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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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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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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We’ve been nominated for an Emmy Award
There’s History Around Every Bend nominated for an Emmy Award.
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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…
