A really, really long walk.

The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon.

But they are dead - A look at mourning and notable burials in Northeast Georgia

James Oglethorpe intended Georgia to be a center for producing silk, not cotton.  Today we look at past industries that are no longer with us- saddle trees, folding bathtubs, asbestos mining and the Toccoa Casket Company.

The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon.

But they are dead - A look at mourning and notable burials in Northeast Georgia

We start with a signifcant Revolutionary War battle in Wilkes County, then take a closer look at the career of one of the generals.  Elijah Clarke would serve in the American and French armies, and when he got fed up with the federal government he went off and started his own country.

The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon.

But they are dead - A look at mourning and notable burials in Northeast Georgia

Gus Johnson was one of the most infamous criminals in the area of Rome, Georgia.  Today we'll discuss his crimes and his death at the gallows.

The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon.

In Cornelia a train wrecks, the engineer and another man are killed.  Was it an accident, or a plot between his wife and another man to get his out of the way?  Also, some distractions from the newspaper.

The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon.

But they are dead - A look at mourning and notable burials in Northeast Georgia

Happy Halloween!

You may have seen Dwight Shrute read from the book 'Struwwelpeter'.  It's an actual children's book and I had a copy as a kid.  Here's one poem- The Hare.

I did make a video at :

https://youtu.be/D5cMJ42alhc?feature=shared

The audio is from Librivox, but I did make a video for this poem:

https://youtu.be/nJKZSRALo9M?feature=shared

This is a video walk through of the 1963 courthouse on the square in Clarkesville.  It's been empty since 2019, and as of now is slated to be demolished.

https://youtu.be/756tvwZ2Qdk?si=cZfLBhh7g28ceNbh