Battle of Lookout Mountain

With 1,200 men Carter Stevenson would have to face 10,000 Union soldiers in a battle for the peak that overlooks Chattanooga, Tennessee. Col. Samuel Taylor explores the first fight to break General Braxton Bragg's grip on the city, and he includes a few interesting stories you may not have known.   More history...

The Cherokee Phoenix

In May, 1835 the only voice of the Cherokee Nation was silenced by the Georgia Guard and a leading citizen who advocated removal. But the story of the Cherokee Phoenix does not end with the fire that consumed the building. Read how, in spite of the flames, a piece of the Phoenix lives on today at New Echota State Park. By Larry Worthy  More history...

Colonel Hawkins is dead!

Most Georgians recognize the name of Colonel Benjamin Hawkins as "indian agent" to the Creek Nation, but they fail to realize that Hawkins, formerly a U. S. Senator and graduate of Princeton College, was supervisor of relations with all American Indians in the Southeast.

Cagle's Dairy

We don't claim to be farmers, but even as kids the family farm wasn't that far away. Today the urban settings have removed many of us from our agricultural roots, so we were pleased to become reacquainted with them on a visit to Cagle's Dairy. From the editors   More interesting places

Ice Jam 2000

The only Year 2000 problem seen in the state of Georgia involved two ice storms that made driving hazardous for visitors here to see the Super Bowl in Atlanta.   More features...