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Mystery & History in Georgia
Readers of mystery stories and those who enjoy captivating historic incidents and accounts of unusual events will revel in this potpourri of articles associated with the state of Georgia. The information in the stories of this book has been drawn from historic news accounts, early American newspapers, folklore, academic papers, official Georgia state archives, early U.S. Census records, and much more by the author, and is factually accurate as far as can possibly be determined. read more
Mystery & History in Georgia
Georgia history enthusiasts and researchers alike will be captivated with the colorful topics and attention to detail of the many subjects in Mystery & History in Georgia, Volume II. Designed as a companion to the award-winning Mystery & History in Georgia, Volume I, author R. Olin Jackson picks up where he left off in his initial volume. read more
John Henry "Doc" Holliday
For the dentist turned gunman from Georgia, from 1864 until his final days in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in 1887, life was a struggle for survival. If his family wasn’t fleeing the abject destruction being wrought by Gen. William T. Sherman in Georgia during the dying days of the old Confederacy, John Henry himself, beginning in the early 1870s, was locked in a desperate struggle with the dreaded disease tuberculosis for which there was no cure. read more
Memories of Army Life and MPs of the 529th
It isn’t often that one is able to maintain that his or her military unit was the top-dog in the entire United States Army, but that’s the remarkable truth regarding the 529th Military Police Company in 1974 – and euphemistically for the decade of the 1970s. read more
Some Genealogy Keys To Some Georgia Family Trees
Those relatives, descendants, and researchers interested in the Jackson, Fricks, Neel, Anderson, Hudgins, Tanner, Jordan, Gravatt, Pettyjohn and Rogers family lines will find the material within the pages of this book indispensable – both for permanent family records and a variety of research purposes. read more
Gunmen, Lawmen and Wild Men of Early Georgia.
In the pioneer days of what today is the state of Georgia, intrepid explorers, desperadoes, and opportunists of all types and description emigrated to the state, many of them ultimately continuing westward in search of a new life. read more
Historic Rails & Forgotten Trails of Early Georgia
Modern travelers moving across the state of Georgia today often encounter street and road signs for an avenue called “Old Alabama Road” in Gwinnett, Fulton, Bartow and numerous other counties. Other travelers in the White, Union and adjacent counties occasionally pass by road signage for historic routes called “the Unicoi Turnpike” and “the Logan Turnpike.” Read more
About the South
Within the pages of this book are a collection of events and experiences “About the South” which, once perused, will be difficult for the reader to put down. These collective memories include tragic and heart-rending life on the one hand, and adventure and absolute hilarity on the other, all of which took place within the Jackson family of northwest Georgia. On the surface, this household appears to be a typical, northwest Georgia farming family of the mid-1900s, but in reality, things often were not quite what they seemed to be. These events are all true and represent a semi-autobiographical account of the author.
After All That We’ve Been Through
As a child on a cold Christmas Eve in a country farmhouse in the early 1950s, R. Olin Jackson sat mesmerized before a crackling warm fire in the hearth at his family home in the mountains of northwest Georgia, as his father read – in a deep sonorous voice – Clement Clarke Moore’s immortal “T’was The Night Before Christmas.” Olin, his brother, David, and sisters Patricia and Mary were fascinated and awed by this wonderfully-lyrical work of art, just as children occasionally continue to be even today. The unique verse in Moore’s poem introduced Olin to the inspirational world of that art and its poignant influences upon life. Read more
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