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Joy Tucker Odom
Oct 26, 20204 min read
The Church House Murder Part III
by Joy Odom Based on court records, the trial of Clarence Newton Johnson for the murder of his son-in-law, Ernest “Bill” Buffington,...
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Joy Tucker Odom
Oct 7, 20205 min read
The Church House Murder: Part II
The trial of Clarence Newton Johnson for the murder of his son-in-law, Ernest Buffington, was held at the Dade County courthouse during...
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Linda Wilson
Oct 5, 20206 min read
1948 Photograph Sparks Memories of High School Clubs
I came across a picture at the library a few weeks ago that fascinated me. It was a picture of almost 40 young women made in 1948, the...
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Joy Odom
Oct 1, 20204 min read
Church House Murder on Easter 1946
The Head River Baptist Church was and is a beautiful, isolated place of worship on Lookout Mountain that seems to radiate peace and...
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Gail Moore Hedden
Sep 28, 20202 min read
Wreaths Across America Honors Many Wartime Veterans
On December 19, 2020, we wish to remember our veterans, honor their service and teach our children about them. To date, Wreaths Across...
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Compiled by Linda Wilson
Aug 31, 20204 min read
Rising Fawn United Methodist Church
Note: The following article is taken from the History of Dade County, Georgia, Volume II. The articles for this book were written by...
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Linda Wilson
Aug 18, 20205 min read
Your Civil War Ancestors: Do You Know Which Side They Were On?
Several years ago, Magistrate Judge Joel McCormick’s father, Bert McCormick, borrowed some books I’ve collected in doing genealogy to...
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Linda Hawkins Wilson
Aug 12, 20206 min read
History of the New Salem Methodist Church
(This article appears in Vol. II of the Dade County History Book. It was written several years ago and does not cover more recent history...
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Linda Wilson
Aug 6, 20205 min read
Letters Read on Memorial Day
As we should always remember, Memorial Day is not just the beginning of summer or an excuse for stores to hold a sale. It is not even a...
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Verenice Cooper Hawkins
Aug 5, 202013 min read
Memoir Part 5: Verenice Cooper Hawkins
Editor's note: This is the final installment of Verenice's memoir about growing up on a mule-and horse-powered farm near Valley Head...
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Linda Wilson/Minnie Street/David E. Barker
Jul 30, 20204 min read
Two Dade Church of Christ Histories
These two church histories appear in Volume II of the History of Dade County, Georgia, which was published by the Dade County Historical...
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Verenice Cooper Hawkins
Jul 29, 202014 min read
Memoir Part 4 : Verenice Cooper Hawkins
Editor's Note: This is the fourth installment of Verenice's memoir about growing up on a local farm during the Great Depression. It was...
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Verenice Cooper Hawkins
Jul 22, 202019 min read
Memoir Part 3: Verenice Cooper Hawkins
Editor's Note: This is the third installment of Verenice's memoir about growing up on a farm near Valley Head during the Great...
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Linda Wilson
Jul 17, 20205 min read
Dade County Veterans of World War I Part II
Editor's Note: This is the second part of local historian Linda Wilson's findings on the World War I veterans depicted in this old...
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Verenice Hawkins
Jul 15, 202019 min read
Memoir Part 2: Verenice Cooper Hawkins
Editor's Note: This is part 2 of Verenice Hawkins' memoir about growing up on a farm near Valley Head during the Great Depression. Scroll...
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Verenice Cooper Hawkins
Jul 8, 202016 min read
Memoir: Verenice Cooper Hawkins
Editor's Note: Verenice Hawkins is one of Dade County's great natural resources. As Dade's public health nurse, she vaccinated generation...
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Linda Hawkins Wilson
Jun 29, 20205 min read
Dade County Veterans of World War I: Part 1
Dade County World War I Inductees. First Row: Len Mason, Asa Reeves, Grady Hawkins, Charlie Gass, Bert Holtzhower, Gene Bates. Second...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 25, 202033 min read
When Art Bloomed in Dade County: The Short but Glorious Heyday of the Trenton Arts Council
Bob Dombrowski and Mary Petruska of the Trenton Arts Council in an "American Gothic" pose in 2010 in front of the Wildwood barn Bob used...
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Linda Hawkins Wilson
Jun 1, 20201 min read
Who Are These 1930s Rising Fawn Teens?
This time, instead of a history article, we’re having an historical picture. This picture shows a group of students at Rising Fawn Junior...
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Press Release
Feb 24, 20201 min read
Get Your Georgia Historic Farm App In by May 1
The Georgia Historic Preservation Division is now accepting applications for the Georgia Centennial Farm Award. To qualify, your farm...
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