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Society Announces 2020 Cemetery Walk For April 25
The Dade County Historical Society announces its third annual Cemetery Walk, which will take place on Saturday afternoon, April 25, hour...
Donna M. Street
Feb 24, 20202 min read
Census of 1880: Was It Important? How Were the Results Reported?
Joy Odom did a wonderful and comprehensive job of explaining how Dade County came to be and what the 1850 census could tell us about our...
Donna M. Street.
Feb 10, 20204 min read
Do You Own A Historical Property?
The Dade County Historical Society has announced plans to facilitate Phase Two of our county-wide historical structures survey. The...
Donna M. Street
Jan 27, 20202 min read
Dade in 1850: More Surprises
Editor's Note: This is the final installment of Joy Odom's Georgia Land Lottery series. For the others, click the history icon from the...
Joy Tucker Odom
Jan 27, 20205 min read
Killed at Antietam, Capt. Hanna wanted horse that was 'fast as hell'
6th Georgia Captain John Guinn Hanna was killed at Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862. Historical photo courtesy Neal Thompson. Editor's Note:...
John Banks
Jan 21, 20202 min read
Military Park Presents Program on Cost to Cherokee of Adopting Easier Life
On Saturday, February 1, at 2 p.m., Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a special 45-minute program at the...
Press Release
Jan 17, 20201 min read
Dade County in 1850-Some Surprises
Editor's note: This is a new installment in Joy Odom's ongoing series on the Georgia Land Lottery. For preceding installments, click the...
Joy Tucker Odom
Jan 13, 20204 min read
Jackson’s “White Plumes”: The Cherokee in the Creek War of 1814
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.--On Saturday, January 18, at 2 p.m., Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a special...
Press Release
Jan 6, 20201 min read
Creating a County: “Fortunate Drawers” to Citizens of Dade
Editor's note: This is a new installment in Joy Odom's ongoing series on the Georgia Land Lottery. For preceding installments, click the...
Joy Odom
Jan 6, 20205 min read
From One, Many: The Making of the Cherokee Counties in North Georgia
In 1832, after the forced departure of the Cherokee Indians from what had been their lands for hundreds of years, the state of Georgia...
Joy Tucker Odom
Dec 23, 20194 min read
“Idiots, Lunatics or Insane" and the Pony Boys--Part II of The 1832 Land Lottery: How We Went F
Because the procedures used for the previous lotteries had worked so well, the state authorities didn’t make many significant changes in...
Joy Tucker Odom
Dec 16, 20194 min read
The 1832 Land Lottery-How We Went from Cherokee to Dade; Part I
After the last hopes and efforts of the Cherokees had been defeated and they were on their way out of the state to their designated...
Joy Tucker Odom
Dec 9, 20193 min read
The Georgia Land Lotteries: Getting Bigger and Moving Closer
The land lottery system that was used in 1805 in Georgia worked so well that the state government continued the system to distribute new...
Joy Tucker Odom
Dec 2, 20194 min read
The 1805 Lottery in Georgia
This is Part 3 of Joy Odom's series on the Georgia Land Lottery. Access the earlier columns by clicking the Historically Speaking icon on...
Joy Odom
Nov 18, 20196 min read
The 1805 Lottery—A Very Big Deal
It must have been exciting to live in Georgia in early 1805--even if you lived in the hindmost of hinterlands, and there were a lot of...
Joy Tucker Odom
Nov 11, 20195 min read
The Georgia Lottery (Then and Now)
These days when we hear someone refer to the Georgia lottery, we think of the state-sponsored, scratch-and-win-type games of chance that...
Joy Odom
Nov 4, 20195 min read
Kudzu, Red Doors and Volunteer Fire Departments
Sometimes, I just can’t settle on a straight-up historical story. If you have written anything that requires research, then it was...
Donna M. Street
Oct 28, 20193 min read
What’s a Veteran’s Wreath? Wreaths Across America Needs Your Help
A Veteran’s Wreath is a sign of honor and respect for all the men and women who have served the United States of America in military...
Gail Moore Hedden
Oct 14, 20192 min read
WAA, Halloween, Genealogy, Football and the Survey
The Historical Society met on Saturday with about 10 members present. We had a very productive meeting. We continue to work and plan for...
Donna M. Street
Oct 14, 20194 min read
Wreaths Across America: Remembering Our Veterans
On December 14, 2019, a coalition of Dade County organizations hopes to place wreaths on each Dade County veteran’s grave in the...
Gail Moore Hedden
Oct 2, 20192 min read
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