Most of us are familiar with the fact that in the weeks following the surrender at Appomattox and the assassination of President Lincoln on April 15, 1865, Federal troops were hot on the trail of the Confederate leaders. In particular there was a $100,000 bounty on the head of Jefferson Davis, … [Read more...]
Views of the Atlanta Exposition by Frederick L. Howe
I sort through several vintage and historic images a day to come up with pictures I post on one of my three Facebook pages. I don’t have a lot of time, so I shuffle through them and put the images aside that make me pause in some way. For some reason this one caused me to linger a moment longer. … [Read more...]
Campbell County’s Participation in the Indian War of 1838
Several times as I’m digging in the oldest records of Douglas County I end up in Campbell County records since Douglas was formed from land that had once been Campbell County. Often as I get into some of the biographical information I see the same phrases regarding Native Americans. I see things … [Read more...]
Albany’s Shackelford House
Back in January I had the pleasure of attending the annual conference for the Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries representing the Douglas County History and Tourism Commission and the Douglas County Museum of History and Art. It was a wonderful conference with lots of great seminars on … [Read more...]
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