Jasper “Jack” Smith – Atlanta’s Quaintest Character
MARTA–Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority–is Atlanta’s subway system. When a passenger walks out of the southwest exit of the Peachtree Center MARTA station,…
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Burial Site of Patience Elizabeth (Todd) Armistead
This is the fourth article in a series about the Todd Family, who were among the first European-American settlers in…
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Past Pictures: Lemuel P. Grant
Our Past Pictures Series examines a string of images from the history of Atlanta. For this edition we look at…
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The Murder of John Garris
“We were down at the station at a little before midnight,” said William Fisher, a chorus member of the New…
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Woody Willow
He was there when Atlanta’s first television station turned on the transmitter in September of 1948, reaching an estimated 500…
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The Wren’s Nest
Was Joel Chandler Harris a progressive that cleverly subverted white power and racism or an anthropological thief that profited from…
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The Murder of George Thomas
“Some day the good Lord will bring this back to your face,” George Thomas said. “You can’t beat the law.”…
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Mildred Seymour Williams – An Atlanta Murder Mystery
She was young, white and missing; sadly all of the requirements for mainstream media attention in 1941 Atlanta. When Mildred…
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Eddie Guyol – The Numbers King of Atlanta
It was the late evening of April 23rd, 1935 when a well dressed couple stepped down the stone walkway that…
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Clint Castleberry
In honor of college football on this beautiful Saturday, pictured here is Clint Castleberry (born October 10th, 1923), who in…