Beginning 2009 with New Georgia Blogs
on Jan 4, 2009 in Georgia Blogroll Additions With the arrival of 2009 this blog is now officially two years old, and even with a few twists and turns and stops and starts...I'm still here. What a better way to begin the New Year than with some new additions to the blogroll. Here they are:The Un

The Villa Rica Explosion
on Dec 28, 2008 in Villa Rica Carroll County Douglas County Back in 2006, I posted at History Is Elementary information regarding a lesson I teach at the beginning of the year titled Historians Observe Their Surroundings. Basically I show various images in an attempt to get students to see that every piece of...

Merry Christmas, 2008!
on Dec 24, 2008 in Christmas From my home to yours....Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings!

You Know You're From Georgia When...
on Dec 18, 2008 in Georgia Thursday Thirteen 1. You can properly pronounce Chickamauga, DeKalb, Dahlonega, Smyrna , Buena Vista, Valdosta , Okefenokee, and La Fayette.And Atlanta is ADD-LANNA not AT-LANT-A.2. You think people who complain about the heat in their states are sissies.3. A tornado...

The Strange Case of George Brown
on Dec 16, 2008 in Henry McDaniel History Governor Henry McDaniel served as Georgia’s top-ranking government official from 1883 to 1886. He’s known for being one of the first professors at one of my alma maters….Mercer University. During the Civil War he earned distinction for taking...

Georgia Carnival: Edition 50
on Dec 6, 2008 in Georgia Carnival of Bloggers Welcome to the Georgia Blog Carnival! The bloggers featured here are all part of the extensive list of bloggers from Georgia I have listed in the right sidebar of this site. Currently the blogroll is a bit incomplete as I am rebuilding it from scra...

Georgia Carnival: Edition 49
on Nov 21, 2008 in Georgia Carnival of Bloggers Welcome to the Georgia Blog Carnival!The bloggers featured here are all part of the extensive list of bloggers from Georgia I have listed in the right sidebar of this site. Any Georgia blogger can submit a post to the carnival, or a blogger from ano...