Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Georgia

It was the finest house we’d ever seen

Viola Brown Black wrote this poem about her childhood home, built in 1909 by her father. It still stands on Bell St. in Hiawassee, GA.

On a dark moonlit night Sarah can be seen standing on the back deck at the Depot watching for the brother that Will refuses to leave.

Rebecca Felton saw right through the political machinations that led to her officially becoming the 1st woman to serve in the US Senate.

The court papers disbarring Thomas Hicks made no mention of the black-market babies. The abortion charges against him were dropped.

“I don’t know anything else. You see, I was born in North Georgia, in Dalton, the town that has figured in my books as ‘Darley’.”

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