The little of town of Knoxville, Georgia is so small you wouldn’t have heard of it even if you drove right through it. It’s the county seat of Crawford County, but it only has about 800 people living there. Even John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola left town as a young boy and moved to … [Read more...]
Mamie Pink – A Signature Color
When I was in high school there was a girl a couple of years older than me who wore pink every chance she got. We were required to wear school uniforms, but had the choice of adding jewelry and scarves in order to feed the need to be unique and different. I threw my identity out for others to see … [Read more...]
Jefferson Davis…the Pickpocket
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...]
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