The topics in the September 2020 edition of the Rabun County Historical Society’s Vintage Rabun newsletter are: Update on museum renovation and new website People who made a difference: Sheriff Luther Rickman and Justice Logan E. Bleckley Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format: 2020 Sept Vintage Rabun
Clayton, Ga.—October 2, 2020—The Rabun County Historical Society is asking area residents to donate or loan a moonshining still to its museum in downtown Clayton as part of a wide-ranging effort to expand the museum’s permanent collection. At one time, Rabun County was the moonshine capital of Georgia. Moonshining also was one of the county’s
Impassable roads (where roads even existed) and isolated communities shaped the development of Rabun County’s postal system in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the absence of decent roads, post offices had to be located within easy reach of the county’s many small communities. A round trip by horse and buggy from Rabun Gap
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