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Several 20s stars excelled in college ball
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Johnny Vardeman
Updated: Mar 10, 2013, 6:00 AM
Published: Mar 10, 2013, 4:13 AM
Several players on the undefeated 1923-25 Gainesville High School football teams went on to greater things, including athletics. Bennie Rothstein and Tom Paris played for the Georgia Bulldogs. At Gainesville, Rothstein ran the ball, kicked off, punted, kicked field goals and extra points and played on defense.
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Mysterious white horse rider searched for pot of gold in North Ga.
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Johnny Vardeman
Updated: Sep 13, 2015, 5:00 AM
Published: Sep 13, 2015, 2:37 AM
During the 1920s, a woman in fancy riding clothes regularly could be seen on a white horse in a sparsely populated area of Banks County near Alto. She carried a map and said she was searching for a pot of gold supposedly left by Spanish explorers decades ago. She wore high-top black English riding boots and stayed with the Seaborn Gilstrap family.
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