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January 2018

Historian Jerry Taylor smiles as he conducts ravesite tours of Cemetery Island on Lake Chatuge in Georgia.

Cemetery Island: The Undulating Land Form in North Georgia’s Lake Chatuge

When the Tennessee Valley Authority inundated the land near Hiawassee in 1941, some relatives came to rescue buried remains of relatives from land that would become an island; and some did not.
This 1858 octagonal home near Marion, Virginia is in the process of being stabilized.

Octagonal House: An Eighth Life?

The once-avant-garde structure has, since its 1858 construction, undergone many challenges and changes. A new effort may save it for all.
Limair sat on a hill at the top of Cave Hill in Luray, Virginia.

Luray Caverns Sent Nation’s First Air Conditioning into Limair Sanatarium in 1901

Caverns’ owner T. C. Northcott was obsessed with the 54-degree cave air, and was convinced of its restorative benefits.
The 1931 derailment in Drexel, North Carolina was cause by a few rocks placed on the tracks.

Sentence for Causing a Trainwreck: Tonsils and Adenoids Removed

A 6-year-old in Burke County, North Carolina in 1931 may not have realized what an enlightened punishment he received for a derailment that injured four, ripped up some 100 yards of track and cost about $15,000 to repair.
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Bush’s Beans: The History and the Fun

Beans are the star of the show at the A.J. Bush & Company General Store in Chestnut Hill, Tennessee.
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