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June 2023 Newsletter: Rabun’s Summer Camps

The June 2023 Vintage Rabun Quarterly features photographs and a short history of a few of the many summer camps for children that have operated in Rabun County since the early twentieth century. Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format. 2023 June Vintage Rabun

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Georgia’s Northern Border and Commissioner’s Rock: A Brief War, Survey Blunders, a Mathematician and a Rock Marked “N X G”

Disputes over Georgia’s borders flared up periodically during the state’s early history. Most involved the 35th parallel north, which commonly was accepted as the shared boundary between Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee by the late 1700s. However, it was one thing to declare the 35th parallel a legal boundary, while it was altogether something else

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March 2023 Newsletter: Remembering the Bynum House

The March 2023 Vintage Rabun Quarterly contains photographs and a history of the Bynum House previously located on US 76 West. The newsletter also includes a brief history of the Georgia/North Carolina state boundary marker that was placed in 1819 and will be on display at the Rabun County Historical Society museum beginning in April.

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December 2022 Newsletter: The Anchor of South Main Street

The December 2022 newsletter contains photographs and a history of the hotel on South Main Street variously known as the Clayton Hotel, the Dillard Motor Lodge, and the Old Clayton Inn. The newsletter also includes a current listing of our Society membership. Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format. 2022 Dec

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The Shaping of Georgia’s Northern Border: Blunders, a Short War and a Rock

Confusion, outright blunders and armed conflict ultimately shaped the eastern and northern borders of Georgia following the colony’s creation in 1732. Border disputes with Florida and Alabama flared up during the nineteenth century, but none were as contentious as those involving Georgia’s boundaries with South and North Carolina. Given its location, the land that became

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Law and Order: Purloined Pullets, Chicken Coops and Pest Houses

An editorial in the Clayton Tribune once declared, “Robberies, fights, shootings, knifings, street scuffles. They are all part of the contemporary history of Rabun County and Clayton.” It sounded like this was a pretty rough and lawless place. While some serious crimes were committed, there is a lighter side to some of the criminal activity

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