Multi-part local lore, tales & stories (below)
Death of a Young Boy
Brings Trials and Tribulations To Chalybeate Springs, Georgia & The Rock House !!
James Christian Kendrick, born 1903, lived on a farm near Chalybeate Springs, off what is now Kendrick Road in Talbot County. Read part one and you'll be caught up in this strange but true local murder mystery. Follow this true tale all the way through the trial. This murder is still talked about. Read and make up your on mind; did they get the right murderer?
Ron is truly enjoyable to read and his easy front porch style of story telling always puts the "twist" where it needs to be.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5 Conclusion
Civil War Ends in Columbus, GA.
Columbus Georgia was the stage for the final land battle of the Civil War.
Intro The End of the Civil War
Part 1 A blow to the Heart of Dixie!
Part 2 Battle of the Heartland
Part 3 Surgery to the Heart of Dixie!
Part 4 Girard/Columbus
Last Battle of the Heartland!
Dear Hunting in Harris County,
Part 1 The Gathering
Part 2 The Hunt
Part 3 The Sting
Following The Life of a Preacher Man,
Part 1 Westward Ho! On to the Mississippi
Part 2 Cold water, Mississippi
Great Columbus Tornado
Part 1 Tornado of March 20,1875
Part 2 Tornado of March 20,1875
Part 3 Tornado facts on Columbus and Georgia 1950 to present day,
LEGEND OR LORE IN THE SOUTH ?
Charles (Ches) McCartney the Goat Man
The clank, clink, bing, bongs; the sounds of creaking wheels on blacktop, the bleat of the goats and the voice of a man calling out orders to the goats. The call of the young boys as they ran ahead of the goats and wagon, "THE GOAT MAN IS A COMIN'! ",
Part 1 Goat Man
Part 2 Goat Man