Moving Through Georgia

The Confederate Gold in Georgia

When Jefferson Davis and other Confederate officials left Richmond, how much money did they take with them?  Where did it end up?  The long version of a story I told in an earlier podcast.

LIVE SHOW:  Saturday April 13th - Sweet Southern Creations, 1363 Washington St in Clarkesville, across from the theater.  Staring at 3:00, an hour of true crime and mystery from Habersham County’s past.  This is all new material, different from the ghost tours.  No charge, just good coffee, pastry, and stories.

The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon.

But they are dead - A look at mourning and notable burials in Northeast Georgia

That book about Abraham Chenault

Three Amendments and Governor Bullock

Reconstruction was a crazy time.  The former Confederacy was given a set of rules to rejoin the Union, then the rules were changed.  This week the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments get passed and Rufus Bullock is elected Governor.  Bullock would be a very unpopular governor and resign in disgrace- only to return later and be remembered as a hero.

 

The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon.

 

But they are dead - A look at mourning and notable burials in Northeast Georgia

 

Eula Mae Thompson and the Bumps on her Head

Eula Mae THompson was convicted of murder with her husband and his moonshine business partner.  Then she changed the story.  But... she can't be executed because the governor says her head just isn't shaped like a murderer's head...  Confused?  Me too.

 

The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon.

But they are dead - A look at mourning and notable burials in Northeast Georgia

Extra - Phrenology

Can we know your personality by studying the shape of your head?  

 

Extra - Soapy Smith

Wow- I recorded the Compulsory Education episode when I had the flu, and I didn't realize how bad I had it.  I missed a few edits, and even lost an entire track.  Not my best work.  To make up for it, here's a bonus episode.

 

A short story about a character born in Georgia who would become the premier con man of Denver, then Scagway Alaska amid the Yukon Gold Rush

The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon.

But they are dead - A look at mourning and notable burials in Northeast Georgia

Extra: The Appalachian Trail

A really, really long walk.

 

The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon.

 

But they are dead - A look at mourning and notable burials in Northeast Georgia

Industries that have come and gone

James Oglethorpe intended Georgia to be a center for producing silk, not cotton.  Today we look at past industries that are no longer with us- saddle trees, folding bathtubs, asbestos mining and the Toccoa Casket Company.

 

The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon.

 

But they are dead - A look at mourning and notable burials in Northeast Georgia

 

The Battle of Kettle Creek and Elijah Clarke

We start with a signifcant Revolutionary War battle in Wilkes County, then take a closer look at the career of one of the generals.  Elijah Clarke would serve in the American and French armies, and when he got fed up with the federal government he went off and started his own country.

 

The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon.

 

But they are dead - A look at mourning and notable burials in Northeast Georgia

The End of Gus Johnson

Gus Johnson was one of the most infamous criminals in the area of Rome, Georgia.  Today we'll discuss his crimes and his death at the gallows.

 

The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon.

But they are dead - A look at mourning and notable burials in Northeast Georgia

Murder by train wreck?

In Cornelia a train wrecks, the engineer and another man are killed.  Was it an accident, or a plot between his wife and another man to get his out of the way?  Also, some distractions from the newspaper.

 

The Moving Through Georgia book is available on Amazon.

But they are dead - A look at mourning and notable burials in Northeast Georgia