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New Harmony Methodist Church, Hart County
There is very little history to be found in regards to New Harmony Methodist Church. Our friends at Historic Rural Churches of Georgia date the structure to 1890, tentatively, but two local surveys I’ve consulted date it to 1870. Both dates are believable, since this style church was the most common in Georgia in the […]
Avalon, Georgia
The village of Avalon is hard to distinguish from nearby Martin, Georgia, today, but it was once a settlement unto itself. The two communities are less than a mile and a half apart. Richard Dempsey Yow (1844-1899) founded the community in 1880, when a post office named Avalon was opened, though most sources date the […]
Historic Farmstead, Circa 1920, Hart County
Driving through the bucolic countryside of Hart County, I came upon this farm near Bowersville. As I slowly passed each structure and took in the scope of the property, I realized what an amazing place it was. It has become rare to find this many structures still standing that were once the center of a […]
Spring heats up with music each week at Piedmont Natural Gas Block Party in Anderson
In the past two decades of Block Party music in downtown Anderson, late afternoon rain has led to some cancellations. In recent years, organizers from both the Main Street Program and The Market Theatre Company kept the show going by utilizing the sheltered but open bay window breeze inside the Wren Pavilion, next to Carolina Wren Park, with packed crowds watching the Mac Arnold and Plate Full 'O Blues in 2018, and Shakespeare In the Park's...
13 Forks, Elbert County
The crossroads community of 13 Forks takes its name from the numerous branches and creeks that surround the area. I only counted nine on the map, so I must have missed a few. The community gives its name to 13 Forks Road (or is it the other way around?) and a granite slab and this […]
Hard Cash Road, Elbert County
Take a detour off the Bowman Highway at Dewy Rose and you’ll pass down a gravel-topped road named for the historic community of Hard Cash. While the story of the community is hard to track down, the drive will pass by a couple of historic homes and leftover farm buildings related to this enigmatic place. […]
Volunteers place flags on veterans' headstones, 'honoring the people who died for us'
MJ Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery holds a 10 a.m. Memorial Day ceremony where 5,100 who served our country lay to rest. Every Wednesday before a holiday honoring veterans, volunteers come to MJ Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery in Anderson to place U.S. flags on the headstones. Many come from Anderson County,...
Three sheriffs races highlight runoff elections in northeast Georgia
Three sheriff’s races in northeast Georgia are headed to primary runoffs after Tuesday’s election did not settle on a candidate, while several other county offices in the region are also involved in runoffs. The sheriff’s races are in Elbert, Franklin and Morgan counties. There were no incumbent sheriffs running in any of these counties. ...
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