Through Mountain Mists

August 6 and August 9, 2010, marked the sixty-fifth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, respectively, earth-...

Naduhli is a Cherokee Indian word meaning “daring horseman.” This name, given to the major river in Union County, Georgia and to the lake fo...

Our nation’s birthday is July 4. This year, 2010, marks the 234th year since our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence and cont...

The “Merry Month of May” for 2010 is soon to end. We will celebrate its last day and an important national holiday, Memorial Day, on Monday,...

BLOOD MOUNTAIN Elevation 4458 Ft. Chattahoochee National Forest --------------0------------- In Cherokee mythology the mountain was one of t...

In spring in Appalachia we look through eyes of winter’s lingering to see signs of renewal. Stretching up our mountainsides are trees with s...

The early morning chill made shivers run through my body. I was but a child, maybe seven or eight at the oldest. I stood with other church m...

“Home is where the heart is,” we hear often, and especially at Christmastime. In mind if not in journeying we turn toward home, the place wh...

We didn’t have firecrackers and fireworks popping off that Christmas. In fact, I doubt if we had ever had the spectacular fireworks that som...

The Powell Building named for third administrator of Central State Hospital, Dr. Thophilus O. Powell, commands a central position in the hos...

Here in the mountains of North Georgia our ancestors hail from many countries. Since we become a part of what we have known from previous ge...

First, a correction from last week’s column. Thanks to Wanda Brown Gibson of Blairsville who knows much more about the many Brown family lin...

Recently off the press is the beautiful book recounting the history of First Baptist Church, Blairsville. Serving on the committee to resear...

Last week we recalled the mountain ways of preserving foodstuffs for winter use, with a general look at the processes of drying, pickling, b...

With the economy in a downslide and the future uncertain, conditions may behoove us to go back to some old mountain ways of insuring our fam...

"With firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred ho...

Because of the special time on our calendar known as Holy Week, from Sunday April 5 through Sunday April 12, I will suspend regular historic...

We are living in the midst of history this week. On Monday, January 19, America celebrated the 80th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. He s...