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…
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…
There’s History Around Every Bend nominated for an Emmy Award.
Vintage postcard showing the “eye” as the train circles around the mountain
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…