Through Mountain Mists

The state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties. Within each county are further subdivisions called Militia Districts. Union County is div...

Seated: Teacher Silas Chambers holding their first child and his wife, Laura Hood Chambers, about 1899. Standing, Laura's younger sister...

Sarah Souther Dyer is shown at age 100. Her favorite chair (not this one in which she sat for her 100th birthday picture in 1957) was a Jaso...

Union County was two years old when the first county-wide census was ordered in 1834. A good pastime for those interested in first families ...

Union County citizens of a past generation owe a debt of gratitude to exemplary country doctors like Dr. Herbert Monroe Edge (subject of las...

I am writing this article on Monday, January 17, 2005, a national day to honor black civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. His life w...

I began my teaching career in the same school I entered as a first grader when the new two-teacher Choestoe school building opened. Back in ...

The Blairsville Collegiate Institute held a good record for providing education for youth of the mountain region from 1905 through 1930. Its...

Three of the seven children born to Mary Reid Hood and Richard Jarrett Hood: Claudia C; (the mother, Mary, seated); Talmadge J.; and Cora Lo...

The distinctly American holiday, Thanksgiving, is an important time for families. We gather to share a wonderful meal celebrating the bounty...