Thursday, September 25, 2003

In praise of a noble mountain man: Dr. Mauney Douglas Collins

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Union County has produced some worthy citizens. One of them was Dr. Mauney Douglas Collins, an extraordinary educator. Some men are of an a...
Thursday, September 18, 2003

Sweet Sorghum Syrup

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Time was when almost every community in Union County had a sorghum syrup mill and someone versatile in the art of turning the cane juice int...
Thursday, September 11, 2003

The Hunter-England House

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Drive along Highway 129/19 south from Blairsville about eight miles. On the left, in a narrow field between the road and Nottely River, you ...
Thursday, September 4, 2003

Track Rock Gap – “Datsu’nalsagun’ylu” – Cherokee for “Where there are tracks”

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I first saw the rocks with etched figures at Track Rock Gap when I was a child. My father took my younger brother and me there one Sunday af...
Thursday, August 28, 2003

A Mill for the Settlement - The Souther Mill (Part 2)

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Jesse William Souther, Jr. was a bachelor, age 35, when he moved from Wilkes County, NC to Choestoe, Georgia in 1848. He and his two brother...
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Thursday, August 21, 2003

A Mill for the Settlement - The old Souther Mill

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All that can be seen of the old Souther Mill today are some of the stones that formed the dam on Cane Creek near the entrance to Souther Mil...
Thursday, August 7, 2003

Souther-Dyer House

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“It takes a heap o’ livin’ in a house t’ make it home” declared poet Edgar A. Guest. If the roof and walls of the old Souther-Dyer house on ...