#murray county

i laughed out loud at a beanie baby joke this week

i'm starting to suspect that i no longer like chocolate

i finished season four of fringe last night and everyone got to be happy for a moment except me because i still don't have a quantum entangled typewriter

i think it's cicada killer wasps that learned how to eat the joro spiders

Built in 1947, the Tennga Motel is near the Tennessee-Georgia border on US Highway 411. Motels used to dot highways all across the country, but the creation of interstates diverted traffic away from towns such as Tennga that would serve as a brief respite for travelers. US Highway 411 runs from Alabama to Tennessee through Georgia.

Mt. Sumach Baptist Church Cemetery-Cisco, Georgia

Mt. Sumach Baptist Church is located in the hills of the Georgia Mountains near the Tennessee State line. The church’s graveyard is typical of many rural church cemeteries. There are a mixture of modest headstones. Additionally, there are a handful of vernacular markers. Two of these markers are the “head and shoulder” markers, which I usually see made out of wood. The pink marble marker is…

I am unable to locate any history on this church. Tax records indicate the church was built in 1900, which is often used as a placeholder date. I hope to find out more info on this little mountain church.

A Creek architect in the royal court of Kusa

PART ONE In 2005 and 2006, with the extensive cooperation of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Muscogee-Creek Nation sponsored a comprehensive architectural and geospatial study of Carters Bottoms,  the location of the fabled capital of Kusa.  Much of the time was spent by the author, hiking the mountains around Carters Bottom to discover their many stone ruins and discover why Kusa was…

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