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The Rock Garden of Dr. F. W. Hall, an early Chattooga attraction

      His hobby is Rock Formation and Rocks from Ancient and Secluded Sections of the World Is Now Becoming Internationally Recognized. To be original, to be natural and to do something different has been his life long proclivity of Dr. F.W. Hall, who during the last few years has collected and has on

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Reflections of a Menlo Doctor During the Depression

Thomas Hudson Moss ,1907-1988, attended the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and graduated in 1929. He served a brief internship there and soon after came to Menlo to work as a country doctor. His father, Robert M. Moss, was raised near Lyerly and Holland. Tom Moss worked in Menlo for 5 or 6 months

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The Building and Dedication of the Chattooga County Courthouse

The Chattooga County Courthouse Summerville, Georgia   On March 23, 1839 the Justices of the Interior Court, were given authority by an act of theGeneral Assembly to select a place for the county seat, buy land, divide it into lots, and sell the lots to raise money for the construction of a county courthouse and a jail.

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1890’s Days Gone By In Trion

Days Gone By In Trion… The following is an excerpt from a comprehensive history of the town of Trion, with significant contributions from the collection of the Myers family and the Trion Company (now Mount Vernon) archives.  Most of the information dates from, or recalls, the 1890s.  Our thanks to the Trion citizens who recorded

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1886 List of Men to work on Roads in Gore area

1886 Road Work in Dirt Town, Chattooga County Submitted by Thomas Weaver Weesner From its earliest days to the turn of the 20th century, Chattooga County’s roads, like most of the counties’ in North Georgia, were laid out and maintained by its citizens.  The system required that all able-bodied men from 16 to late middle-age

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