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]
Angus Ferguson and the Forgotten Mill on Sweetwater Creek
Today visitors to Sweetwater Creek State Park often come in search of the haunting ruins of the New Manchester Manufacturing Company, the once-thriving textile mill village destroyed during the Civil War in July 1864. Yet just upstream from that … [Read more]
The Last Streetcar Ride: How Atlanta Said Goodbye in 1949
In the early morning hours of April 10, 1949, Atlanta stayed awake for a farewell. Streetcar Number 897—flat-wheeled, rattling, and well past its prime—rolled out of the Butler Street barn for the last time, carrying with it six decades of … [Read more]
The Monroe Doctrine Still Matters: America’s Enduring Claim to the Western Hemisphere
When James Monroe addressed Congress in December 1823, he could not have known that a few paragraphs embedded in an annual message would shape American foreign policy for more than two centuries. Yet the Monroe Doctrine—born in an age of sailing … [Read more]
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