that sometimes the train would get stuck and an engine would be dispatched to come behind the train to "push" it along. The passengers would disembark and then have to come through a small tunnel underneath the depot and climb the steps to reach the passenger waiting room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Once the depot was no longer needed for rail travel the city managed to rent it from CSX Railroad for $100 a year. The sweet deal came to fruition because a former mayor was a CSX employee.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When the city moved out the building sat, and like so many older beauties, it began to decay. Many thought it just needed to be torn down. After all...the roof had holes in it, and there was an asbestos issue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thankfully, in the year 2000 the railroad sold the depot to the city for $14,000. Once the deed was in the city's name, a group of historically minded citizens applied for a couple of grants. One in particular was a Georgia Transportation grant for $1.2 million dollars with an 80/20 split. The city would have to contribute 20 percent of the money used to restore the depot, but the majority of funds would be given. A second grant was obtained for $200,000.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Eighteen months later and just one year ago, a ribbon cutting celebration was given, and there was quite a bit to show off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">The restored depot houses a conference room at one end and space for special events on the other end. The special events section of the depot has the original depot flooring including the original freight scale embedded in the floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can see the depot agent's office, the original ticket window and all the doors and windows are original to the property. There is also a train-side deck/patio. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, for some folks the word "train" in the official name of the museum is confusing since the focus is Palmetto's history and NOT trains. There are no trains featured in the historical exhibits, but they DO cover Palmetto's history with new things being added all the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The museum is in the middle section of the depot with the brick walls lined with vintage furniture, objects, clothing and other memorabilia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The museum also owns a vast collection of historic photographs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A couple of penny-farthing bikes donated by former Palmetto mayor, Robert Steed are on display. A penny-farthing bike gets its name from the high wheel/small wheel that resembles a British penny next to a farthing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Take some time and learn some local history. The Palmetto Train Depot Museum located at 549 Main Street (Highway 29/Roosevelt Highway) is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. with free admission.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Visit <em>Georgia on my Mind's Facebook</em> page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Georgia-on-My-Mind/253221885715?ref=hl">here</a> to see more of my pictures from my visit to the museum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You can see pictures from Palmetto's official grand opening <a href="http://www.citypalmetto.com/gallery.aspx?AID=9">here</a>....</span>EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-85598376634088210262013-09-10T07:17:00.003-07:002013-09-10T07:25:11.996-07:00Georgia's Bedspread Alley<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBHoQRbCICG2zoKRIPI45oRjIZYs-5LYnv7ijFzc_xxscdI65MjZxkx8kXRCHAXj7s0M5-5qWT3LOZuOK27mGuaLaVUcd7iELwhqMhMwttpixGtypPo9-aRu8f7svMNB1sHWI4Ib-4AU/s1600/tufted+bedspread3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBHoQRbCICG2zoKRIPI45oRjIZYs-5LYnv7ijFzc_xxscdI65MjZxkx8kXRCHAXj7s0M5-5qWT3LOZuOK27mGuaLaVUcd7iELwhqMhMwttpixGtypPo9-aRu8f7svMNB1sHWI4Ib-4AU/s200/tufted+bedspread3.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Are you on Pinterest? </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I have an account, but my four or five little boards
there are awfully lonely. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ve ignored Pinterest on purpose. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m afraid once I dive in there will be no saving me, and
I’ll spend too much of my time scrolling through the pretty images and forget
more pressing matters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Every now and then I get a notification that someone new
is following my boards. I feel so bad and want to send them an apology letter
letting them know that one day…someday… my Pinterest boards will be more interesting.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I most certainly see the value of Pinterest just from the
pins that roll across my newsfeed on Facebook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I see things I could forward to others...<em>I saw this and
thought it might interest you</em>…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ideas that I could use thinking to myself...<em>Oh, that
would be perfect for the bedroom</em>.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">All sorts of craft ideas that make me dream...<em>Yes! I
can make that, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try that</em>…,
and then I laugh myself right out of the thought minutes later since I’m not
very crafty as in glue and thread kind of “crafty”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1892, when she was 15, Catherine Evans didn’t have
Pinterest, of course, but she did see something she wanted to try. She saw a
tufted bedspread someone had made prior to the Civil War. Catherine decided she
wanted to try the technique. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She took a bodkin needle, a blunt needle used for pulling
something large through a piece of material, and tried her hand at tufting. The
tufts were made by pulling eight threads at a time through the material. Over
and over the threads would be pulled until the design was complete. Once the
fabric was washed and dried the tufts would be there to stay. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What began as a personal challenge to see if she could
recreate something turned into something she did over and over for family and
friends finally selling one for $2.50.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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only for Catherine, but for nearly 10,000 women and their families across North
Georgia.</span><br />
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coming. More and more folks were recruited to complete the tufting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A cottage industry was born!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Gradually over time men were hired to work in stamping
facilities where the designs were made on plain white sheeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were various methods used to stamp the
fabric, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but one way was to lay a plain
piece of sheeting over a completed tufted spread. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Blocks of melted paraffin with bluing would be rubbed
across it. The tufting underneath would leave marks and form a pattern to
follow. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sheeting stamped with designs would be delivered to homes
where the women would complete the tufting. Once the design was complete the
sheeting would be washing in hot water shrinking the fabric which in turn would
hold the threads in place. The sheeting would be tossed over the clothes lines
for drying which helped the tufting to “fluff”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hanging the sheeting over the clotheslines with the
bright colors and interesting designs was also a great way to advertise the
bedspreads, and fairly soon the route down Highway 41 between Cartersville and
Dalton became known as “Bedspread Alley”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Over and over again delivery men would pick up the
completed pieces and drop off more printed sheeting for the women to complete.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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the orders came in from all over the place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are stories though the ladies didn’t always wait for the orders to
arrive. Sometimes they would simply pack up 15 bedspreads along with an invoice
and mail them off to a northern department store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the first invoice was paid without
question the ladies also received an additional order for more bedspreads. The process
was repeated over and over with department stores all over the place. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The demand for tufted items grew – house robes, rugs,
wall hangings, and house shoes. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Singer Sewing Machine Company took note and created a
needle that could be used along with their machine to push the threads through
he cloth, and a hook or “looper” would catch the thread and keep it from being
pulled out as the needle moved to the next stitch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If you’ve ever wondered how the Dalton area became
home to the carpet industry you only have to look back as far as the ladies who
made tufted or chenille bedspreads. The tufting process eventually led to wool
fibers being used with jute resulting in Dalton’s carpet industry. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hmm, I wonder what I might find on Pinterest that could
be the next cottage industry in Georgia?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">You just never know….</span>EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-88475505687137501912013-09-03T10:24:00.002-07:002013-09-03T10:24:27.733-07:00College Park's Cox College<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wish I had a five dollar bill for every time I ventured
up Highway 29/Roosevelt Highway from Red Oak to downtown College Park. I’d have a tidy sum to invest.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the age of four until I was around 20 years of age I
made that trip often…sometimes daily….sometimes two or three times a day
whether I was running errands with my mother or simply going back and forth to
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During all those years I didn’t give the history of
College Park any real notice. It’s where I hung out and lived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was too busy going about the business of
growing up to be concerned with what might have happed on any given block. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, once I entered the tenth grade and began to
have more rigorous history courses, and once I began attending Woodward Academy
– the former Georgia Military Academy – where history and tradition just seem
to ooze from every monument and brick, I couldn’t help but be interested. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For years the block along Main Street where College
Park’s city hall, library and what once was College Park High School seemed to
hold a secret – a secret of a past occupant due to the positioning of the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lovely old trees. I could hear the secret
whispering to me as Mother and I would drive past. I’d look out of the window
and wonder what had once been there, but never had the time to really look into
the matter... though I heard rumors. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who knew that back as early as the 1890s a very large and
well thought of female college was on that very property – a college known as
Cox College and Conservatory? The picture below shows the main building on
campus. This building faced Main Street, and this picture shows what they
called the Marble Entrance.</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To get the whole story regarding Cox College we need to
go back a little bit to 1842 when Pastor John E. Dawson organized LaGrange
Female Seminary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By 1854, the name
changed to Southern Female College. The campus was located close to the
intersection of Dawson and Seminary Streets. During the Civil War the school
was used as a hospital and unfortunately, was lost in a fire. A second building
was erected near Smith and Church Streets, but that building is also gone and
is now the location of a post office. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ichabod F. Cox took over as president of the school in
1857. When he was ready to retire his son, Charles C. Cox took over, and in
1895 he moved the school to Manchester, Georgia. The Cox family had been in
charge of the school for so long that the name Cox was so strongly associated
with the school that eventually folks just referred to it as Cox College.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The folks in Manchester were happy about the arrival of
Cox College and welcomed the young ladies who attended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people in Manchester were, according to
Robert Ballentine author of <em>The Woodward Story</em>, “very school-minded and
envisioned Manchester as an educational hinge in the southern area. By 1900,
the college had an enrollment of more than 300 young ladies and was
internationally known as an outstanding female school.” <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, the folks in Manchester were very school-minded, so
much so they changed the name of the town to reflect it. Beginning in 1896,
Manchester was known as College Park, Georgia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr.Ballentine, who I remember fondly as my principal at Woodward Academy, writes
in his book about the day Colonel John Charles Woodward headed up to College
Park from his home in Newnan one spring morning in 1900 for a meeting about
another school the citizens of College Park wanted to form. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Woodward would have noticed the large and very impressive
structure of Cox College as he disembarked from the train and began walking up
Main Street to the White home (today’s <a href="http://www.collegeparkwomansclub.org/College_Park_Womans_Club/Atlanta_Wedding_Venues">College Park Women’s Club</a>) where the
meeting would be held.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Colonel Woodward
would have walked right by the college grounds and noticed how the campus
filled a “block and forty acres”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rachel Mays Dempsey advises in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">College Park Heritage</i> (1958), "The
campus was covered with native hickory and oak trees...There were many
varieties of shrubs, hundreds of roses that bordered the walks and rows of
violets and beds of rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias…The campus outlined
with a low white wooden fence, was bordered on three sides by attractive homes
of the faculty.”<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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two pictures.</span></span></div>
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period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a picture of the grand
staircase,</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see from these few pictures the young ladies
at Cox College enjoyed a beautiful campus. They had all of the modern conveniences at the turn-of-the
century including electric lights, steam heat, hot and cold water, baths, a
passenger elevator, tower clock, electric bells and speaking tubes per an ad in
<em>Alkhest Magazine</em> I found online.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was gymnasium space for tennis, and in infirmary
with an experienced nurse. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The library which I picture below contained 5,000
volumes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The school also boasted a
museum of natural history and industrial chemistry with over 7,000 specimens
and physical and chemical laboratories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So much for thinking a young ladies finishing school was
simply about elocution lessons, right?</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fine arts department had 46 pianos, a large pipe
organ, 2 Italian harps , an orchestral outfit, and art studios with flat models
and statuary.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charles C.Cox was known to boast, “A merely cheap school
is not the aim of the management of this institution; we are working for the
best in education, and are building with reference to the future.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Getting back to the meeting Colonel Woodward attended in
College Park that day in 1900…He was meeting with a group of folks to discuss
the abandoned property where the Southern Military Academy had been
located.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Charles Cox was a member of the
group along with Colonel P.H. Brewster, I.C. McCrory and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that meeting College Park’s second
academic center was formed as Colonel Woodward was persuaded to take over the
abandoned property, and the group became the original committee who established
<a href="http://www.woodward.edu/">Georgia Military Academy/Woodward Academy.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cox College went on for several more years educating
hundreds of young ladies from across the South, however the school did close
several times between 1923 and 1933 due hard times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cox College closed their doors for the last time in 1938, and eventually the property became home to College Park's government complex.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can find more pictures of this amazing place at my Facebook
page under “albums” <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Georgia-on-My-Mind/253221885715?ref=hl">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">…and in case you aren’t aware Colonel Woodward did take
on the abandoned 16 acres. The abandoned building was renamed Founder’s Hall
and Georgia Military Academy embarked on their own rich history. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span>EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-52975875554393713442013-08-27T11:16:00.002-07:002017-02-13T14:46:44.488-08:00A Confederate Courthouse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When we look at the Civil War era the war overshadows everything
else. As a teacher I taught the causes, the battles and the aftermath, but generally
due to time constraints I left something important out. I failed to teach about
the life that went on during the war. I failed to teach about the folks back
home. They still worked, planted their crops, shopped and went to school and
church. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Life went on for county governments, too. In fact, two
Georgia counties managed to build courthouses during the war. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Brooks County is one of those counties. It was created in
1858 and named for Preston Brooks who is best known for beating Senator Charles
Sumner unconscious in 1856 due to his anti-slavery stance.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The folks in Brooks County decided to build a courthouse,
and apparently they had the money early on to build a very ornate building. Brooks
County historian Folks Huxford states, “The undertaking to build such a
pretentious and costly edifice in that day and time excited much surprise with
some of the citizens…especially in the adjoining counties most courthouses were
small affairs of rough timber and unpainted.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">County leaders hired John Wind, and English architect who
had been brought to nearby Thomasville by a wealthy planter to design their
courthouse and several large plantation homes including <a href="http://www.susina.org/">Susana</a>. For his
troubles John Wind was paid one hundred dollars.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There were challenges to build something so important
during a time of war. There were shortages regarding skilled labor and
materials, but later on county leaders were probably glad they proceeded with
building a more expensive edifice.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">You see, the original building was built entirely with
Confederate dollars - $14,958 to be exact. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Confederate dollars were bills of credit which means they
were backed not by tangible assets such as gold or silver but by a promise to
pay the bearer after the war. Of course, the promise was based on the
Confederate States of America winning the war, and we know how that turned out,
right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m fairly certain that Architect
Wind who was paid one hundred dollars for his design, didn’t hold onto his
Confederate pay. He probably spent it the next week as did most of the others
who received pay for the construction of the courthouse, but it is a little
unique fact I find interesting.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Due to shortages certain elements of Wind’s plan were
dropped. Historian Folks Huxford advises, “The parapet, cupola, balustrade on
the roof and certain ornate columns in the courtroom and porticos on the ends
of the building were dispensed with on account of the war.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Unfortunately, we can’t get a true representation of what
Wind’s finished design looked like because the Brooks County Courthouse underwent
a major renovation in 1892. The picture I post here is the renovated building,
however sources state the original building bore a resemblance to Wind’s other
courthouse design in Thomas County which I’ve posted an image of below.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-71246640199622033402013-08-20T15:14:00.000-07:002013-08-20T15:15:47.041-07:00A Clubhouse for Bobby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Way back in 1896 a group of men formed a club to honor their
favorite poet, and by 1907 they wanted to build a clubhouse.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What else is new, right? It begins in childhood – groups of
boys want a hut or a fort excluding the girls so they can go about their “guy”
business without any bossing from the females.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just because the boys grow up doesn’t mean they are over the fact that
they want “boy” time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Burns Club of Atlanta was no different. It was men’s only
club, and they needed a permanent place to meet all their own.</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Club member Joseph Jacobs of Jacob’s drugstore fame told the
members if they found a suitable plot of land he would make the purchase, and
over time the club could pay him back. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Jacobs had a little income due to a successful
drugstore, and it was Jacobs who had made the suggestion to add a little
carbonation to some newfangled drink called Coca-Cola. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The club had been meeting around Atlanta in various hotels.
They wanted to find a place that was outside the city, but still close enough
in that they could catch the last train after dinner to head home. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They finally found ten acres off Confederate Avenue in the
Ormewood Park area, a suburb of Atlanta that was originally developed in 1892.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a little hard to wrap my head around the
idea that Ormewood Park was not in the city of Atlanta, but during the early 20<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup>
century it wasn’t. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The club members set about building a replica of a cottage in
Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland which happened to be the home of Robert Burns, the
19<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> century poet the club members honored. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come on, you remember <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/robert-burns/">Robert Burns</a> from your high school and
college literature courses, right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Burns
is famous for poetic lines such as, “O my Luve’s like a red, red rose, That’s
newly sprung in June…” and every New Year’s Eve we all remember Burns when we
sing the lyrics to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Auld Lang Syne<o:p></o:p></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Club member Thomas H. Morgan, an architect set to work on
building a clubhouse that was an exact replica of the Burns’ home in Scotland. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/atlanta/bur.htm">This website</a> states…..</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><em>The interior of
the house is also a close replica of the Scottish cottage, and was divided into
the traditional four areas: but, ben, barn, and byre. At the far end is the
but, which would have been the kitchen, dining room, and parents' bedroom. Next
to the but is the ben, which would have served as the living room and
childrens' bedroom. These two rooms are decorated with memorabilia from the
life of Robert Burns. The assembly room, which replaces the barn and byre, is
used for club meetings. The three fireplaces in the cottage are constructed of
random stones with mortar joints raised and rounded. The fireplace in the
center of the cottage has an inset stone plaque in memory of the poet. The only
remaining outbuilding is a one-story stone caretaker's house, originally a log
cabin. It was redesigned in 1969 to bear a closer resemblance to the cottage.
The grounds once covered 10 acres and included a dance pavilion, barbeque pit
and shed, a tennis court and putting green for club use and for rental to other
groups. Changes to Burns Cottage include the rear addition of small, functional
kitchen, porch and restrooms. The assembly room's original stone-flagged floor
was replaced with a concrete one, a fireplace was added at the far end, and
some of the small windows were closed.</em></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Early on the cabin had a thatched roof, but eventually the
Fire Marshall determined the roof should be replaced. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since the clubhouse was finished in 1911 the Burns Club of
Atlanta has used the building for their meetings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once a year on January 25<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> they
hold a special super to celebrate Robert Burns’ birth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Burns Club of Atlanta is said to be the city’s oldest
continuing social, literacy and cultural organization. The club is private.
There are no tours. The only way I could attend a dinner or meeting is if I’m
invited by a member. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, are there any members out there?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span> <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>The photograph with this post is used via the Tracy O'Neal Photography Collection at Georgia State University Library. It dates to 1944</em></span></span></div>
EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-4039288361479192112013-08-11T18:23:00.001-07:002015-09-16T13:10:29.682-07:00Facing North<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If we are really honest with ourselves we all have a few enemies.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Some are real, and some are imagined. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Some enemies are bad habits while others are thoughts and feelings, too. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sometimes we have a collective enemy like William Ezra Curtis of Carroll County, Georgia.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">His enemy happened to be the United States of America because Curtis was a solder in the Confederate Army.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Curtis family goes way back to the earliest thoughts of Carrollton. William Ezra Curtis' father, Henry, provided the land where Carrollton's town square is located today. Henry Curtis was also the trustee of Carrollton's first school, the Carrollton Academy, and served with the Interior Court as the reviewer of roads. Today the Curtis home is the location of the <a href="http://www.carrollcountyhistory.org/">Carroll County Historical Society</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">At the outbreak of the Civil War, William Ezra Curtis joined the Carroll Guards, one of the first volunteer units to be organized in Carroll County. Curtis was placed in Company F of the 19th Georgia and was sent to Virginia early in the war. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">By March, 1862 Curtis was appointed Lt. Colonel, and he was given the 41st Georgia Regiment to command. The group was sent to the Army of the Mississippi. Curtis was captured at Vicksburg and paroled there July, 1863.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Rather than just giving up and returning home Curtis decided to face his enemy once more and head back into the thick of battle. By this time the 41st was in Georgia and William Ezra Curtis faced his enemy on home territory and watched folks on the home front scatter before Sherman's onslaught towards Atlanta.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Curtis was wounded somewhere at Mill Creek Gap on February 25, 1864. He was taken to his in-laws home near Newnan, Georgia where he died March 24, 1864.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">William Ezra Curtis had one last request. He wanted to be buried facing the enemy, so that is why his is the only grave in the Carrollton City Cemetery that faces north to south rather than east to west.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The human journey through life is an interesting one full of happy moments, sad moments, moments of great success and devastating failure, but one of the most important aspects of our character, I think, has to do with facing our enemies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Devise a plan, and face them!</span>EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-48896425911169861632013-08-01T08:14:00.002-07:002015-10-01T14:26:04.457-07:00The Chattahoochee Isn't Just a River<span style="font-family: Arial;">The subject of the Confederate Navy is not generally touched on during history courses in our high schools, middle schools, or even the history curriculum I used to teach fourth and fifth graders a few years ago. The only scant mention involves the match-up between the <em>CSS Virginia</em> (<em>Merrimac)</em> and <em>Monitor</em>, but even then it's given drive-by treatment since the Confederate Navy isn't tested, and quite frankly there is other content to introduce. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I would hope Georgia history teachers at the 8th grade level discuss Georgia's part in building the Confederate Navy, but then again, I'm not so sure it's done for many different reasons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Confederate States of America established their Navy on February 21, 1861. From the outset the goal was not to match the size of the United States Navy. Instead, the Confederates planned on using innovative technological advances to gain tactical superiority utilizing new ideas such as submarines, torpedo boats, mines, and ironclads.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Confederate goals were simple. They wanted to hinder the Union efforts by attacking U.S. merchant ships world-wide, and break the Union blockade along southern coasts that had put a strangle-hold on the southern economy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">While I could write volumes regarding the Confederate Navy, I want to touch on a little known part Georgia had to play regarding naval development. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">First, we look to Columbus, Georgia along the Chattahoochee River. The Iron Works in Columbus had been in operation for a long time making farm equipment, stoves, and decorative iron pieces, but by June, 1862, the Confederate Navy leased the Columbus Iron Works, and led by John H. Warner, a former U.S. Navy engineer, the Iron Works grew into the largest manufacturer of naval machinery within the Confederacy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">One of the gunboats commissioned was the <em>CSS Chattahoochee</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The <em>CSS Chattahoochee</em>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Yes, it's not just the name of a river that winds it's way through points north of Atlanta and far south. It was also the name of a Confederate gunboat built on the river of the same name. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The story surrounding the <em>Chattahoochee</em> took place in Saffold, Georgia. Today, Saffold, located in Early County is about as far south as you can travel in Georgia without being in Florida. It's as remote today as it was back in 1862 when the ship was built even though there are some houses on the property today. Saffold is 175 miles south of Columbus and 140 miles upriver from Apalachicola.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In the Fall of 1861 Confederate Navy officers and the chief engineer for the Columbus Naval Works selected Saffold as the spot to build the <em>Chattahoochee</em> because it was so remote, plus the area had an abundance of timber. In fact, several of the sources I have reviewed state as many as five thousand board feet of lumber a day could be had from the local sawmill. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Another reason for choosing the Saffold location had to do with David S. Johnston, a planter living in Saffold. I like to think of him as Georgia's answer to Noah. Johnston had a strong desire to help the Confederacy, but other than the location of his plantation, the fact he had access to the lumber, and had a ready-made labor force of 90 slaves, Johnston had absolutely <strong>NO</strong> experience building a boat of any kind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Johnston's contract with the Confederate Navy called for the ship to be delivered in 120 days at a cost of $47,500.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc2/saffold_georgia1.htm">This website</a> has a few pictures of the Saffold site and describes the <em>Chattahoochee</em> as a three-masted steam vessel armed with four smoothbore 32-pounders in broadside, a 9-inch Dahlgren on a front pivot and a 32-pounder rifle on the rear pivot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Some sources have described the <em>Chattahoochee</em> as a riverboat and ocean sailing craft all rolled into one equipped with steam engines and sails. The mission plan for the <em>CSS Chattahoochee</em> was simple - steam downriver, break the blockade and open the port of Apalachicola in order to return supply ships and trade to the region.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But there were problems, of course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">First, the deadline for Johnston to deliver the ship came and went which is not really a surprising detail since Johnston and his slaves had no ship building experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Realizing skilled workers were needed for certain aspects of the ship's design Johnston placed an ad in the <em>Columbus Daily Sun</em> touting "steady employment and good wages for ship carpenters, joiners, caulkers", etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To further entice folks a line at the bottom of the ad said, "All hands employed at the Confederate States Naval Yard are exempt from military duty and anyone in the army can be furloughed to work there."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Navy officers also began suspecting Johnston was using the yard at Saffold for personal business rather than completing the contract, so a strict timetable was put into place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Finally, ten months past the original deadline the <em>CSS Chattahoochee</em> was delivered on December 8, 1862.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It's clear that originally the Confederate Navy had great plans for the <em>Chattahoochee</em> based on the fact that Lt. Catesby ap Roger Jones was chosen to command the gunboat. Jones had become a famous southern hero when he commanded the <em>CSS Virginia</em> (<em>Merrimac</em>) against the <em>USS Monitor</em>. In case you are wondering.....the "ap" in Jones' name is Welsh meaning "son of".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The <em>Chattahoochee</em> was finally launched in February, 1863. Unfortunately, it ran aground and seriously damaged its hull its first day out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">By the time it was ready to go again the Confederates had sunk obstructions in the Apalachicola River to keep Union ships from venturing up the river. Those same obstructions dashed the hopes of the <em>Chattahoochee's </em>crew from engaging the enemy. During most of 1863, the ship remained above the obstructions basically serving as a glorified gun battery occasionally holding drills, but that's about it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It was safe duty, but also boring duty. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Jones moved on to another post and Lt. J.J. Guthrie took command. In late May, 1863 the <em>Chattahoochee</em> steamed down the Apalachicola to aid the schooner <em>Fashion</em> that had taken on cotton and was planning to run the blockade. It had been captured by the Union below the obstructions, but many historians believe Lt. Guthrie intended on ramming the obstructions, but many historians believe Lt. Guthrie intended on ramming the obstructions to give the <em>Fashion</em> assistance.</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tragically, neither the captain nor his crew knew that a severe early season hurricane was about to move in from the Gulf. The wind and rain increased through the night and by the morning of May 27, 1863 when Guthrie returned, the vessel was already feeling the brunt of the approaching storm. These conditions probably contributed greatly to what happened next. As the crew prepared to raise steam for the trip upriver, an argument broke out over how much water was in the boiler. Reportedly, a gauge was not working and before the ship's chief engineer could intervene, a massive steam explosion rocked the vessel. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">It is widely believed this malfunctioning gauge caused the crew to unknowingly allow the boiler to grow red hot before filling it with water. When water poured in hitting the red hot metal casing, it instantly vaporized and burst through various sections of piping attached to the boiler. Sixteen members of the crew were killed within minutes, through being scalded by the steam. Another was mortally injured from a large lump of flying metal ripping upwards through the deck. Two more men were severely wounded and another four received minor injuries. Panicked into believing the ship's gunpowder store adjacent to the magazines might explode, the remaining crew opened plugs in the ship's hull and let her sink to the bottom of the muddy river. Descriptions of what conditions on the deck of the Chattahoochee were like vary; but most confirm a total loss of order by her officers, with men running about frantic with fear and in pain from their wounds. Many jumped overboard and at least three bodies were recovered downstream some days later. The dead and wounded were eventually taken ashore despite an increasing and raging storm.....The ship was quickly recovered and towed upriver to Columbus where she was again refitted.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Yes, but again the ship didn't see any service. As the Union gained ground in April, 1864 and got closer to Columbus the crew of the <em>Chattahoochee</em> sank their ship in the Chattahoochee River to prevent its capture by the Union.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It would be one hundred years before the ship saw the sunlight again when it was located and raised. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Part of the hull and the original steam engines are on display at the <a href="http://www.portcolumbus.org/">National Civil War Naval Museum</a> in Columbus, Georgia. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Yes! Columbus, Georgia has a naval museum....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Instead of blowing through the town on my way to Florida next time, I think we need to spend the night and investigate Columbus a little. </span>EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-69957215182922417542013-07-23T16:38:00.002-07:002013-07-23T16:38:36.797-07:00Atlanta Pioneer: Er Lawshe<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some months ago my husband and I took a little field trip over to the <a href="http://www.zooatlanta.org/">Atlanta Zoo</a>. While there we visited the <a href="http://www.atlantacyclorama.org/">Cyclorama</a>, too. Walking through the exhibits I noticed a picture of this house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I came home, downloaded the pictures and meant to refresh my memory regarding the Lawshe family and their home, but forgot....until now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The home, built in 1859, sat on the west side of Peachtree one lot north of Cain Street. It's a classic for the time period with porches on both levels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Er Lawshe (yes, that's his real name) came South from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania with two of his brothers in 1848. Lawshe had apprenticed as a cabinetmaker in Philadelphia. When arrived in Atlanta he had $7.25 in his pocket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The picture below shows Mr. Lawshe with his bride, Sarah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally, Lawshe partnered with Riley Baker in a jewelry business selling watches and other items. Later he struck out on his own and was very successful to the point he was able to build the fine two-story home at 224 Peachtree Street which adjoined property owned by his in-laws.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">During the Civil War Er Lawshe fought for Confederacy meaning that he was actually fighting against many of his family members. The Lawshe family left Atlanta in February, 1865 and headed to Augusta leaving their home basically abandoned as so many others. This made many of Atlanta's fine Peachtree Street mansions readily available for Union officers once they entered the city, and the Lawshe home was no different.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Brigadier General Felix Salm-Salm and his wife Agnes arrived in Atlanta on July 7, 1865 and chose the Lawshe home to live while he was in command of the Atlanta post. Salm-Salm was a rather colorful fellow. He was from Westphalia, Prussia and was actually a prince of royal blood. He had served in the Prussian cavalry and once the Civil War broke out he joined the Union where he was commissioned in the 8th New York regiment. His wife was an American - the former Agnes Clerq of Baltimore. She was so in love with her husband she never wanted to be apart from him. Agnes would actually join him on the battlefield. She shocked Atlantans by riding through town astride her horse rather than sidesaddle as ladies of good breeding did at the time, but it is said she showed sympathy and compassion for the folks of Atlanta while she was here. They entertained at the Lawshe home by giving simple dinners and teas before leaving the city in October, 1865. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When the Lawshe family returned following the end of the war Atlanta was of course in ruins, but their home was one of just a few still standing. Lawshe would not replace the boards that clearly showed shell damage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Er Lawshe set about rebuilding his business at 47 Whitehall, but since there were no materials he resorted to using some of items Union soldiers had used to construct huts with while the city was occupied. In some cases the materials were just debris. Later when he was able he built a three-story brick building on the site of the store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Er Lawshe also wrote various stories for The Atlanta Constitution later in his life. He was very well thought of in Atlanta and many claimed this was due to his integrity so much so he earned the nickname "Old Reliable". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">After Lawshe passed away his home was sold for $18,000 to the <a href="http://www.exploregeorgia.org/listing/3554-peace-monument-piedmont-park">Gate City Guards </a>where they would eventually build their armory. </span><br />
EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-68627415866124048962013-07-15T12:24:00.001-07:002013-07-15T12:32:30.106-07:00Surprising History in Washington County<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you check basic records spanning across the 237 year history of the United States you discover time after time counties, cities, buildings, bodies of water, people, and even a state have been named for our first president, George Washington including our own Washington County located in the eastern central part of the state. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Taking a closer look, however, you discover that Washington County, Georgia was named for General George Washington in 1784 - five years before he became president. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Georgia's Washington County is the only county in the United States that solely honors Washington's service as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It does make sense when it is realized that the county, per the Washington County Historical Society, was formed for the express purpose of issuing bounty land grants to Revolutionary War soldiers such as <a href="http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_georgia/col2-content/main-content-list/title_irwin_jared.html">Jared Irwin</a> who not only reached the rank of colonel during the American Revolution but was also elected governor of Georgia in 1796 and 1806.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Bounty land grants were given to soldiers for services rendered - basically free land for military service. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In 1784, Washington County covered a much larger area than it does today. It was created from Creek Indian Land cessions of November 1, 1783 and was the 10th county formed in the state. The counties of Greene, Hancock, Johnson, Treutlen, Montgomery, Toombs, Tattnall, Evans and portions of Long, Liberty, Candler, Emmanuel, Jefferson, Baldwin, Taliaferro, Oconee and Oglethorpe counties.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The first county seat was at Warthen where today you can find the restored jail seen in an older picture below. It is considered to be the oldest log jail in the state today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Per Georgia's DNR website for Georgia's State Parks, the jail's most famous occupant was <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/duel/peopleevents/pande01.html">Aaron Burr</a>, third Vice-President of the United States. In 1807, he had been arrested in Mississippi for treason against the United States and was being carried to Richmond, Virginia to stand trial. They reached Warthen at dusk, so Burr spent the night in the little jail while the officers in charge were entertained in the home of Richard Warthen, one of the original recipients of the bounty land grants mentioned above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">By 1796, the county seat had been moved to Sandersville. A courthouse was built, but it was lost in a fire that took most of the town in 1855. A new brick courthouse was constructed a year later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It is said during the Civil War that Washington County sent more soldiers to serve the Confederate cause than any other. Fifteen different companies were organized there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Towards the end of the Civil War the 1856 courthouse was burned by the Union. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that the Confederates had fired upon advancing Union troops from the upper floors of the building.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Yet another courthouse was built in 1869 and still stands today. Additions to this courthouse seen below were added in 1899 and 1939. Renovations and rehabilitations were done in the early 1970s and in 1987.</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo of the old jail via Virtual Vault of Georgia</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photo of the 1896 courthouse via Georgia Info</span></em>EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-21317542435419768202013-07-01T09:58:00.000-07:002015-01-28T18:37:46.903-08:00Banishment in the Twenty-First Century - Georgia Style<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1974, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld a criminal sentence for a woman who was banished from seven different counties for a year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Immediately two questions pop into my head.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Seven counties!?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">While I do have a list of folks....a very short list...running through my mind that would make great candidates for banishment from my county, I have to wonder what do you have to do in order to be banished.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">After some checking it seems that habitual bad check or drug charges are at the top of list, but seriously...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">How can banishment happen in the 21st century?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">For the answer we have to go back to the 19th century when Georgia' s Reconstruction-era constitution was written (1877).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It clearly states Georgia citizens can be whipped or banished "beyond the limits of the state" meaning we can't banish someone to the wilds of Alabama...though some deserve it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Georgia prosecutors and judges interpret the language to mean as long as the banishment is within Georgia's 159 counties it's allowable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">DeKalb County seems to use banishment more than most counties often telling drug offenders they are banished from 158 of Georgia's 159 counties leaving tiny Echols County as the number one travel destination for folks who are banished. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now before your vision becomes clouded with thousands of U-Haul trucks heading south for Echols County I need to advise those who are banished are rarely checked on due to manpower and funds. However, it does seem like it might be a good use for some of those forfeited assets that <a href="http://it%20takes%20three%20facts%20to%20make%20a%20truth./">some DA's like to spend willy nilly.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Echols County, as far as I know isn't the hotbed of crime it could be due to all the banishments. It IS known for two small towns and one traffic light. The county seat, Statenville is so small it's not even incorporated. Echols is one of three counties in the state that has a county seat that isn't incorporated. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In the beginning Statenville was actually known as Troublesome. I don't know the reason, but it seems to me that if they changed the name back to Troublesome it WOULD be the perfect place to banish troublesome folks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thinking a little bit more about the provision in the Georgia Constitution that mentions banishment.....it also provides for whipping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I have some names for that list, too.</span>EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-68344288255853504422013-06-26T13:46:00.003-07:002013-06-26T13:46:45.554-07:00Wordless: Atlanta Airport<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been many weeks since I participated in Wordless Wednesday. This picture of the Atlanta airport as I remember it when I was a little girl prompted me to participate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You can like <em>Georgia on my Mind's</em> Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Georgia-on-My-Mind/253221885715?ref=hl">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Find other bloggers participating in Wordless Wednesday <a href="http://wordlesswednesday.blogspot.com/">here</a>.</span>EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-44774521689597914162013-06-24T19:00:00.000-07:002013-06-24T19:02:12.061-07:00Changing Pictures<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1900, <a href="http://www.webdubois.org/">W.E.B. Du Bois</a> - then a professor of sociology at Atlanta University - now known as <a href="http://www.cau.edu/">Clark Atlanta University</a> - compiled a series of 363 photographs in two albums titled <em>Types of American Negroes </em>and <em>Negro Life in Georgia, USA </em>which he put on display at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Universelle_(1900)">Paris Exhibition.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The exhibit also contained items including charts, maps, and graphs recording the growth of population, economic power and literacy among African Americans in Georgia - the Black middle class that existed some thirty-five years after slavery was outlawed via the 13th Amendment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Today the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/anedub/dubois.html">Library of Congress</a> site that houses the collection advises:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">[Du Bois was] <em>committed to combating racism with empirical evidence of the economic, social and cultural conditions of African Americans. He believed that a clear revelation of the facts of African American life and culture would challenge the claims of biological race scientists influential at the time, which proposed that African American men and women challenged the scientific "evidence" and popular racist caricatures of the day that ridiculed and sought to diminish African American social and economic success. Further, the wide range of hair styles and skin tones represented in the photographs demonstrated that the so-called "Negro type" was in fact a diverse group of distinct individuals. The one public statement Du Bois made concerning these photographs was that visitors to the American Negro exhibit would find "several volumes of photographs of typical Negro faces, which hardly square with conventional American ideas."</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The sad thing is over one hundred years later very few students of history in our schools see these images. Instead they are bombarded with the same images of sharecroppers picking cotton in fields or sitting in the doorways of former slave cabins. While these people and their dismal situations did exist it wasn't the only "picture" of life for Blacks in the American South at the turn-of-the-century. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'll be posting an album including several of the images at my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Georgia-on-My-Mind/253221885715?ref=hl">Facebook page</a>, but here are a few of the Georgia images.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This first image is David Tobias Howard who had his own carriage and driver. He's seated in the back with his wife and mother. Howard was a funeral director, and a <a href="http://dthowardalumniassociation.org/About_Us.html">high school</a> in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward is named for him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The picture below is the home of Bishop Gaines of the AME Church in Atlanta.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The man behind the desk in the picture below is IRS Collector Henry A. Rucker....and an African American.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">....and here are a couple of more:</span><br />
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EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-27901731340587103792013-06-17T22:02:00.002-07:002015-10-12T11:38:26.842-07:00The Tuttle<span style="font-family: Arial;">Think about this for a minute...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">What would happen if a rock formation in the shape of an eagle was discovered on a construction site?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Construction would stop, all sorts of experts would be called, groups would protest, the rock formation would receive its own Facebook page and most certainly mention of it would be found in the newspaper, right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Apparently, finding a rock formation resembling an eagle during construction of a Federal courthouse and post office in 1907 wasn't a big enough deal to make the papers because I can't find one mention of it...anywhere. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Insert a heavy sigh here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Atlanta has "The TED" referencing Turner Stadium, but we also have "The Tuttle". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Yes, "The Tuttle"...found at 56 Forsyth Street.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm referring to the building above that houses the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals renamed in 1981 to honor Elbert Parr Tuttle, an Atlanta judge known for the large amount of pro bono civil rights work he handled during his legal career. Tuttle was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981 for his Civil Rights work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The building itself has been the location of several important cases through recent years including the Elian Gonzales case and at least two of the decisions regarding Bush v. Gore were decided within the walls of the Tuttle building.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Also known as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse from years past, the five-story building is huge. It occupies the block bordered by Forsyth, Fairlie, Poplar, and Walton Streets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In 1907, Atlanta had grown to such proportions a new federal courthouse and post office was needed. Congress appropriated the money and on July 23, 1907 folks in Atlanta viewed this drawing of their million dollar plus courthouse on the front page of <em>The Atlanta Constitution</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Architecturally, the building follows the Second Renaissance Revival style. Some windows contain carved serpent-and-staff designs associated with Mercury, the Roman messenger god - an early symbol used by the postal service.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A mural decorates the lobby portraying an allegorical Justice flanked by Industry and Agriculture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The carved oak panels throughout the building are decorated with garlands, scrolled brackets and molding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">....and of course the courtrooms are magnificent with detail. Unfortunately,I don't think someone will be writing about many of the courtrooms of today one hundred years from now. They just don't capture the attention as buildings such as "The Tuttle".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">James Knox Taylor, the supervising architect of the U.S. Treasury designed the building with ground being broken in 1906. As I read about the building the most amazing thing I found was a natural rock formation resembling an American Bald Eagle was discovered as the building's foundation was dug. Apparently, folks involved decided since it was a symbol of our country, it was a sign that the proper site had been chosen for a Federal building. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I've scoured the papers during the years of construction - 1906 to 1910 - and can't find a mention of the discovery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Was this just some natural fluke in the topography of the site?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Was this evidence of Native Americans in the area?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Should it have been preserved?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Seriously....Why can't I find any further mention of the formation?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sometimes, I can't find the answers I'm searching for, and it's very frustrating.</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Pictures courtesy of the Library of Congress.</span></em></div>
EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-4538810140535462412013-06-10T20:25:00.000-07:002013-06-10T20:25:03.600-07:00Stereoscopes: A View Back in Time<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I regularly visit our local history museum in Douglasville for obvious reasons since I research and write about local history for our <a href="http://www.douglascountysentinel.com/eedition/page_6830cbf2-5627-505f-b3d0-61f56be6d014.html#page_a10">local news outlets</a> and my <a href="http://douglascountyhistory.blogspot.com/">Douglas County history blog</a> as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The volunteers had moved a few things around. There were even some new exhibits including this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you know what it is?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Well, think of a Viewfinder if you grew up in the 1960s or 70s like I did, and you will be on the right track. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Yes! You viewed pictures through the contraption, but not just any picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You viewed a picture card that looked like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-stereoscope.htm">Wisegeek </a>tells us that <em>a stereoscope is a viewing device which allows users to create a three-dimensional image from a set of two-dimensional photographs or drawings,</em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wisegeek further advises <em>the viewer would peer through a rudimentary binocular system, which forced each eye to see only one of the two images. By either crossing or diverging one's eyes, a third image would eventually appear in the middle, and this image would provide the illusion of depth for as long as the viewer maintained proper concentration and focus. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The stereoscope was invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1838. He was a British physicist and was one of the inventors of the telegraph. Of course, in the earliest days the images were drawn by hand, but after photography entered the mix stereoscopes became very popular. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In 1851, Queen Victoria was able to view images through the stereoscope at the Crystal Palace Exhibition, and she was most certainly amused. Around 1860, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.....yes, THE statesman Oliver Wendell Holmes took the British version and streamlined the design making it more affordable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">He actually wrote an article about the stereoscope for <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1859/06/the-stereoscope-and-the-stereograph/303361/"><em>The Atlantic</em></a> in 1859. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Take a look again at the stereograph I posted above. Notice the colored border around the pictures? It isn't just there for looks. The border actually adds to the three-dimensional quality of the image. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The device entered mainstream America, and its popularity took off like a rocket. Soon it seemed that everyone had one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Stereoscopes were educational. Folks in the South could see how folks in the West lived. You could see parts of the United States as well as the world that most people would never be able to reach. Rail transportation and industry became a popular theme as well as rural and city scenes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There were even nude stereographs, too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Over 300 million stereographs were issued between 1854 and 1920. Families could purchase some of the images six for a dollar. Cheaper stereographs went for three cents each or eighty-five cents for 100. They were found in drugstores, mail order catalogs, given away as premiums by tea and cereal companies and college students even went door to door to sell them. Carl Sandburg actually made a few dollars selling stereograms. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It wasn't long before the equipment made its way into America classrooms and photo sets were being marketed for schools. I'm fairly certain the nude ones were left off the school inventory lists.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Today, the stereograms or photographs are more collectable than the viewer. I've even thought of collecting some of my own, but want to decide on a topic or theme first. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In the meantime, I've found several stereograms online that depict life in Savannah, Atlanta, Augusta, and many other Georgia locations. I'll be posting them over the next several days on Facebook. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Are you a Facebook friend with "Georgia on my Mind"? It's easy to do. Find the "like" box over on the left sidebar and click the "like" button. </span><br />
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EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-70193314311856735642013-05-07T09:21:00.002-07:002013-05-07T09:24:39.985-07:00All Wright - No Wrongs<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of my favorite movies from the late 1950s is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053320/"><em>A Summer Place</em></a> mainly because I like Sandra Dee, and I'm in awe of the scenery. The story is set along the coast of Maine, but was filmed on the Pacific Coast at Carmel-by-the-Sea. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You know, that place where "Dirty Harry" happened to be the mayor for a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">While all of the scenery in the movie is fascinating, one location has always held my attention - the fictional residence for one of the couples. It is referenced in the movie that the home was designed by <a href="http://www.franklloydwright.org/">Frank Lloyd Wright</a>, and indeed it was!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The home is known as Walker House (photo courtesy of Brooks Walker). It's located on Scenic Road in Carmel-by-the-Sea. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I saw some friends were discussing the movie and the house on Facebook, so I naturally joined in by sharing <a href="http://thearchitectstake.com/interviews/brooks-walker-respectful-designs/">this particular link</a> to a post written by Mrs. Walker's grandson, Brooks Walker who is also an architect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The discussion turned to how some of us would love to go on a tour across the United States to see first-hand some of the homes and buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I think it would be a most interesting trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">However, it would take time and money, but you have to start somewhere, right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So, I checked to see if Georgia had any structures attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sadly, no.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">However, it is possible for my first notch in my "Frank Lloyd Wright" belt I won't have to go too far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Right here in Georgia we do have a home attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright's style.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I found an article at <a href="http://atlanta.curbed.com/tags/frank-lloyd-wright">Curbed-Atlanta</a> regarding architect Robert M. Green - one of Frank Lloyd Wright's last apprentices and a Georgia native originally from Savannah. It's a great article with a few pictures of the home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It's called the Arrowhead House (picture courtesy of Curbed-Atlanta).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Arrowhead House is located in North Druid Hills. Robert M. Green began designing homes and commercial structures in the Atlanta area in 1960. Arrowhead House was built in 1964 for developer Robert Witcher and was named for the unique shape of the primary structure and the arrow-like appearance the plan had on paper.</span></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p>The house <a href="http://blog.atlantafinehomes.com/2013/02/mid-century-modern-is-featured-in-the-new-york-times/">was on the market</a> as recently as February, 2013...I'm not sure if it's been snapped up yet.</o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p>A great Flickr set of Arrowhead House can be found <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnyapollo/sets/72157603945930310/">here</a>.</o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p>I'm off to find my belt, so I can start making those notches!</o:p></span>EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-36952575081086281022013-04-17T12:48:00.004-07:002015-12-09T04:57:19.289-08:00Atlanta's Historic Row Houses<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My parents periodically had out of state friends visit us, and of course, we always took them to see the sites. In the late 1960s and 70s the sites included the Varsity, a trip to the airport to watch planes take off and land, and we would have been considered poor hosts if we didn't take folks down to Tenth and Fourteenth Streets to gawk at the Hippies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Apparently, Atlanta has always had certain must-see sites to show out of town guests. I found this quote from a former governor, John M. Slaton who recalled that in the 90s --that would be the 1890s -- one always took visitors to see the state capitol building, Lithia Springs and Baltimore Block.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Well, I can certainly understand the draw of the state capitol especially if they had the two-headed calf on display back then, and since I research and write about Douglas County I can even understand the draw of Lithia Springs in the 1890s. If you don't, <a href="http://douglascountyhistory.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-sweetwater-park-hotel-advertisement.html">then read this</a>, but what about Baltimore Block?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">What the heck was that?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Look at this grand mansion in the picture I've posted below (photo courtesy of the Atlanta History Center).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the mansion of Calvin W. Hunnicutt. It's a view of his home via a side street that at the time was known as Hunnicutt Avenue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Makes sense, right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Hunnicutt's home sat along Spring Street, and he owned various parcels of land including the land along Hunnicutt Avenue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">At the time the area where Hunicutt lived was very fashionable. It was considered the northern end of the city. In fact, Tenth Street was the dropping off point, since anything past Tenth was farmland, and the roads steadily got worse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">In 1885, along came a company by the name of Atlanta Land and Annuity Company owned by a group of businessmen from Baltimore led by Jacob Rosenthal. They bought the land along Hunicutt Avenue for $22,000 and built 14 townhomes - the first type of apartment homes in Atlanta. Amazingly, 8 of the homes still exist!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">In the tradition of Baltimore row houses Rosenthal built homes that appealed to the folks in Atlanta because they were different. Of course, the homes didn't spread out. They were taller than they were wide rising to a height of three floors. Each home had a depth of 70 feet, 1 bath, and a kitchen on the basement floor. The homes boasted the first central heating system in Atlanta. Known as a <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/baltimore+heater">Baltimore heater</a> it was fitted into the fireplace on the first floor with vents running to the upper floors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Of course, Hunnicutt Avenue soon became known as Baltimore Block, and it became one of THE places to live in Atlanta or at least to be seen. During the late 1800s ladies would have social gatherings called "at homes", and to be invited to an "at home" on the Baltimore Block meant you had "arrived." There are also stories of fantastic New Year's Eve parties on the block as well. Another draw was the street itself. It was cobblestone, and added to the unique look of the block. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">There were other draws to the property such as the fantastic recessed doorways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Baltimore Block homes were also unique in that it was based on the first long-term lease ever consummated in Atlanta. You could purchase one of the homes for $4,000 and take on the responsibility for the taxes, upkeep, etc., but the interesting part of the deal was owners actually leased the land from the Atlanta Land and Annuity Company. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">In his book <em>Atlanta and Its Environs</em> Franklin Garrett explains that the "arrangement was quite complicated for those days of straight sales."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Once the purchaser agreed to pay $4,000 for the home he then leased the ground occupied by the building for a term of 99 years at the annual rental of $110 each. This brought the company an annual return of $1,540 on its original investment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Take another look at the picture I posted above of the Hunnicutt mansion. At the time the picture was taken the row houses had already been built. You can make them out a little in the picture, but here is a better one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately, by 1908 popularity of the Baltimore Block had waned as the fashionable people moved further north, and for a few years the area declined. Four of the units were torn down in 1924. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">By the 1930s, the block was run-down and home to vagrants, but a new crowd began to move in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Folks like Harvey M. Smith, Jr. moved into 17 Baltimore Place. Known for many things including being a close friend of Margaret Mitchell, Mr. Smith published <em>Southern Architectural Review.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Other notable residents during that time were Mr. and Mrs. William Hunter. They moved to Atlanta from Pennsylvania and bought unit 13. Some of the regulars in the neighborhood weren't too happy about that. See, they bought the one unit on the block that had a missing front door. Folks had been using the unit as a walk-through from one side of the block to the other. Mr. Hunter was a landscape architect, and Mrs. Hunter collected antiques. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">It was the Hunters who were the long hold-outs during a push by Asa G. Candler to purchase the entire block for a medical complex he wanted to build. Since the Hunter's wouldn't sell the deal fell through. Mr. Candler had to go elsewhere for his building which happened to be Crawford Long Hospital.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Another notable to the Baltimore Block re-birth was Nancy Barrington Dolinoff de Welles, sometimes referred to as the Countess. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but if you are familiar with Roswell she was one of the Barringtons of <a href="http://www.roswellgov.com/index.aspx?nid=218">Barrington Hall</a>. The Countess was in Paris at the beginning of World War II. She fled to the United States shipping everything in sections. She took over units 15, 17 and 19 along the block making a very nice home for her and her two daughters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The picture below is from 1939 along the block during the celebrations across the city of the premier of <em>Gone With the Wind.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By the 1960s another change came to Baltimore Block as the row houses became home to Atlanta's Beat Generation -- a center of counterculture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">At one point a developer came in and wanted to redevelop the block, but again one lone holdout kept the project from happening Property owner Isobel Hunter Quentin put her foot down and wouldn't sell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">You guessed it...she was the daughter of the Hunters who some years before wouldn't see to their unit to Asa G. Candler.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">...and it's a good thing. I'm glad she waited for <a href="http://www.efh.com/">E.R. Howington & Associates</a> to come along. In the late 1980s they bought the block and renovated it into office space. The block is now joined by a glass-roofed atrium to an addition in the back featuring a high rise with more office space and several penthouse apartments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Today Baltimore Block is part of Atlanta's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoNo,_Atlanta">SoNo District.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">SoNo? Yes, the area of town south of North Avenue -- a name the area has held since 2005 when folks decided they wanted a trendy name, but you know what?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">I don't think SoNo makes the area trendy. I think it has something to do with the history of the area. The ebb and flow of a block where many different people lived for over a hundred years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The history of Baltimore Block is the draw, and I'm awfully glad it's still around even if it is a different form from the original. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://www.baltimorerow.com/Files/Historical/Articles%20about%20Baltimore%20Row.pdf">This PDF</a> file has numerous newspaper and magazine articles concerning Baltimore Block through the years. I lost myself in all forty-something pages last night for several hours.</span></div>
EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-22233969166087017472013-02-11T05:49:00.002-08:002013-02-11T05:49:31.624-08:00Looking at the Past Through Present Eyes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently I read something that said <a href="http://www.pennymchenryhydrangeafestival.com/">Douglasville, Georgia
is “known for nothing.”<o:p></o:p></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Considering I’ve spent the last few years of my life
learning the fascinating history of my little area of the state saying
that Douglasville is known for “nothing” riles me up a bit.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Case in point……the summer of ’68.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated in
April…..followed by hundreds of riots across the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr. King’s contemporaries with the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference decided that they would go ahead with Dr.
King’s planned Poor People’s Campaign….an effort to bring attention to the
nation’s poor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was not a movement focused just on black
Americans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr. King intended…..the
SCLC’s leadership intended for the movement to focus on all ethnic groups. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Different caravans representing the nation’s poor would
converge on Washington D.C.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A camp
“city” was set up along the Mall called Resurrection City.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main caravan headed to Washington D.C. would be the
Mule Train out of Marks, Mississippi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The caravan of wagons crossed Mississippi, Alabama and finally entered
Georgia mid-June.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were met at the Georgia state line by Georgia State
Patrol officers who had been ordered by Governor Lester Maddox to serve as the
Mule Train’s escort until they crossed the state.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Was there some effort on the Governor’s part to
intimidate or harass the folks participating in the Mule Train?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don’t doubt it.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Was there some effort on the Governor’s part to attempt
to keep everyone safe…..those participating with the Mule Train and those
citizens who came in contact with the trek across Georgia?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-chicagodays-kingriots-story,0,4609945.story"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Given the tense times that summer</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">….I don’t doubt it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Mule Train had left Marks, Mississippi on May 13th. While folks were still reeling from Dr. King's death and the subsequent riots, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated on June 5th, a few days before the Mule Train reached Douglasville.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve written about the standoff between Mule Train
leaders, the Governor, the State Patrol and the Sheriff of Douglas County <a href="http://douglascountyhistory.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-mule-train-different-kind-of.html">here</a>
along with a news story and a few pictures that appeared in the <em>Douglas Sentinel.<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A week later after things had calmed down and the mules
had gone on their clip-cloppy way the editor of the <em>Douglas Sentinel</em> published
an editorial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m reproducing the editorial here in italics with my
thoughts interspersed in regular type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
incident in Douglasville last week involving the so called “poor people’s” mule
train to Washington D.C., and area law enforcement authorities is the latest
example of how publicity-hungry the leaders of the flagging civil rights
movement are becoming.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even
the normally liberal Atlanta Constitution condemned the incident, saying the
marchers “have an ‘incident’ which is earning them publicity, and they are
milking it for all its worth.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After researching the Poor People’s Campaign as I did I
believe Dr. King had a valid point in attempting to call attention to the
nation’s poor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>President Johnson’s “War
on Poverty” had all but stalled by 1968 due to the Vietnam War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The history teacher reason for this is that
you can’t fight two wars at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <em>Sentinel </em>editorial continues….<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
whole thing began when the marchers refused to take another, safer route into
Atlanta, and demanded to travel Interstate 20, a high-speed expressway. The
Georgia State Patrol offered to escort the 13-wagon train via any other route
but apparently the so-called “poor people” were determined to violate the law
and draw what they hoped would be unfavorable publicity to Douglasville and
Georgia. Evidently, they also hoped to revive the now ineffective campaign in
Washington D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What would happen if I decided to take a mule driven
wagon to Atlanta today….down Interstate 20?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’d be stopped and charged with a misdemeanor for sure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s against the law now….it was against the law
then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While Governor Maddox did have his issues with Civil
Rights during the 1960s and 70s, I don’t think he was being nitpicky about
detaining the Mule Train. He had a legitimate problem since it WAS against the
law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Mule Train could have continued
down Highway 78 to Atlanta, but were adamant about taking the Interstate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Was it just about needing a shorter route?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or……did Willie Bolden and other SCLC leaders
realize this episode could result in further media attention to shed light on
the Poor People’s Campaign?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the time the Mule Train reached Douglasville the
efforts at Resurrection City along the Mall in Washington D.C. were falling
apart. It had rained for days….the “city” had become a muddy mess literally and
figuratively. Things weren't going well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The editorial continues….<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Willie
Bolden, an official of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was the
main ramrod in last Friday’s defiance. But, he skipped out of town so as not to
be arrested and became the “official spokesman” for the group. Bolden appeared
back in town late Friday afternoon and mumbled a few ridiculous sentences about
Douglas County being a “very, very poor county.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His
assistant, Andrew Marrisett attempted to dish out the usual propaganda about a
moral right to disobey “unjust laws”, but found himself searching for the right
answers when asked by a reporter if someone could strike him (Marisett) if the
person believed the law against assault was “morally wrong.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marisett
also attempted to say it was alright to disobey a law “if you are willing to
pay the cost”. However, as it turned out, Marisette and the marchers really
weren’t paying anything. They received several hours of rest in Douglasville’s
armory, along with a free meal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However,
some 50 Georgia State Patrolmen, Douglasville Policemen, and Douglas County
Sheriff’s deputies spent from 16-48 hours without sleep because of the
marchers’ foolish antics. Many also went without food for long periods of time,
in addition, the state of Georgia had to bear the cost of the patrol
protection.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A
cost was paid, but not by the so-called “poor people.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I find it interesting that the author of the editorial…..I’m
not sure but I believe it to be Tommy Toles, who was the editor of the <em>Douglas
Sentinel</em> at the time……continually put quotation marks around the words <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">poor people</i> throughout his
statements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have no idea if he
understood or appreciated the underlying mission behind the Poor People’s
Campaign, but it’s obviously he felt the whole episode could have been handled
without the taxpayers in Georgia and in Douglas County in particular “paying the
cost.”<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The editorial continued…..<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sheriff
Claude Abercrombie and his entire department, along with Douglasville Police
Chief Grady Traylor, his officers, and all state patrolmen are to be commended
for the excellent job they did under very trying circumstances. Even the
marchers and out-of-town newsmen complimented all three law enforcement
branches very highly for their actions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
thinly veiled effort to draw good publicity to the mule train and to put
Douglasville and Georgia in a bad light fell flat on its face. It is apparent
that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>more and more people are beginning
to see the civil rights movement and the so-called “poor people’s” campaign for
what it is – an effort to further socialize the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However,
we are thankful no violence erupted in Douglasville and no one was injured as
the mule train made its way to Atlanta in the early morning hours last
Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This whole matter occurred in Douglasville not because
the folks with Mule Train had an ax to grind with Sheriff Abercrombie or anyone
else in Douglasville….it happened because it’s the spot where Interstate 20
began back in 1968.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, looking back on the entire event it’s easy to
see the event for what it was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An
opportunity to get media attention for the Mule Train, and an effort for the
Governor to be able to say he tried to enforce the law.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You really can’t blame either side….<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Given the climate of the times I can’t help be proud of
the people of Douglasville. The
situation could have erupted into any of the other numerous situations across
the nation where violence ruled during those times.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm wondering why there isn't a historical marker at the armory where the Mule Train participants were detained or at least on the school grounds where the marchers camped.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Seriously! I think this is something that should be remembered.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the Poor People’s Campaign?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91626373">This site</a> sums it up well……<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“For many of America's poor, there hasn't been much
progress in the 40 years since the Poor People's Campaign. In 1968, 25 million
people — nearly 13 percent of the population — were living below the poverty
level, according to the Census Bureau. In 2006, 36 million people or more than
12 percent of the population, were living below the poverty level.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The American society has so many issues to work on….and
yet we continually allow ourselves to become distracted with the noise and
static.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why are we complacent with numbers like those above?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s not about bullying your way down the interstate when
there ARE other routes…..it’s about what you do to help someone.</span></span></div>
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EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205626401984449616.post-1933704605229470442013-01-23T12:51:00.000-08:002013-01-23T12:51:18.525-08:00Lockerly Hall
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though we finally got a few days of sun here in the
Atlanta area, it’s cold.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s freezing cold.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It…is…brutal....damn…cold.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I could blame my age for my aches and pains that seem to
like to scream in the worst possible ways during bitter cold weather, but in
the end I think it’s just my desire for warmer climates.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just seem to be in a better mood at seventy degrees or
higher.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I’m looking forward to April and May…..<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m so anxious for it I’m already planning a few places I
want to go and explore.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Places like <a href="http://www.lockerly.org/">Lockerby Hall</a> in the Milledgeville area.</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lockerby Hall serves middle Georgia as a public garden
and educational resource with a pond and nature trails.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The site of the home was first used by Richard J. Nichols
as his home site in 1839. The home was the centerpiece of Nichol’s plantation,
Midway. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The home was known as Rose Hill then due to the roses
that covered the banks around the house. When Nichols died in 1849, Daniel R.
Tucker, pictured below, served as one of the appraisers for the estate.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tucker purchased Rose Hill in 1851, but a year later the
home was tragically consumed by fire. Tucker built a new home on the same site
using the Rose Hill name.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rose Hill changed hands several times after Tucker died
in 1879.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reginald R. Hatcher bought the property in 1928 and
renamed the home Lockerly Hall after an estate in Hampshire, England.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next owner, Edward J. Grassman established the
Arboretum Foundation in 1965.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, hundreds of visitors including high school biology
students from Baldwin, Putnam and Hancock Counties visit the Arboretum to enjoy
the grounds, and later they get to tour a “haunted” house.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are tales of the heavy wooden pocket doors slamming
shut by themselves, ashtrays hurling themselves across rooms and ghostly
figures of a man and a young girl have been seen…….mainly during periods of disruption
such as renovations.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some think the apparitions are those of Daniel J. Tucker
and one of his daughters….<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, this is one destination that is going on my list!</span></span><br />
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