John C. Campbell Folk School has the odd tradition of shooting a pair of boxer shorts out of a cannon as midnight draws near. I’ve been there to see it, but I’ve never known exactly why they do it. Dropping a possum at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve is most...
Thanksgiving – Coming up it meant family, food and going around the table saying what we are gratefulfor in our own lives. We were taught it was a time where the Indians shared fare and the Pioneers weregrateful or “Thankful” for their neighbors. The knowledge they...
Most times when I am researching a family or an area here, I am looking at Union County/Blairsville as that is where the family, I try to follow backwards, is located now. But since I reside in Towns County, I sometimes get sidetracked. This ramble may well be...
Near the entrance to Southern Mill Estates are some stones. These stones are not random, they are the remains of the dam on Cane Creek. All that was part of an old mill that created flour and meal for the Choestoe (rabbit) settlement. Named the Southern...
Franklin Dockery REALTOR®franklindockery@etcmail.com 706-745-2188 Franklin Dockery is a licensed real estate agent with Union Realty and owner & founder of Dockery & Associates. His experience with all aspects of construction gives him an advantage when...
