2024 southeast swing – part 12: from a capitol building to a military college
When the Civil War was over, Georgia legislature decided to move the capitol 98 miles north from to Atlanta. One of the reasons for the move that we’ve heard and...
2024 southeast swing – part 13: Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion (the way it looked in 1851)
The Old Governor’s Mansion in Milledgeville was completed in 1839 and was used by the governors until the Civil War. What we’ll see in this post is what the mansion...
2023 southeast swing – part 1: all you wanted to know about the Great Smokey Mountains
Unless you live in this part of the United States, your knowledge of this mountain range and the huge national park that “lives” here is limited. This last summer, Hallmark...
2023 southeast swing – part 2: early history of the Great Smokey Mountains in pictures
Now that we’ve read about the history of this area from thousands of years ago until now, let’s look at this history in pictures at one of the welcome centers...
2023 southeast swing – part 3: later history of the Great Smokey Mountains in pictures
Since the information was so good in the visitors center, we decided to split the information into two parts. In part 3 we start with the changes in the Smokies...