There is a bit of hallowed ground in the Ben Hill section of Atlanta along Austin Road, S.W. though many have no idea. For over 150 years the property was home to the only camp ground meeting site in Atlanta – Mount Gilead Camp Ground. Only a few acres of the original two hundred plus acres … [Read more...]
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Atlanta’s Lost Landmarks: The Kontz Family Home, Part 2
Welcome to part two of “The Kontz Family Home.” Visit this link to read part one and view the images. The Kontz family was in Atlanta in July 1864 as Sherman’s men approached the city. They remained in their home on Marietta Street through the Battle of Atlanta amidst the constant shelling … [Read more...]
Atlanta’s Lost Landmarks: The Kontz Family Home
There is no possible way to visit Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery and not notice the Kontz family monument. In her book American Afterlife: Encounters in the Customs of Mourning (2014), Kate Sweeney describes the monument as “a seven-foot arch with the name ‘KONTZ’ in heavy block letters above which … [Read more...]
Harper’s Weekly Profiles Atlanta in 1879, Part Two
A few days ago, I posted part one of this article you can find here. In this article I’m providing the full text of an article that appeared in the December 1879 issue of Harper’s New Monthly Magazine and was written by Ernest Ingersoll, a writer with Harper’s and Frank H. Taylor, “an … [Read more...]
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