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- Saturday, May 18, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Section - Johnny Vardeman's column
Midland train wasn't known for its speed
The Gainesville Midland Railroad, now part of CSX Railroad, from Gainesville to Athens, has a storied history, and it has some stories in its history.
Generals met off battlefield after the war
Gen. James Longstreet, the Confederate officer who lived out his life in Gainesville, met one of his old foes years after the Civil War.
Of schools, potholes and Gen. Sherman
When the Gainesville School System was just beginning in 1877, the city council at the time decreed that "one-fourth of 1 percent property tax" would be used to fund the schools.
1876 words could apply as well today
John E. Redwine was editor and publisher of the Gainesville Eagle in America's centennial year, 1876. Gainesville and Hall County were just over a half century old.
Hall Countian was among heroes at the Alamo
A few Georgians were involved in the Battle of the Alamo in what is now Texas in 1836, among them William Wells, who was born in what is now Hall County in 1798.
Milliken had impact on Hall, many places
When textile tycoon Roger Milliken died last month, Spartanburg and the whole of South Carolina appropriately mourned him and loudly sang his praises.
Similar themes in inaugurals of 2 Hall County governors
There were similar themes in the inauguration of the first governor from Hall County, A.D. Candler, and the second, Nathan Deal, who took office last week.
Brenau library houses books from Watson
The library of one of Georgia's best known politicians is housed in Brenau University's trustee library in Gainesville.
North Georgia grad was part of secret war
Ben Malcom had been out of North Georgia College in Dahlonega barely a year before he found himself in Korea in 1952 on an unconventional warfare assignment kept top secret for four decades after the war there concluded in n armistice.
Local wagons found homes all over US
Gainesville wasn't exactly the Detroit of vehicle manufacturing in the days before the automobile began riding American roads, but it did have a national reputation for its wagon-making.
Book recounts 1960 team that won state title
Joey McQuaig, a halfback for the Waycross Bulldogs when they beat Gainesville 49-0 in the 1960 Class AA football finals, recalls his team's undefeated season in a book he wrote just three years ago.
When chickens began to unseat cotton as king
North Georgia's broiler boom began in earnest after World War II and into the 1950s. It led to so many allied industries that Gainesville continues to be known as the world's broiler capital.
It was a decisive time in North Ga. 50 years ago
This time of year 50 years ago was indeed a significant period in North Georgia's history, particularly Gainesville and Hall County.
Santa came to North Georgia minus beard
When Sarah Allen Cooper was just a toddler in March 1938, her father brought her to see President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Gainesville, which was officially marking its recovery from the 1936 tornado.
How holiday was before U.S. entered war
Thanksgiving season in North Georgia just before the United States officially entered World War II in 1941
Articles by Section - Johnny Vardeman's column
Prior Street was named for Hall judge
Prior Street is one of Gainesville's most important streets. It connects the northside of town to the southside. It runs from Hunter Street near St. Paul United Methodist Church on Summit Street, to City Park and the Civic Center.
Hero reticent about his heroics during World War II
Bob Dollar said Jason Nix was an ordinary man, the kind who goes about his work and lives humbly and without much fanfare or attention.
Poodle at large: Owner seeks pet lost for months
If you'd lost a dog six months ago, chances are you would have given up finding it by now and moved on.
Family’s lives rotated around a 5-and-dime
You don't see many 5-and-10-cent stores anymore like McLellan's, which was such an anchor in downtown Gainesville over several decades.
Mill villagers had hard life, yet had fun
With no television, limited transportation and very little money, children growing up in the Gainesville Mill village in the 1940s, '50s and beyond "made do."
Do diamonds remain hidden in Hall’s soils?
A century and a half ago this month, the Civil War began officially with the shelling of Fort Sumter, but as embroiled as the nation was in the turmoil of the times, Hall Countians had diamonds on their minds and in their mines.
Lawyer lost friends fighting for Cherokees
One of the little known, but most controversial figures in Hall County history was a lawyer named William H. Underwood.
Several ’20s stars excelled in college ball
Several players on the undefeated 1923-25 Gainesville High School football teams went on to greater things, including athletics.
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