Four weeks before publication of Captured Freedom, new discoveries surfaced.An original 157-year-old photograph. A handwritten diary. Both changed the story. Captured Freedomavailable through retailers nationwide. In Captured Freedom is the epic true story of nine Union prisoners-of-war who escaped from a Confederate Prison known as Camp Sorghum in Columbia, South Carolina in November 1864. They scrambled…
-
-
We’ve been nominated for an Emmy Award
There’s History Around Every Bend nominated for an Emmy Award. I am pleased to announce that There’s History Around Every Bend has been nominated for an Emmy Award in the Historical/Cultural category for the episode titled “The Hook & Eye Line and Blue Ridge Scenic Railway”. If you have not seen the documentary – it…
-
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…
-
Rebel Correspondent
We’d like to introduce Rebel Correspondent. Our first book in the There’s History Around Every Bend Book Series. Now available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble 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…
-
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…
-
The Hook & Eye Line and Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
As you ride the rails on the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, it’s important to aways be on the lookout as the whistle sounds…because There’s History Around Every Bend. The rails this scenic line runs on on have a history going back over 160 years. It all starts in 1854 with the first fifty years…
-
History | History Bend | Uncategorized | WWII
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…
-
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…
-
Bridges | Fannin County | Georgia | History
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…
-
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…
-
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…
