A town’s name can seem permanent. It appears on maps, road signs, postmarks, courthouse records, business advertisements, and eventually in the memories of generations who cannot imagine the place being called anything else. But Georgia’s map has … [Read more]
Thrasherville, Terminus, Marthasville, Atlanta: The City That Kept Renaming Itself
Atlanta has always been a city of reinvention. Long before it rebuilt itself after the Civil War, promoted itself as the “Gate City of the South,” or transformed its skyline for the twentieth century, the young settlement was already trying on new … [Read more]
The Myth of the Log Cabin President – How a Humble Frontier Home Became One of America’s Most Successful Political Symbols
Few images in American political history have carried as much meaning as the log cabin. Long before television commercials, campaign websites and carefully staged photo opportunities, a candidate could be presented to voters with a simple picture: … [Read more]
What Happened to Georgia’s County Courthouses? Fires, Rebuilds, and Lost Records
The first courthouse to truly catch my attention was the Cherokee County Courthouse in Canton, Georgia. Both of my parents were born in Canton, and we were often there visiting relatives. I did not know it at the time, but Canton itself had once been … [Read more]
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