Atlanta and the Civil Rights Movement: 1944-1968 by Karchiek Sims-Alvarado

Since Reconstruction, African Americans have served as key protagonists in the rich and expansive narrative of American social protest. Their collective efforts challenged and redefined the meaning...

Blue Ridge Scenic Railway by Melissa Beck

Having whistled its first all aboard in 1988, the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway now rambles alongside the Toccoa s clear waters, treating 50,000-plus sightseers annually to verdant mountain scenery. This...

Civil War Atlanta by Robert Scott Davis

Prior to the Civil War, Atlanta was at the intersection of four rail lines, rendering the Georgia crossroads the fastest-growing city in the Deep South. As the Confederate States formed, Atlanta was...

Fort Gordon by Sean Joiner

Fort Gordon is a sprawling military base encompassing portions of four counties in and around Augusta. Now the U.S. Army Signal Center, the base has a long and illustrious history going back to Camp...

Fort McAllister by Roger S Durham

Many earthen fortifications defended the city of Savannah and its numerous water approaches after the Civil War broke out. One of these defenses, Fort McAllister, protected the entrance to the...

Fort Oglethorpe by Gerry Depken

 Fort Oglethorpe, adjacent to Chickamauga Battlefield Park in northwest Georgia, was created in 1902. During national emergencies, the post expanded temporarily into the park. Cavalry troops trained...

Fort Pulaski by John Walker Guss

Forts are a lasting tribute to the prominence of the US military, and Fort Pulaski stands among these magnificent fortresses. Overlooking the mouth of the Savannah River and the Atlantic Ocean, Fort...

Georgia's Civilian Conservation Corps by Connie M Huddleston

 At a time when our country struggled with a deep financial depression, the United States began to see incredible numbers of men and women who could not find work. During the first days of his...

North Georgia's Dixie Highway by Amy Gillis Lowry

Travelers on North Georgia s Dixie Highway in the first half of the 20th century experienced a unique excursion. The first interstate highway to link the American South to the urban North was...

The Battle of the Allatoona Pass: Civil War Skirmish in Bartow County, Georgia by Brad Butkovich

In the 1840s, engineers blasted through 175 feet of earth and bedrock at Allatoona Pass, Georgia, to allow passage of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. Little more than twenty years later, both the...

The Bell Bomber Plant by Joe Kriby

Few would have believed in the late 1930s that Depression-wracked Marietta and Cobb County, where cotton was still king, would later be the site of the largest industrial complex south of the...

The Last Days of the Confederacy in Northeast Georgia by Ray Chandler

In 1861, northeast Georgians were the driving force into secession and war. In 1865, Confederate president Jefferson Davis, his government collapsing and himself a wanted man, brought the reality of...