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They were prominent in the construction industry in Bartow County as early as the 1850s – almost 175 years ago as of 2024.  The Jackson brothers left a standing legacy which is visible in many of the wonderful antebellum and post-bellum homes which still grace the landscape of the county even today. A solitary entry […]

As of the year 2024, the inexplicable gold mine had secretly existed beneath the basement of the famous Smith House Restaurant in Dahlonega for almost 125 years.  It is unknown today why the original owner – Capt. Frank W. Hall – did not mine all the gold in the vein, or why he chose to

Exactly two days before Christmas of 1926, a lot of the passengers upon the northbound Ponce de Leon passenger train in northwest Georgia had happy plans for the upcoming holiday season.  Little did they know, they not only would never enjoy those plans, they would never see Christmas on this earth again. “I heard the

 Today, many of Holliday’s former haunts on the frontier of the Old West in the 1880s surprisingly still exist, much as they did when he yet breathed the fresh Arizona and Colorado air. Looking for a great vacation opportunity with lots of Old West history?  Knowing that many of the historic sites from the 1880s