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fibers connect us with our fellow-men; and along those fibers, as
sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as
effects.
- Henry Melville
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Six essential qualities that
are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy,
wisdom, charity. - William Menninger
History
History is a symphony of echoes heard and unheard. It is a poem
with events as verses. - Charles Angoff
GeniTales is all about genealogy. You'll get help as you
delve back into your family's history, learn a bit about other families and
have a bit of fun traveling with another family history wanderer.
One of our newest columns. Two
mint julep sippin' Southern gals traipse through life sharing recipes,
pearls of wisdom and whatever floats through their properly polite minds.
11-26-06 Fayette County is chocked full of
interesting places to visit. One that many might not have on
their list of places to visit is the Fayette Historical Society.
The Society can't be compared to Disney World, but it certainly
is fascinating in its own way!
Recently I made my
first visit to the Society, not having any idea as to what I'd
find inside the aged house in Fayetteville....
4/26/08 Peachtree City, Georgia, is compiling a
book to commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary. The Fayette
County Historical Society, Rebecca Waits with the Peachtree City
Library, Carolyn Cary, Sallie Satterthwaite and others are helping
to compile the history. Over 1500 photos have already been
gathered. However, photos from the 1960s are still needed, plus
help is being requested in identifying individuals in the photos
already collected. To find out more contact the Peachtree City
Library.
4/5/08 (Blogpost) Enjoy another look into the exciting
happening in Fayette County's past...
The Fayetteville News
October 1, 1909
The Wild West and Far East Show
Many interesting features will be seen with the Buffalo Bill and
Pawnee Bill Exhibition...
More
3/5/08 (9:55 p.m.) The Fayette County Historical Society’s monthly meeting will
be April 20 at 3 p.m. at the Margaret Mitchell Research Center at 195 Lee
Street. The public is invited to hear long-time Fayette County resident, Mr. Huie Bray...
More
2/13/08 (8:02 a.m.) The Holliday-Dorsey-Fife (HDF) Museum will
offer two docent training classes on Sat., March 8 and March 15 from 10:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. This training is for anyone interested in becoming a...
More
2/1/08 (2:23 p.m.) A total of 15
teachers from Fayette have been selected to participate in the
school system’s third Teaching American History Grant sponsored...
More
11/2/07 (12:01 a.m.) The Georgia Archives, a
division of the Office of Secretary of State, has created a way for
Georgians to help preserve the history of the state through a
program called Virtual Georgia...
More
10/16/07 A third $1 million grant for social studies has been awarded
to Fayette County Public Schools by the U.S. Department of Education through the
Teaching American History Grant program...
More
9/12/07 One Performance, Sept. 17th! Return in time
to the Spring of 1821, and spend an unforgettable and
thought-provoking evening in the company of our nation's third
president... More
8/31/07 The forecast looks promising. Promising for those of us who
have been parched with thirst over the summer. The days where we
could quench our thirst have been few and far between. Is this a
weather forecast or a taste of genealogical research?...
More
8/20/07 In 1620 the Mayflower brought hope-filled Pilgrims to our
rocky shores. In seven years they had built the busy village of
Plymouth which grew into the current city of today. Fortunately for
us Plymouth's history isn't lost forever, there is a wonderful
re-creation of this small farming town built by English...
More
Betty Harrah, Mary Jane Sams and Docent Mary Dean check
the files on each Fayette County town
7/12/07 We all love Fayette County
but have you stopped to think about our history? Enter the doors of the Fayette
County Historical Society and prepare to learn...
Fayette County is the birthplace of two governors; William
Hugh Smith, who served as governor of Alabama, and Hugh Manson Dorsey, who
served as governor of Georgia...
My reading of history convinces me that most bad
government results from too much government. -
Thomas Jefferson
4/22/08 (11:50 p.m.) A Taste of Living History interactive exhibit will be
showcased on the lawn at the Holliday-Dorsey-Fife Museum during the 40th
Annual Old Courthouse Art Show on Sat., May 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
and Sun., May 18 from 12:00 p.m. to...
More
3/25/08 (6:55 p.m.) On Saturday,
April 12, at 2:00 pm, the McLaws Camp #79 will sponsor a Confederate and
War of 1812 gravemarker dedication for soldiers buried in the historic
Tyrone Cemetery next to Tyrone Town Hall. Henry Drayton Stewart, War...
More
2/25/08 (9:12 p.m.) Fernbank
Museum of Natural History will soon unveil a 17-foot-long dugout canoe that
was donated to the Museum by international forest products company Rayonier
last year... More
2/1/08 (4:12 p.m.) Simply Southern Tourism
Association, Inc. and MainStreet Fayetteville are proud to feature one of the
largest private collections of memorabilia from Gerber Baby Foods on display at
the Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House Museum in Fayetteville, Georgia, February 1st
through March 31...
More
Room is dedicated to Fayette Veterans and includes photos and
memorabilia from numerous wars
Congressman Lynn Westmoreland, Senator Ronnie Chance,
Fayetteville City Council members, Mayor Ken Steele, Commissioner Jack Smith,
City Historian John Lynch, Main Street Director Nancy Price and local Veterans
joined Allan Vigil and son Michael in officially cutting the ribbon to dedicate
the Veterans Room at the Holliday-Dorsey-Fife Museum.
Photo: Special
11/14/07 (7:55 a.m.) Allan Vigil, of Allan Vigil Ford, was
honored during a Veteran’s Day ceremony for his donation to the
Holliday-Dorsey-Fife Museum...
More
10/25/07 A notorious train wreck in 1926 accounts
for nineteen of the 275,000 deaths recorded in Georgia between 1919
and 1927. Now the Georgia Archives, a division of the Office of
Secretary of State, has released these records...
More
8/16/07 Ring, Ring. Ah, the sound heard early in the morning that
insists I get moving. Ring, Ring. The sound that means my kids have to
get up and going. Ring, Ring. The sound that means getting back to
school and reviewing the basics. Ring, Ring...
More
Students Celebrate Colonial Era
Megan Sheetz (L) and Jacqueline Berthold of
Peeples Elementary participate in the Annual 4th Grade Colonial Tea.
The Colonial Tea was a culminating activity following a unit on
Colonial America. Students not only dressed the part but also
performed several dances and made crafts representative of the
Colonial time period.
It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. -
Charles Darwin
Fayetteville Train Depot History
The railroad line through Fayetteville was
built by the Atlanta and Ft. Valley Railroad Company in 1887 and 1888. It
carried freight and passengers and in 1895 was acquired by the Southern
Railway Company.
The present building was built in 1902.
Besides being a big shipper of cotton, the
depot also was the scene of Fayetteville’s social life. In the summer time,
young people met the mail train at 5:15 p.m. and then continued to the post
office to see who actually got mail.
The depot’s business started to decline in
the 1920’s. Many factors contributed to it such as the decline in the
production of cotton, growth of the freight trucking business and increased
use of automobiles. After the railroad tracks were taken up in 1939, the
building served as a furniture store, storage facility, propane gas business
and restaurant.
From 1939 – 1972 it was owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Huie S. Nipper as a restaurant and grocery store. From 1972 – 1985 it
was owned by Petro-Flame and in 1985 was bought by the City of Fayetteville
and moved to its current location.
To read more about the
Skirmish, please read Carolyn Cary's great article in the Citizen
Newspaper (click
here to read).
1. Carolyn Cary (Fayette
County Historian), Edward Jordan Lanham, John Lynch and Bobby
Kerlin (past presidents of the Fayette Co. Historical Society);
2. The Davis family, property owners;
3. Historical Marker covered before the dedication; 4. Scott Gilbert (Commander Fayette Chapter SCV), US Congressman
Lynn Westmoreland, David Evans (featured speaker and author),
Edward Jordan Lanham (researched and ordered the marker)
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