A short podcast about history, names and places, primarily in Northeast Georgia. Centers on Habersham, Banks, Franklin, Stephens and Hall counties. From colonial times, the Civil War, and today.
Episodes
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
The South had a plan to press England and France into recognizing their nation; those countries needed cotton, and they had it. Although the basic idea that Europe's first steps into industrialization would depend on Southern cotton, a few factors ruined the plan. It might sound a little like a high school history lecture, but the Trent affair and Cotton Diplomacy were key to the South's path toward independence.
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Jane Anderson went from a troubled upbringing in Atlanta to live in Demorest and attend Piedmont College for a time. She lived an exciting life as a war correspondent in Europe, wrote some short stories, and was romanced by authors, composers and aristocrats. She also broadcast propaganda for the Nazis at the start of World War Two.
Digitize Habersham- PDF's of newspaper pages from and about Habersham County. A free local project.
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
In honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, a short story from his early career. Lincoln is challenged to a duel which he accepts- and they do it with swords.
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Once a year a tent would go up and the town would have a week of lectures, classes, concerts and events. This was the Chautauqua, and it was a major event in the life of a rural community. This week I describe a Chautauqua in Demorest thanks to a newspaper article I found through Digitize Habersham. This is a local project that digitizes newspapers and other publications- it's searchable and a great resource if you're a fan of local history.
Link to Digitize Habersham
The Moving through Georgia book is available on Amazon
Sunday Feb 05, 2023
Sunday Feb 05, 2023
Joseph Standing and another Mormon missionary were abducted from Northeast Georgia, and Standing was shot. This week the murder of a religious missionary in the mountains near Rome, Georgia.
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
When I first started looking into Crawford Long I thought it would be too boring for a podcast episode- I was wrong. Think you wasted your time partying in college? This week a doctor from Georgia performs surgery on a sleeping patient using what was previously a recreational drug.
The Moving through Georgia book is out- find it at Amazon here
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
This is an episode I did for a podcast called 'Civil War Sketches', that I don't do anymore. It's the tale of Jefferson Davis' odyssey from Richmond to Georgia, ending with his arrest and the end of the Confederacy.
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
Eugene Talmadge dies before taking the oath of office, and three men step in with a claim to the chair. Do you think politics are overly contentious, too partisan, and out of control right now? Have a look how elections were contested in the forties.
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
This week we discuss the origins of Wilkes and Elbert County, the Battle of Kettle Creek, and who the city of Clarkesville was named for; but the podcast isn't about them. It's about Old Dan Tucker.
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
This week one of Georgia's more controversial governors, Eugene Talmadge. He believed in the Bible, a thrifty government, and segregation. We'll also digress into the County Unit system of voting and set up for next week- the year that Georgia had three governors.