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It All Started With A Photograph
Theodore Schleier takes the photograph of twelve ragged men at his studio in Knoxville on January 2, 1865.
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We’ve been nominated for an Emmy Award
There’s History Around Every Bend nominated for an Emmy Award.
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The Cochran Davenport Farmstead
There’s History Around Every Bend Episode #2 – The Cochran Davenport Farmstead The road literally bends around the land this iconic farmstead sits on, and the history that’s there. Today, it is one of the few remaining farmsteads that retains all of it’s 1880‘s era out buildings. The original house was built by George Cochran…
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The Photograph | Civil War Escape Story This story began with a single Civil War photograph.A group of men—ragged, exhausted, and identified in different ways depending on where the image appeared. At first, it seemed straightforward. But the deeper I looked, the more inconsistencies I found. That photograph led to a much larger story—one that…
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Do you see it?
The upside down army private’s single stripe in the middle of the Toccoa River?It looks like a ‘Big V’. Kinda like the ‘Big W’ from the movie ‘It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad World’ – and with that I think I just really dated myself. In Dial, Georgia just upstream from the old Dial Bridge in…
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Rebel Correspondent
We’d like to introduce Rebel Correspondent. Our first book in the There’s History Around Every Bend Book Series. Rebel Correspondent by Steve Procko is the true story about a young man who joined the Confederate army seven days after his eighteenth birthday and served bravely for more than two and a half years until the…
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Incident on the Toccoa
This story is part of an upcoming “History Around Every Bend” episode to be titled “1864: Chaos in the Mountains” which will explore a series of events that started at the beginning of that year and proceeded through November 1864, each of which was a cause-and-effect incident related to the next. Friday, September 2nd, 1864…
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The Hook & Eye Line and Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
Vintage postcard showing the “eye” as the train circles around the mountain
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Memorial Day 2020
Today as we remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice I heard this great story on NPR – A 16 year-old high school student discovered a clue that would eventually bring closure to a family some 74 years after the fact. This story just reinforces the reasons why I gravitative to history’s mysteries and love…
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Pandemic
The city began to suffer from the pandemic and people were asked to stay home. Initially, it was recommended that people wear masks, and an estimated 80% of the population obliged. Fines were instituted for those who chose to not to wear masks. The city was effectively shut down. Businesses suffered. People got sick. Some…
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The Heritage Bridges of Fannin County
We are happy to announce that our article ‘The Heritage Bridges of Fannin County’ has now been published in the Spring, 2020 issue of Georgia Backroads magazine. Visit Georgia Backroads magazine to purchase the issue or even better subscribe to this wonderful publication. http://www.georgiabackroads.com/index.htm ‘The Heritage Bridges of Fannin County’ is the companion article to…
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Stanley Creek Snowfall
We experienced over six inches of snow on February 8, 2020 in the North Georgia mountains. The snow fell during the mourning and was quite beautiful. I shot this with my Nikon DSLR in 4K from one single place on my porch deck where I could keep the snow off the camera. I also flew…
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Time You Can Touch.
Think back to the past – who was a person you knew personally and touched during your life who was born the furthest back in time. For this exercise, assume the people you know have the genetic disposition and will be fortunate to live a long and happy lives of 85, 90, 95 or even…
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Merchant’s Hope; North Georgia’s Colonial Curiosity
Here’s the new ‘There’s History Around Every Bend’ video just in time for the holidays. There’s been lots of discussion about this interesting colonial curiosity since it was renamed ‘Inola’ at the beginning of 2019. This video tells the history of how it came to be starting in the mid-1980’s. It also gives insight into…
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The McCaysville ‘Magical Mystery’ Steel Bridge
There’s a cool-looking, old steel bridge in McCaysville, Georgia that a lot of people take selfies in front of. For years, local folks have talked about it, posted comments about it, heard the different stories, admired it, laughed at the tall tales, listened to the rumors, speculated about the truth, read about in the newspaper,…
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The Heritage Bridges of Fannin County
There are many old bridges in Fannin County, each of whose history bears witness to the the distant past. Some of these bridges are no longer used, yet they still stand as sentinels to what once was. You can find them if you pay close attention. In fact, a road trip through Fannin County in…
