A Little History of Atlanta (Copied From Wikipedia)
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The city of Atlanta, Georgia has a history dating back to antebellum times. Atlanta has in recent years undergone a transition from a city of regional commerce to a city of international influence, and has been among the fastest growing cities in the developed world for much of the 1990s and 2000s.[1]
Early to 1860
Historical populations
Census City[2] Region[3]
1850 2,572 N/A
1860 9,554 N/A
1870 21,789 N/A
1880 37,409 N/A
1890 65,533 N/A
1900 89,872 419,375
1910 154,839 522,442
1920 200,616 622,283
1930 270,366 715,391
1940 302,288 820,579
1950 331,314 997,666
1960 487,455 1,312,474
1970 496,973 1,763,626
1980 425,022 2,233,324
1990 394,017 2,959,950
2000 416,474 4,112,198
2007* 519,145 5,626,400
*Estimates[4][5]
The region where Atlanta and its suburbs were built was originally Creek and Cherokee Native American territory. In 1813, the Creeks, who had been recruited by the British to assist them in the War of 1812, attacked and burned Fort Mims in southwestern Alabama. The conflict broadened and became known as the Creek War. In response, the United States built a string of forts along the Ocmulgee and Chattahoochee Rivers, including Fort Daniel on top of Hog Mountain in present-day Dacula, Georgia, and Fort Gilmer. Fort Gilmer was situated next to an important Indian site called "Peachtree Standing", named after a large tree which is believed to have been a pine tree (the name referred to the pitch or sap that flowed from it). The word "pitch" was misunderstood for "peach", thus the site's name. The site traditionally marked a Native American meeting place at the boundary between Creek and Cherokee lands, at the point where Peachtree Creek flows into the
Chattahoochee. The fort was soon renamed Fort Peachtree.[6]
Moore's Mill Road) ends at Peachtree Standing and Fort Peachtree (at the left end of the horizontal arm), on the Chattahoochee River. Modern-day Peachtree Road follows the south and northeast branches."
A map showing roads and Indian trails circa 1815, with late 19th century Fulton County and City of Atlanta outlines overlaid. Peachtree Trail is the dominant cross-shaped figure in the top half, intersecting at the site of Buck's Head Tavern. The branch north, called "Peachtree Road", would become Roswell Road. The left branch (today the site of West Paces Ferry Road -> Moore's Mill Road) ends at Peachtree Standing and Fort Peachtree (at the left end of the horizontal arm), on the Chattahoochee River. Modern-day Peachtree Road follows the south and northeast branches.
The Creek land in the eastern part of the metro area (including Decatur) was opened to white settlement in 1823. In 1835, leaders of the Cherokee nation ceded their land to the government in exchange for land out west under the Treaty of New Echota, an act that eventually led to the Trail of Tears.
In 1836 the Georgia General Assembly voted to build the Western and Atlantic Railroad to provide a trade route to the Midwest. The initial route was to run from Chattanooga to a spot called simply "Terminus", located somewhere east of the Chattahoochee River, which would eventually be linked to the Georgia Railroad from Augusta and the Macon and Western, which ran from Macon to Savannah.
According to the Georgia Secretary of State,[7] an experienced army engineer, Colonel Stephen Harriman Long, was chosen to recommend the location of the terminus. He surveyed various possible routes, then drove a stake near Five Points in modern Atlanta. Although the “zero milepost” marker has been moved repeatedly, its current location in Underground Atlanta is very close to Long's original choice.
A number of sites were proposed or actually designated as the Terminus, and the history is not completely clear. In 1837, work began to build it near Hog Mountain in present-day Norcross, where Fort Daniel was located, but the site was soon abandoned because there were too many creeks, valleys, and steep gradients. It was moved to Montgomery's Ferry near Fort Peachtree, for a savings of $18,000 per mile. Some historians claim that Decatur, a town founded in 1823 to the east of current Atlanta,[8] was proposed as the Terminus, but declined due to worries about noise and crime.
Several months later in 1837, the legislature finally established the zero-mile marker for the Terminus at a point near the present-day Georgia World Congress Center, because the area was relatively flat and would better allow for turnarounds.(The zero-mile marker was later moved a short distance east, and today sits underneath Five Points, which was built on iron pilings above the railroad.) The first store, a general store, was opened at the site in 1839 by John Thrasher and a Mr. Johnson.
The area around Atlanta, later to become a part of the city, also began to be developed. A well-marked Indian trail, known as the Peachtree Trail, had long run from the area of present-day Suwanee to the site of Standing Peachtree. To the south, in the present-day Campbelltown Road area, the Owl Rock Methodist Church was founded in 1828 by Richmond Barge and other members of the Mutual Rights faction. In 1838, Henry Irby started a tavern and grocery on a spur of the road, and the paths leading to his establishment became Paces Ferry Road and Roswell Road. Two years later, the head of a buck was set on a pole in front of the tavern, and the region came to be called Buck's Head, and then Buckhead.
A slave auction house on Whitehall Street
By 1842, the settlement at the Terminus had six buildings and 30 residents. When a two-story depot building was built, the residents asked that the settlement be named "Lumpkin", after Wilson Lumpkin, the Governor of Georgia. He asked them to name it after his daughter, instead, and Terminus became Marthasville. Just three years later, the Chief Engineer of the Georgia Railroad, (J. Edgar Thomson) suggested that it be renamed to "Atlantica-Pacifica", which was quickly shortened to "Atlanta". The residents approved—apparently unabashed by the fact that not a single train had yet visited—and the town was eventually incorporated as "Atlanta" in 1847.
The first Georgia Railroad freight and passenger trains arrived in 1845. In 1846, a third railroad,the Macon & Western, completed tracks to Terminus, connecting the little settlement with Macon and Savannah. The town then began to boom. In 1847, two hotels were built and two newspapers were published. The population exploded to 2,500 citizens. In 1848, the first mayor was elected, the first homicide occurred and the first jail was built. A new city council approved the building of wooden sidewalks, banned business on Sundays, and appointed a town marshal.
By 1854-55 another railroad had connected Atlanta to Chattanooga. The town had grown to 6,000 residents and had a bank, a daily newspaper, a factory to build freight cars, a new brick depot, property taxes, a gasworks, gas streetlights, a theater, a medical college, and juvenile delinquency.[9]
Civil War and Reconstruction
Main article: Atlanta in the Civil War
During the American Civil War, Atlanta served as an important railroad and military supply hub. (See also: Atlanta in the Civil War.) In 1864, the city became the target of a major Union invasion (the subject of the 1939 film Gone with the Wind). The area now covered by Atlanta was the scene of several battles, including the Battle of Peachtree Creek, the Battle of Atlanta, and the Battle of Ezra Church. On September 1, 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuated Atlanta after a four-month siege mounted by Union General William T. Sherman and ordered all public buildings and possible Confederate assets destroyed. The next day, Mayor James Calhoun surrendered the city, and on September 7 Sherman ordered the civilian population to evacuate. He then ordered Atlanta burned to the ground on November 11 in preparation for his punitive march south.
After a plea by Father Thomas O'Reilly of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Sherman did not burn the city's churches or hospitals. The remaining war resources were then destroyed in the aftermath, and in Sherman's March to the Sea. The fall of Atlanta was a critical point in the Civil War. Its much publicized fall gave confidence to the Northerners. Together with the Battle of Mobile Bay, the fall of Atlanta led to the re-election of Abraham Lincoln and the eventual surrender of the Confederacy.
The city emerged from the ashes – hence the city's symbol, the phoenix – and was gradually rebuilt, as its population increased rapidly after the war. Atlanta and Fulton County received migrants from surrounding counties, as well as new settlers to the region. According to the US Census and Slave Schedules, from 1860 to 1870 Fulton County more than doubled in population, from 14,427 to 33,336. The effects of African-American migration can be seen by the increase in Fulton County from 20.5% enslaved African Americans in 1860 to 45.7% colored (African-American) residents in 1870. [1] In a pattern seen across the South after the Civil War, freedmen often moved from plantations to towns or cities for work. They also gathered in their own communities where they could live more freely from white control. Even if they continued to work as farm laborers, freedmen often migrated after the war. Fulton was one of several counties in Georgia where African
American population increased significantly in those years. [2]
Atlanta, Georgia -- the Commercial Centre, 1887
Atlanta soon became the industrial and commercial center of the South. From 1867 until 1888, U.S. Army soldiers occupied McPherson Barracks (later renamed Fort McPherson) in southwest Atlanta to ensure Reconstruction era reforms. To help the newly freed slaves, the Federal Government set up a Freedmen's Bureau, which helped establish what is now Clark Atlanta University, one of several historically black colleges in Atlanta.
In 1868, Atlanta became the fifth city to serve as the state capital. Henry W. Grady, the editor of the Atlanta Constitution, promoted the city to investors as a city of the "New South", by which he meant a diversification of the economy away from agriculture, and a shift from the "Old South" attitudes of slavery and rebellion. As part of the effort to modernize the South, Grady and many others also supported the creation of the Georgia School of Technology (now the Georgia Institute of Technology), which was founded on the city's northern outskirts in 1885.
Post Reconstruction to Present
In 1880, Sister Cecilia Carroll, RSM, and three companions traveled from Savannah, Georgia to Atlanta to minister to the sick. With just 50 cents in their collective purse, the sisters opened the Atlanta Hospital, the first medical facility in the city after the Civil War. This later became known as Saint Joseph's Hospital.
Around 1900, Atlanta's wealthier inhabitants began to develop land north of the city. In 1904, Amos G. Rhodes (who had founded the Rhodes Furniture Company in 1875) built a mansion on Peachtree Street north of 10th Street called "Rhodes Hall". It has been preserved as the headquarters of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, which offers tours of the house to the public.
In 1907, Peachtree Street, the main street of Atlanta, was busy with streetcars and automobiles
As Atlanta grew, ethnic and racial tensions mounted. Late 19th and early 20th c. immigration added new Europeans to the mix. After Reconstruction, whites had used a variety of tactics, including militias and legislation, to re-establish political and social supremacy throughout the South. By the turn of the century, Georgia passed legislation that completed the disfranchisement of African Americans. Not even college-educated men could vote. Nonetheless, African Americans in Atlanta had been developing their own businesses, institutions, churches, and a strong, educated middle class.
Competition for jobs and housing gave rise to fears and tensions. These catalyzed in 1906 in the Atlanta Race Riot. This left at least 27 dead, 25 of them African American, [10] and over seventy people injured.
In 1913, Leo Frank, a Jewish supervisor at a factory in Atlanta, was put on trial for raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old white employee from Marietta, a suburb of Atlanta. After doubts about Frank's guilt led his death sentence to be commuted in 1915, riots broke out in Atlanta among whites. They kidnapped Frank from prison, with the collusion of prison guards, and took him to Marietta, where he was lynched.
In the 1930s, the Great Depression hit Atlanta. With the city government nearing bankruptcy, the Coca-Cola Company had to help bail out the city's deficit. The federal government stepped in to help Atlantans by establishing Techwood Homes, the nation's first federal housing project in 1935.
On December 15, 1939 Atlanta hosted the premiere of Gone With the Wind, the movie based on Atlanta resident Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel. Stars Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, and Olivia de Haviland were in attendance. It was held at Loew's Grand Theatre, at Peachtree and Forsyth Streets, current site of the Georgia-Pacific building. An enormous crowd, numbering 300,000 people according to the Atlanta Constitution, filled the streets on this ice-cold night in Atlanta. A rousing ovation greeted a group Confederate veterans who were guests of honor. Noticeably present was a young Martin Luther King, Jr., who sang in a boys choir from his father's church, Ebenezer Baptist.[11]
With the entry of the United States into World War II, soldiers from around the Southeastern United States went through Atlanta to train and later be discharged at Fort McPherson. War-related manufacturing such as the Bell Aircraft factory in the suburb of Marietta helped boost the city's population and economy. Shortly after the war in 1946, the Communicable Disease Center, later called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was founded in Atlanta from the old Malaria Control in War Areas offices and staff.
In 1951, the city received the All-America City Award, due to its rapid growth and high standard of living in the southern U.S.
In the wake of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education, which helped usher in the Civil Rights Movement, racial tensions in Atlanta erupted in acts of violence. For example, on October 12, 1958, a Reform Jewish temple on Peachtree Street was bombed. The "Confederate Underground" claimed responsibility. Many believed that Jews, especially those from the northeast, were advocates of the Civil Rights Movement.
Atlanta's Inman Park neighborhood was the city's first planned suburb. Today, it features several mansions and many colorful bungalows that are beautifully restored.
In the 1960s, Atlanta was a major organizing center of the US Civil Rights Movement, with Dr. Martin Luther King and students from Atlanta's historically black colleges and universities playing major roles in the movement's leadership. On October 19, 1960, a sit-in at the lunch counters of several Atlanta department stores led to the arrest of Dr. King and several students. This drew attention from the national media and from presidential candidate John F. Kennedy.
Despite this incident, Atlanta's political and business leaders fostered Atlanta's image as "the city too busy to hate". In 1961, Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. became one of the few Southern white mayors to support desegregation of Atlanta's public schools. While the city mostly avoided confrontation, minor race riots did occur in 1965 and in 1968.
In 1990, the International Olympic Committee selected Atlanta as the site for the Centennial Olympic Games 1996 Summer Olympics. Following the announcement, Atlanta undertook several major construction projects to improve the city's parks, sports facilities, and transportation. Former Mayor Bill Campbell allowed many "tent cities" to be built, creating a carnival atmosphere around the games. Atlanta became the third American city to host the Summer Olympics, after St. Louis (1904 Summer Olympics) and Los Angeles (1932 and 1984). The games themselves were notable in the realm of sporting events, but they were marred by numerous organizational inefficiencies. A dramatic event was the Centennial Olympic Park bombing, in which one person died and several others were injured. Eric Robert Rudolph was later convicted of the bombing as an anti-government and pro-life protest.
Atlanta has in recent years undergone a transition from a city of regional commerce to a city of international influence, and has been among the fastest growing cities in the developed world for much of the 1990s and 2000s.[1] Between 2000 and 2006, the metropolitan area grew by 20.5%, making it the fastest growing metropolitan area in the nation.[12][13] The Atlanta Metropolitan Area is the central metropolis of the Southeastern United States and is also the largest metropolitan area in the emerging megalopolis known as the Piedmont Atlantic MegaRegion (PAM).[14][15]
On March 14, 2008, a tornado ripped through downtown Atlanta, the first since weather has been recorded in 1880. There was minor damage to many downtown skyscrapers. However, two holes were torn into the roof of the Georgia Dome, tearing down catwalks and the scoreboard as debris rained onto the court in the middle of an SEC game. The Omni Hotel suffered major damage, along with Centennial Olympic Park and the Georgia World Congress Center. Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills and Oakland Cemetery were also damaged.
We help people with the paranormal and the true saga truth about the south's small town's history.----- South Side Atlanta Paranormal Society
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Playing house AKA "REAL LIFE DOLLHOUSE"
Playing house
May 6, 2009 by alifemorefabulous
After my post on climbing trees, I was delighted to revisit another happy childhood memory when I discovered Saskatchewan artist Heather Benning’s ‘lifesize’ dollhouse at Elle Decoration SA.
Heather created this art installation piece in an old abandoned farm house in the middle of a field in rural Manitoba.
While the farmhouse remains true to its original form, Heather has replaced the back walls of the house with large sheets of plexiglass to give the illusion of an open space – or to allow for a giant hand to reach in and play with lifesize dolls and the furniture. I think it would be fun to have a tea party with inside with fancy china – just like Barbie used to do! (Perhaps not some of the more colourful, soap opera drama story lines my Barbies often acted out…)
One of the trippy things about this space is that, although Heather has used ‘real’ regular-sized furniture, from this context it looks miniature.
Heather currently has an exhibition at Sherwood Village Branch Gallery from May 30 – July 30 2009, featuring Heather’s 12 foot sculptural adaption of a childhood doll that has accompanied her on all her personal travels. Learn more about it and about Heather here and more about the Dollhouse here.
{Photos: Dunlop Art Gallery, Elle Decoration SA, Ohdeedoh}
Tags: Heather Benning, Lifesize dollhouse
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
Henry County Ghost Hunters on Georiga TV!
The local Georgia TV has put the "Henry County Ghost Hunters" short ghost films on PBS. My cousin text me to notify me that she saw me just this week! Not only that she told the family about my mini movie that I made. She is just too sweet!
Thanks Cousin Linda your awesome!!!
Melissa
Thanks Cousin Linda your awesome!!!
Melissa
Sunday, June 21, 2009
PARANORMAL TV CREW TO COME TO HENRY COUNTY GA IN JULY!
MY local town will be having the TV crew to come and do interviews with the local business owners and their business and homes in July. We all the town need to find answers to many questions that has been plaguing our city since the early 1900's.
This group is bast in Georgia and is new with clairvoyant and sensitivity people who can help us understand the paranormal that is occurring in our town.
I was so disappointed in the town this past weekend! I have to post this for everyone to read! I have worked so hard for the town to get some business and try to help out the owners with their aka paranormal situations, however, they must think that I am a idiot!
I booked several business through out the town this took me five months mind you.
The First:
I got dumped by the employees leaving the area and locking up and going home while my crew as pulling up the their driveway!
The Second:
They didn't even return any of my calls that evening!
The Third:
Was upsetting! At first they seems excited for us to come out the help them. Until the owner's husband pulled me over to speak to him and he asked, "Who is in charge here?" I told him, he then said that, "how long will it take you to do your EVPS?!?" I said, "about ten minutes, why?" "He then said, "GET THEM AND THEN GET OUT!" I got my group and we left the business and I never have been so embarrassed for these owners. Not only he was very rude to all of us in general he never ed introduced himself to any of us. I come to think about it was never introduced himself to me as long as I used their business! His wife was OK, but her husband was rude and nasty to all of us. Ex specially Me! I don't know what provoked him however, this is coming directly from me! I AM A COSTUMER IN YOUR BUSINESS! YOU DON"T TREAT YOUR COSTUMERS LIKE DIRT AND TREAT THEM LIKE TRASH! They did ask for a interview and they got it it wasn't until later on, after the interview was completed, that my group was told to get out.
This segment was to show if this town was ready for the real TV crews to come and do a investigation, gee I wonder who that would have been. Now I have to explain to them what happened! Believe me I will be talking to my TV contacts asap about this situation!
I will keep you post yet again!
The above situation has improved some degree, one of the business has apologized to me about the situation, however, my TV group will never go back to the town for a paranormal investigation. My group did post the Camp Creek Train Wreak Ghost Sage with me as the hosts and put it on you-tube. "Georgia Paranormal Experiences" is my other groups name that is conducting TV interviews about real and actual experiences that people go through about paranormal investigating.
I am so happy that I am involved with something that is exciting to me. "The truth is knowledge it's self!"
Melissa
This group is bast in Georgia and is new with clairvoyant and sensitivity people who can help us understand the paranormal that is occurring in our town.
I was so disappointed in the town this past weekend! I have to post this for everyone to read! I have worked so hard for the town to get some business and try to help out the owners with their aka paranormal situations, however, they must think that I am a idiot!
I booked several business through out the town this took me five months mind you.
The First:
I got dumped by the employees leaving the area and locking up and going home while my crew as pulling up the their driveway!
The Second:
They didn't even return any of my calls that evening!
The Third:
Was upsetting! At first they seems excited for us to come out the help them. Until the owner's husband pulled me over to speak to him and he asked, "Who is in charge here?" I told him, he then said that, "how long will it take you to do your EVPS?!?" I said, "about ten minutes, why?" "He then said, "GET THEM AND THEN GET OUT!" I got my group and we left the business and I never have been so embarrassed for these owners. Not only he was very rude to all of us in general he never ed introduced himself to any of us. I come to think about it was never introduced himself to me as long as I used their business! His wife was OK, but her husband was rude and nasty to all of us. Ex specially Me! I don't know what provoked him however, this is coming directly from me! I AM A COSTUMER IN YOUR BUSINESS! YOU DON"T TREAT YOUR COSTUMERS LIKE DIRT AND TREAT THEM LIKE TRASH! They did ask for a interview and they got it it wasn't until later on, after the interview was completed, that my group was told to get out.
This segment was to show if this town was ready for the real TV crews to come and do a investigation, gee I wonder who that would have been. Now I have to explain to them what happened! Believe me I will be talking to my TV contacts asap about this situation!
I will keep you post yet again!
The above situation has improved some degree, one of the business has apologized to me about the situation, however, my TV group will never go back to the town for a paranormal investigation. My group did post the Camp Creek Train Wreak Ghost Sage with me as the hosts and put it on you-tube. "Georgia Paranormal Experiences" is my other groups name that is conducting TV interviews about real and actual experiences that people go through about paranormal investigating.
I am so happy that I am involved with something that is exciting to me. "The truth is knowledge it's self!"
Melissa
Saturday, June 6, 2009
To Post Or Not to Post?
Lately I have received two e-mails from a person that needed AKA "help with the paranormal". They seemed to be quite upset and needed help with their major ghost activity that has been accruing in their home. Questioning me if I AKA "Didn't Respond?" So they left foul e-mails to myself several times.
They seemed to be quit passionate about their home activity.
My commit is below:
If you reach out to a paranormal investigator for help and they have taken "Above-And-Beond" help to assist you with this and the families still are upset. They in question need to know that at least this investigator did try to help.
Further into this commit of above is that don't think for a second that I didn't AKA "CARE" about helping them in general, because they think I couldn't respond to them ASAP? I have other duties that I have to do in my own time. I can't drop everything at that moment when I receive the first e-mail "which, I never got by the way."; I need to plan a week or weekend in advance and make calls etc. At the time the AKA second e-mail finally came through I did try to assist you, I had the time and to which the response that I received that wasn't worth posting. Further negative commits and fowl language will not be tolerated at all. We don't assist people that respond like this. I responded to them positively and with great care and still received bad returns.
I wish them very well and great luck with their investigators.
God Bless!
Melissa
Recently I have noticed that people whom claim that they are aka "Professional Ghost Hunters" and or what not have been updating their paranormal sites. OK, let me make this one very good point very clear. If you are a 'professional investigator' for numerous of years and have been aka doing this feild for such a long time make sure that the AKA 'professionals' are what they claim to be! I have noticed that groups have been claiming that they are professionals and claiming to be doing this for years as example: In the year of 1965 until this year of 2010. Please people do the math! On another site the same people claiming that they as well about fifty-five years old ?.? This means that they have been active ghost hunting since they was 'TEN?' OK maybe their first experience was around that time but not being a professional paranormal investigator....I think that this person was playing with their dolls or their action figures....just a thought.
Myself I was thinking of school and my family. Just well just being a kid!
They seemed to be quit passionate about their home activity.
My commit is below:
If you reach out to a paranormal investigator for help and they have taken "Above-And-Beond" help to assist you with this and the families still are upset. They in question need to know that at least this investigator did try to help.
Further into this commit of above is that don't think for a second that I didn't AKA "CARE" about helping them in general, because they think I couldn't respond to them ASAP? I have other duties that I have to do in my own time. I can't drop everything at that moment when I receive the first e-mail "which, I never got by the way."; I need to plan a week or weekend in advance and make calls etc. At the time the AKA second e-mail finally came through I did try to assist you, I had the time and to which the response that I received that wasn't worth posting. Further negative commits and fowl language will not be tolerated at all. We don't assist people that respond like this. I responded to them positively and with great care and still received bad returns.
I wish them very well and great luck with their investigators.
God Bless!
Melissa
Recently I have noticed that people whom claim that they are aka "Professional Ghost Hunters" and or what not have been updating their paranormal sites. OK, let me make this one very good point very clear. If you are a 'professional investigator' for numerous of years and have been aka doing this feild for such a long time make sure that the AKA 'professionals' are what they claim to be! I have noticed that groups have been claiming that they are professionals and claiming to be doing this for years as example: In the year of 1965 until this year of 2010. Please people do the math! On another site the same people claiming that they as well about fifty-five years old ?.? This means that they have been active ghost hunting since they was 'TEN?' OK maybe their first experience was around that time but not being a professional paranormal investigator....I think that this person was playing with their dolls or their action figures....just a thought.
Myself I was thinking of school and my family. Just well just being a kid!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Paranormal Investigator?
I met my neighbor in 2002 when I received my photographs by from Walgreen's. I noticed that I had abnormalities through out the photos that I took when my aunt came down the weekend before for a visit.
Introduced by the management we both started to compare our AKA ghost stories to each other. They asked me if I would come by and met up with a paranormal group that was going to investigate their home that weekend. I said sure, and when I met up with the team I later on joined the group. I asked my neighbors to start document all the AKA paranormal situations that accord in their home and make sure that the owners date and timed everything. They have had several teams out to the residents and they have took photos, EVPS, a movie. However, to my knowledge the home owners have copies of everything everyone has taken in the home.
Now the owners have placed themselves in the paper, in a book, in the Internet, and also on a local TV spot. Every single time they are mention they are "Quote" "Missed Quoted" all over. That it's "Not their fault but the people who have took their interviews?" Now more than ever I know that I was being used by the people in general. They want a book, A movie, and even to be on TV. They first wanted help with the paranormal, now they seemed to only want fame and future. I can't help people like this I only pray for them.
I wished them well and help that someday peace will finally come to their home.
God Bless you and your family may you find peace in your home that you created.
Melissa
I had to repost on this situation list above....pinding post are to come within a few days.
Melissa
Founder of South Side NAPIR
Introduced by the management we both started to compare our AKA ghost stories to each other. They asked me if I would come by and met up with a paranormal group that was going to investigate their home that weekend. I said sure, and when I met up with the team I later on joined the group. I asked my neighbors to start document all the AKA paranormal situations that accord in their home and make sure that the owners date and timed everything. They have had several teams out to the residents and they have took photos, EVPS, a movie. However, to my knowledge the home owners have copies of everything everyone has taken in the home.
Now the owners have placed themselves in the paper, in a book, in the Internet, and also on a local TV spot. Every single time they are mention they are "Quote" "Missed Quoted" all over. That it's "Not their fault but the people who have took their interviews?" Now more than ever I know that I was being used by the people in general. They want a book, A movie, and even to be on TV. They first wanted help with the paranormal, now they seemed to only want fame and future. I can't help people like this I only pray for them.
I wished them well and help that someday peace will finally come to their home.
God Bless you and your family may you find peace in your home that you created.
Melissa
I had to repost on this situation list above....pinding post are to come within a few days.
Melissa
Founder of South Side NAPIR
Monday, June 1, 2009
The Fife Dorcey Holiday House in Fayetteville GA
Dr. John Stiles Holliday, who built the house on the land that his father purchased, offered his home as a boarding house for students and teachers from nearby Fayetteville Academy.
Mrs. Permelia Ware Holliday was instrumental in the manufacture of a Confederate flag for the first volunteer troops to leave Fayette County for the War in 1861. The flag was partially made in the Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House.
“Manse” or “Manny” as he was called, was the flag bearer for the first company that left Fayette County for the war. He was the last Dorsey family member to live in the house.
To Call: 770-716-5332
E-MAIL: jlynch@fayetteville-ga.gov
MAiling Address:
140 Lanier Ave. W.
Fayetteville,
Georgia 30214
Hoilday/Dorcey/Fife home is located in the square of Fayetteville GA. The Holiday family built the home in the earily part of the 1800's. Mr. Holiday was the county's Doctor and he had a son named AKA "Doc Holiday." The Descendants of all three families sold the property to the city in the late 1970's to early 1990's and had a family reunion. After the families prepared the home for a viewing, they took a picture in front of the house. After the film was developed sometime later, one of the children noticed that in the upper left hand corner of the second floor window was a transparent male figure with a mustache looking down at the families below. The family got the film enlarged and copied it and it wasn't soon after that they started a history tour. The first family that gave the tours in the mid 1990's dressed up in an antebellum costume and told the history about her family and owners the home. She also explained that they have a ghost of " Holiday family tree." to this day the ghost still walks through out the hallways and has been seen by people walked down the street from the outside of the house. School children have been able to see the spirit when they come the take the tour. Only one person that I know of "outside" of all three families got permission to take a copy of the AKA ghost photograph as a gift. To the day she keeps it in a very safe place in her home. I know because that person that I'm refirning to is me. I have been several times to the home and I know the Dorsey family quite well. I will never show the picture with any of the families say so.
Melissa from ATL GA USA
Mrs. Permelia Ware Holliday was instrumental in the manufacture of a Confederate flag for the first volunteer troops to leave Fayette County for the War in 1861. The flag was partially made in the Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House.
“Manse” or “Manny” as he was called, was the flag bearer for the first company that left Fayette County for the war. He was the last Dorsey family member to live in the house.
To Call: 770-716-5332
E-MAIL: jlynch@fayetteville-ga.gov
MAiling Address:
140 Lanier Ave. W.
Fayetteville,
Georgia 30214
Hoilday/Dorcey/Fife home is located in the square of Fayetteville GA. The Holiday family built the home in the earily part of the 1800's. Mr. Holiday was the county's Doctor and he had a son named AKA "Doc Holiday." The Descendants of all three families sold the property to the city in the late 1970's to early 1990's and had a family reunion. After the families prepared the home for a viewing, they took a picture in front of the house. After the film was developed sometime later, one of the children noticed that in the upper left hand corner of the second floor window was a transparent male figure with a mustache looking down at the families below. The family got the film enlarged and copied it and it wasn't soon after that they started a history tour. The first family that gave the tours in the mid 1990's dressed up in an antebellum costume and told the history about her family and owners the home. She also explained that they have a ghost of " Holiday family tree." to this day the ghost still walks through out the hallways and has been seen by people walked down the street from the outside of the house. School children have been able to see the spirit when they come the take the tour. Only one person that I know of "outside" of all three families got permission to take a copy of the AKA ghost photograph as a gift. To the day she keeps it in a very safe place in her home. I know because that person that I'm refirning to is me. I have been several times to the home and I know the Dorsey family quite well. I will never show the picture with any of the families say so.
Melissa from ATL GA USA
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
MacDonough Train Wreck of 1900 "Eye Witness Acount"
MacDonough, GA Train Wreck, Jun 1900
Posted November 19th, 2007 by Linda Horton
AWFUL DISASTER ON THE RAIL.
ATALNTA, GA., June 24.----A passenger train on the Macon branch of the Southern railroad ran into a washout one and a half miles north of Macdonough, last night, and was totally destroyed. The wreck caught fire and all the persons on the train, except those in the Pullman car, perished. The dead number thirty five in all. Not a single one of the train crew escaped. Ten people, none seriously injured, were rescued. Overwhelming rains of the past two weeks have swollen all the streams in this vicinity. Camp creek, which is over its banks, runs alongside the railroad near Macdonough and finally goes under the roadway through a stone culvert. A cloudburst occurred over that point early last evening and a stretch of track one hundred feet long was washed out. When the train went down, the storm was still raging and all the car windows were shut. The passengers met death without an instants warning.
Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, NH 25 Jun 1900
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!
Posted November 19th, 2007 by Linda Horton
AWFUL DISASTER ON THE RAIL.
ATALNTA, GA., June 24.----A passenger train on the Macon branch of the Southern railroad ran into a washout one and a half miles north of Macdonough, last night, and was totally destroyed. The wreck caught fire and all the persons on the train, except those in the Pullman car, perished. The dead number thirty five in all. Not a single one of the train crew escaped. Ten people, none seriously injured, were rescued. Overwhelming rains of the past two weeks have swollen all the streams in this vicinity. Camp creek, which is over its banks, runs alongside the railroad near Macdonough and finally goes under the roadway through a stone culvert. A cloudburst occurred over that point early last evening and a stretch of track one hundred feet long was washed out. When the train went down, the storm was still raging and all the car windows were shut. The passengers met death without an instants warning.
Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, NH 25 Jun 1900
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Grandpa's DollHouse!
Here is Holly's and her husband's Dollhouse from Grandpa! From what I understand he made the whole house himself inside and outside. It has a rap around front porch and Kitchen, Dining room, living room on the bottom floor. It has two bedrooms on the middle floor and two bedrooms in the attic! It even lights up!
It is completely beautiful!
Thank you Holly!
Melissa
Miniature Dollhouses!
Amy Goss is my new Dollhouse Queen! She has been helping me with doing my first dollhouse. I noticed her dollhouse in flicker site and now she is making a new one! Get this a Barn! I just can't wait until I see what the artist will come up with! I looked around some areas and I think I found the barn she is doing take a look! Let me know what you think!
Melissa
Meanwhile, Holly a friend of mine at work has one that her husband's grandfather made by hand. She is making it to look like a country farm around Christmas time! Take a look at it!
Melissa
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Dollhouse miniatures! Take A set By Raine
Take a set by Raine is a artist of Dollhouse Miniatures of chairs! This was a great artist that I admire who has brought life into their work. Below are some great examples of fine miniature art. This was brought to me by my FL Artist Amy Gross on ETSY and Flicker site. Thanks Amy your artwork and love for you Dollhouse Miniatures are outstanding!
Melissa
As you might have guess it my favorite is the Animal Print chair! MEOW!
Monday, May 18, 2009
world in a match box! By Amy Gross
Hey everyone!
I wanted to tell you that I found around January of 2009 a artist from FL named Amy Gross! She does Dollhouses, miniatures and photography, she even makes her own jewelry. She has several sites to go to. Flicker, ETSY, and she is on the web.
I started my own dollhouse and I have been admiring her wonderful dollhouse on flicker.
I will keep you posted but there is some pictures of her house that you will like.
Melissa from GA
I wanted to tell you that I found around January of 2009 a artist from FL named Amy Gross! She does Dollhouses, miniatures and photography, she even makes her own jewelry. She has several sites to go to. Flicker, ETSY, and she is on the web.
I started my own dollhouse and I have been admiring her wonderful dollhouse on flicker.
I will keep you posted but there is some pictures of her house that you will like.
Melissa from GA
Friday, May 15, 2009
Ghost in America
I have seen, felt, and heard of four ghost walking around and getting my attention in my mobile home for the past seven years now. Two men one female and a little girl roams around my home frequently. They are walking around and trying to get my attention by EVP'S to closing doors, and evening touching me. I think that they are passing through. They seems
not to stay very long. Sometimes I can even smell bacon burning and smoke in the kitchen area.
Submitted by anonymous
not to stay very long. Sometimes I can even smell bacon burning and smoke in the kitchen area.
Submitted by anonymous
Ghost of America
I have been living in the McDonough Ga area for at least nine years. I have experienced paranormal activity in my home with smells and EVPS. One is a little girl that sneezed and said, ''Dusty'' and also heard conversations that involved two men and one woman speaking. I can't seem to understand their conversation. I have investigated at last count at least twelve homes so far in my neighborhood. They have some kind of paranormal activity in their homes and also outside of their property. Local residents that live near the McDonough Square area claim that it might be related to the ''Camp Creek Train Wreck'' that occurred in June 23, 1900. I also believe that the town has a beautiful and rich history to it. That might be the reason that visitors that come to town stay a little longer than they want
to.
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Submitted by Melissa
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Ghost hunters inspect 180-year-old NM hotel site
By HEATHER CLARK, Associated Press Writer Heather Clark, Associated Press Writer – Mon May 11, 4:44 am ET
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The former owner of a 180-year-old adobe building hears the door of a potbellied stove opening and wood being stacked inside, but no one is there.
Mysterious whispers echo in the current owner's ear. Things fall off shelves for no apparent reason.
These are just a few of the strange goings-on that artist Josh Bond, owner of the Old Cuchillo Bar in the southern New Mexico ghost town of the same name, has asked the West Coast Ghost and Paranormal Society to investigate on his property.
"The creepiest I had was a voice whisper in my ear," Bond said. "When things fall in the house, I just sort of write it off."
When he saw an advertisement about WCGAPS, a Phoenix-based nonprofit organization, Bond thought the group could at least explain what was occurring.
Andy Rice, who started WCGAPS about two years ago after investigating more than 200 supposed hauntings and ghosts over more than 13 years, said the group tries to explain the mysteries their clients relate to them using science or common sense.
Only about 5 percent of the group's investigations can't be explained by electromagnetic radiation, thin walls, faulty wiring, lights from passing cars or other normal explanations, said Rice, who called his investigators not ghost hunters, but ghost debunkers.
WCGAPS is booked through July with investigations, mainly in the Southwest. Rice said the historical value of the Cuchillo property made it stand out among the places requesting the group's services.
The Old Cuchillo Bar dates to 1830 when it was a stagecoach stop. At one time, freight was unloaded and taken by wagon to nearby mines in Winston or Chloride.
The 5,000-square-foot complex has housed a trading post, stables, mercantile, post office, hotel and saloon over the years.
"It just has a lot of history, that place does," said Gayle Shepperd, who owned the property with her husband, Harold, from 1978 to 2006. "I've heard tales of poker parties and a lot things like that going on."
In recent years, the facility was used for wedding and baby showers and the general store was where visitors stopped to ask which residents were still among the town's dwindling population.
Once home to 2,000 people and the hub of the county, Cuchillo has about 35 residents, Bond said.
Like Bond, Shepperd also recalled odd things, like hearing the sound of someone starting the wood stove.
"I distinctly heard somebody putting wood into the fire. I looked in there and there was nobody," she said. "We said, 'Well, our ghosts are at play.' We just discounted it."
Shepperd put to rest at least one mystery: a trio of guns Bond had found wrapped in a sack in an empty grain bin.
"My mother put those there," she said, explaining that her mother used the empty bins for storage.
Bond, 36, an artist who makes metal sculptures and home furnishings, bought the complex in 2006 and has finished renovating the old hotel into a 3-bedroom vacation rental or artist retreat. He hopes to open a microbrewery in the old saloon.
Bond seemed ambivalent about whether the property is haunted.
"These people claim to debunk it scientifically. I write it off to coincidence many times in my mind, but I'd like to see it proved scientifically," he said.
Rice said he's not out to persuade people to believe in the paranormal.
"Until they have a personal experience, I cannot change someone's belief," he said. "I don't take the time to try to convince them, because it is a useless argument."
Rice, a business analyst, said he became interested in investigating reports of hauntings after exploring an abandoned house with friends.
At the top of a staircase while his friends were on the steps below him, he said, someone or something pushed him down the stairs, lifting him off the floor and leaving scratch marks on his back.
The experience led Rice to work about 40 to 60 hours per week for WCGAPS, investigating for free and seeking donations. He hopes in many cases he can put clients' anxiety to rest.
"I'm hoping to go out and calm their fears. Other than my first experience, I have never experienced anything that's harmful. I want to explain what's there, whether there's something or nothing," Rice said.
For the investigation at Cuchillo, Rice says he'll research area building codes and the site's history, talk with residents, review the property's title history and look at photographs of the original buildings.
He and seven other investigators will bring cameras and video and audio equipment to record noises or anything found in the buildings. Unlike some other "ghost hunters," Rice said he doesn't use psychics to find ghosts.
WCGAPS's Web site contains audio links to alleged paranormal phenomena, like voices, which Rice says don't fall into the normal frequency for human voices.
Other than the push down the stairs, Rice said he's heard or seen a few strange things, like the "full-body apparition" of a woman he saw move across Monti's La Casa Vieja restaurant in Tempe, Ariz., which is housed in the city's original pioneer home.
Did he capture the image?
"It was exactly where we didn't have a camera placed," Rice said, but a camera did record his and the other investigator's reactions to the figure.
Often hotels or restaurants hope WCGAPS will confirm something paranormal because it's good for business, but owners of private homes usually are relieved when their haunting is explained, Rice said.
As for Bond, "I've really kind of lived in denial of the fact, but I'm curious to know."
By HEATHER CLARK, Associated Press Writer Heather Clark, Associated Press Writer – Mon May 11, 4:44 am ET
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The former owner of a 180-year-old adobe building hears the door of a potbellied stove opening and wood being stacked inside, but no one is there.
Mysterious whispers echo in the current owner's ear. Things fall off shelves for no apparent reason.
These are just a few of the strange goings-on that artist Josh Bond, owner of the Old Cuchillo Bar in the southern New Mexico ghost town of the same name, has asked the West Coast Ghost and Paranormal Society to investigate on his property.
"The creepiest I had was a voice whisper in my ear," Bond said. "When things fall in the house, I just sort of write it off."
When he saw an advertisement about WCGAPS, a Phoenix-based nonprofit organization, Bond thought the group could at least explain what was occurring.
Andy Rice, who started WCGAPS about two years ago after investigating more than 200 supposed hauntings and ghosts over more than 13 years, said the group tries to explain the mysteries their clients relate to them using science or common sense.
Only about 5 percent of the group's investigations can't be explained by electromagnetic radiation, thin walls, faulty wiring, lights from passing cars or other normal explanations, said Rice, who called his investigators not ghost hunters, but ghost debunkers.
WCGAPS is booked through July with investigations, mainly in the Southwest. Rice said the historical value of the Cuchillo property made it stand out among the places requesting the group's services.
The Old Cuchillo Bar dates to 1830 when it was a stagecoach stop. At one time, freight was unloaded and taken by wagon to nearby mines in Winston or Chloride.
The 5,000-square-foot complex has housed a trading post, stables, mercantile, post office, hotel and saloon over the years.
"It just has a lot of history, that place does," said Gayle Shepperd, who owned the property with her husband, Harold, from 1978 to 2006. "I've heard tales of poker parties and a lot things like that going on."
In recent years, the facility was used for wedding and baby showers and the general store was where visitors stopped to ask which residents were still among the town's dwindling population.
Once home to 2,000 people and the hub of the county, Cuchillo has about 35 residents, Bond said.
Like Bond, Shepperd also recalled odd things, like hearing the sound of someone starting the wood stove.
"I distinctly heard somebody putting wood into the fire. I looked in there and there was nobody," she said. "We said, 'Well, our ghosts are at play.' We just discounted it."
Shepperd put to rest at least one mystery: a trio of guns Bond had found wrapped in a sack in an empty grain bin.
"My mother put those there," she said, explaining that her mother used the empty bins for storage.
Bond, 36, an artist who makes metal sculptures and home furnishings, bought the complex in 2006 and has finished renovating the old hotel into a 3-bedroom vacation rental or artist retreat. He hopes to open a microbrewery in the old saloon.
Bond seemed ambivalent about whether the property is haunted.
"These people claim to debunk it scientifically. I write it off to coincidence many times in my mind, but I'd like to see it proved scientifically," he said.
Rice said he's not out to persuade people to believe in the paranormal.
"Until they have a personal experience, I cannot change someone's belief," he said. "I don't take the time to try to convince them, because it is a useless argument."
Rice, a business analyst, said he became interested in investigating reports of hauntings after exploring an abandoned house with friends.
At the top of a staircase while his friends were on the steps below him, he said, someone or something pushed him down the stairs, lifting him off the floor and leaving scratch marks on his back.
The experience led Rice to work about 40 to 60 hours per week for WCGAPS, investigating for free and seeking donations. He hopes in many cases he can put clients' anxiety to rest.
"I'm hoping to go out and calm their fears. Other than my first experience, I have never experienced anything that's harmful. I want to explain what's there, whether there's something or nothing," Rice said.
For the investigation at Cuchillo, Rice says he'll research area building codes and the site's history, talk with residents, review the property's title history and look at photographs of the original buildings.
He and seven other investigators will bring cameras and video and audio equipment to record noises or anything found in the buildings. Unlike some other "ghost hunters," Rice said he doesn't use psychics to find ghosts.
WCGAPS's Web site contains audio links to alleged paranormal phenomena, like voices, which Rice says don't fall into the normal frequency for human voices.
Other than the push down the stairs, Rice said he's heard or seen a few strange things, like the "full-body apparition" of a woman he saw move across Monti's La Casa Vieja restaurant in Tempe, Ariz., which is housed in the city's original pioneer home.
Did he capture the image?
"It was exactly where we didn't have a camera placed," Rice said, but a camera did record his and the other investigator's reactions to the figure.
Often hotels or restaurants hope WCGAPS will confirm something paranormal because it's good for business, but owners of private homes usually are relieved when their haunting is explained, Rice said.
As for Bond, "I've really kind of lived in denial of the fact, but I'm curious to know."
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Intrepid Reporter said...
Dear Mr. Quinn,I do not appreciate your ways of spreading false information about the area in which I grew up. I also don't appreciate you stealing research that I did and put online and claiming it as your own. Do tell, how did you first come to know the Camp Creek Trestle? Did you know that the only reports of hauntings in that area came from a now deceased lady named Mrs. Marian Paulk? And even she had no real evidence that the spirit she encountered in her home was a ghost from that train wreck. Did you know that I wrote a real and researched (meaning I talked to the people with the knowledge before I put it out for the public) article on the train wreck and also interviewed Mrs. Paulk AND the REAL county historian, Gene Morris? I looked up articles written at the time about the wreck and made sure my facts were straight. See, I did the responsible thing in making sure I had my facts before I put my name to them.Did you also know that I put that little listing on TheShadowLands.net about places in Henry County that were claimed to be haunted?Also, a real writer cites his sources. Where did you find that the bodies of the poor souls who died in that train wreck of 1900 laid out in the Square? Upon speaking with the REAL county historian, Gene Morris Jr, even he says you are mistaken in this fact. An example of your facts being wrong is that The Seasons Bistro was never Carmichael's Furniture Store, that was across the street in what is now a parking lot.How is it that you feel you can make such claims when you are not even a native of this area? Believe me, there are several people who are not happy with you. I took your ghost tour last year and listened to you with great amusement as you made claims that various buildings on the Square were once funeral homes. I also made sure the people around me knew how full of it you were. I myself believe in ghosts, but your tactics of trying to gain whatever little fame you can by telling your little stories is doing nothing to enhance the paranormal research field. It is people like you who dress up in undertakers costume and falsify information that make the rest of us appear as insane as you present yourself as being.You take it too far when you tell a television crew you are the authority on the history of this county. Stop acting like a puffed up peacock. Others might fall for your stories, but they are gullible and you know it. Find a better hobby in your retirement years.
THIS IS COMMET FOUND ON THE WEB SHOW IN YOU SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT THE FACTS OF HISTORY AND THE FAMILIES INVOLVED!
Dear Mr. Quinn,I do not appreciate your ways of spreading false information about the area in which I grew up. I also don't appreciate you stealing research that I did and put online and claiming it as your own. Do tell, how did you first come to know the Camp Creek Trestle? Did you know that the only reports of hauntings in that area came from a now deceased lady named Mrs. Marian Paulk? And even she had no real evidence that the spirit she encountered in her home was a ghost from that train wreck. Did you know that I wrote a real and researched (meaning I talked to the people with the knowledge before I put it out for the public) article on the train wreck and also interviewed Mrs. Paulk AND the REAL county historian, Gene Morris? I looked up articles written at the time about the wreck and made sure my facts were straight. See, I did the responsible thing in making sure I had my facts before I put my name to them.Did you also know that I put that little listing on TheShadowLands.net about places in Henry County that were claimed to be haunted?Also, a real writer cites his sources. Where did you find that the bodies of the poor souls who died in that train wreck of 1900 laid out in the Square? Upon speaking with the REAL county historian, Gene Morris Jr, even he says you are mistaken in this fact. An example of your facts being wrong is that The Seasons Bistro was never Carmichael's Furniture Store, that was across the street in what is now a parking lot.How is it that you feel you can make such claims when you are not even a native of this area? Believe me, there are several people who are not happy with you. I took your ghost tour last year and listened to you with great amusement as you made claims that various buildings on the Square were once funeral homes. I also made sure the people around me knew how full of it you were. I myself believe in ghosts, but your tactics of trying to gain whatever little fame you can by telling your little stories is doing nothing to enhance the paranormal research field. It is people like you who dress up in undertakers costume and falsify information that make the rest of us appear as insane as you present yourself as being.You take it too far when you tell a television crew you are the authority on the history of this county. Stop acting like a puffed up peacock. Others might fall for your stories, but they are gullible and you know it. Find a better hobby in your retirement years.
THIS IS COMMET FOUND ON THE WEB SHOW IN YOU SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT THE FACTS OF HISTORY AND THE FAMILIES INVOLVED!
The Hungry Ghost of McDonough
I have lived in the city of McDonough now for about 20 years. And it is odd how when a new restaurant opens in town we suddenly have a ghost to contend with.
I saw a news story on 11 Alive about the McDonough ghost hunter who is investigating another restaurant in the city. It is the same old story in that he is using the train wreck of 1900 a mile or so North of town as the basis of the alleged haunting. I see some problems with this story. First they talk of pots and pans falling in the kitchen, well my daughter has worked in a lot of kitchens in her life and pots and pans falling are just part of a kitchen. A heavy truck going down the old concrete street in front of the building could have shaken those things from the shelf. Just some common everyday occurrences.
I have seen a few of the ghost hunting shows on TV and they use an EMF meter to measure the electric magnetic field. Again my work experience as an electrician will tell me that around all of the appliances and lighting you will have a high EMF. With all of this explained away lets look at the broader aspect of all this supposed ghost activity in McDonough.
I talked to my grandfather and he has lived in McDonough all his life.
He said there has never been a problem with ghost around the square because there are none. One key issue my grandfather spoke of is the fact that the buildings in question were not there during the time of the train wreck. His father helped with the searches at the Camp Creek Train Wreck. If you will remember most all of the other ghost hauntings that have taken place around the square were restaurants that were newly opened. Being new they would not be well known, what better way to get noticed than having a ghost and getting some free advertisements about it.
THIS WAS A COMMIT ON A ARTICLE FOUND ON THE WEB! PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL DEALING WITH THE FAIMLIES OF THE PARANORMAL AND THEIR HOMES AND BUSINESS!
I have lived in the city of McDonough now for about 20 years. And it is odd how when a new restaurant opens in town we suddenly have a ghost to contend with.
I saw a news story on 11 Alive about the McDonough ghost hunter who is investigating another restaurant in the city. It is the same old story in that he is using the train wreck of 1900 a mile or so North of town as the basis of the alleged haunting. I see some problems with this story. First they talk of pots and pans falling in the kitchen, well my daughter has worked in a lot of kitchens in her life and pots and pans falling are just part of a kitchen. A heavy truck going down the old concrete street in front of the building could have shaken those things from the shelf. Just some common everyday occurrences.
I have seen a few of the ghost hunting shows on TV and they use an EMF meter to measure the electric magnetic field. Again my work experience as an electrician will tell me that around all of the appliances and lighting you will have a high EMF. With all of this explained away lets look at the broader aspect of all this supposed ghost activity in McDonough.
I talked to my grandfather and he has lived in McDonough all his life.
He said there has never been a problem with ghost around the square because there are none. One key issue my grandfather spoke of is the fact that the buildings in question were not there during the time of the train wreck. His father helped with the searches at the Camp Creek Train Wreck. If you will remember most all of the other ghost hauntings that have taken place around the square were restaurants that were newly opened. Being new they would not be well known, what better way to get noticed than having a ghost and getting some free advertisements about it.
THIS WAS A COMMIT ON A ARTICLE FOUND ON THE WEB! PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL DEALING WITH THE FAIMLIES OF THE PARANORMAL AND THEIR HOMES AND BUSINESS!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Ghost Hunter Investigates Popular Atlanta Diner
in McDonough for one of the best burgers in metro Atlanta. But there is something else attracting a lot of attention at Chevy 27s that you won find on the menu.Chevy27s diner has a reputation for oversized hamburgers and hand-dipped ice cream. And now it has a reputation for something else. It's a friendly spirit says Erica Daniell co-owner with her husband Neil of Chevy. Nobody seems to be afraid.Neil and Erica Daniell say they and their staff have seen evidence of paranormal activity. Being in the kitchen and then you know the door opening all of a sudden Erica describes and nobody there to open it.Neil Daniell has a degree in geo-chemistry. He deals in facts and proof and science. Having people say call your name Neil Daniell recalls and then you go to the kitchen and they go no we didn't call you you've got paranormal activity in your kitchen.Who you gonna call the ghost hunter of McDonough. John Quinn has been hunting ghosts for forty four years. He believes there is a good reason why there is paranormal activity in Chevy 27s and McDonough square. My belief IS says Quinn is on the nineteen hundred train wreck here in McDonough.More than thirty people died on that June night in nineteen hundred. Some believe their spirits still roam through the buildings on the square. Scott Evans is not one of them. We've never seen anything Evans says.We've never heard stuff happening. You know doors close it's the wind. Lights turn on and off it 27s because of the way they re wired. John Quinn has made a preliminary check of Chevy27s kitchen.He says his numbers were off the chart. He will make a full inspection on Sunday April 19th.Whether or not we actually believe in paranormal activity, we have to admit that there might have been times in our lives when things happened that we just couldn't explain.So perhaps the real value in doing a story like this is understanding the importance of keeping an open mind.
NEWS ARTICLE FOUND ON THE WEB WITH A VIDEO! ALSO ON GA NEWS TV
Ghost Hunter Investigates Popular Atlanta Diner
in McDonough for one of the best burgers in metro Atlanta. But there is something else attracting a lot of attention at Chevy 27s that you won find on the menu.Chevy27s diner has a reputation for oversized hamburgers and hand-dipped ice cream. And now it has a reputation for something else. It's a friendly spirit says Erica Daniell co-owner with her husband Neil of Chevy. Nobody seems to be afraid.Neil and Erica Daniell say they and their staff have seen evidence of paranormal activity. Being in the kitchen and then you know the door opening all of a sudden Erica describes and nobody there to open it.Neil Daniell has a degree in geo-chemistry. He deals in facts and proof and science. Having people say call your name Neil Daniell recalls and then you go to the kitchen and they go no we didn't call you you've got paranormal activity in your kitchen.Who you gonna call the ghost hunter of McDonough. John Quinn has been hunting ghosts for forty four years. He believes there is a good reason why there is paranormal activity in Chevy 27s and McDonough square. My belief IS says Quinn is on the nineteen hundred train wreck here in McDonough.More than thirty people died on that June night in nineteen hundred. Some believe their spirits still roam through the buildings on the square. Scott Evans is not one of them. We've never seen anything Evans says.We've never heard stuff happening. You know doors close it's the wind. Lights turn on and off it 27s because of the way they re wired. John Quinn has made a preliminary check of Chevy27s kitchen.He says his numbers were off the chart. He will make a full inspection on Sunday April 19th.Whether or not we actually believe in paranormal activity, we have to admit that there might have been times in our lives when things happened that we just couldn't explain.So perhaps the real value in doing a story like this is understanding the importance of keeping an open mind.
NEWS ARTICLE FOUND ON THE WEB WITH A VIDEO! ALSO ON GA NEWS TV
UPDATE: John and Holly are scheduled to appear in the second series of a new ghost hunter show. John says they received a call from a Sci Fi producer Monday night.
Georgia native John Quinn and his wife Holly, of McDonough, are convinced they live in a haunted mobile home. Farshores first carried their story in October, 2003 (see: Georgia Man's Haunted Home, and since then John has kept me informed of any developments through regular email updates. His journal of paranormal events for July and August last year included these observations taken from the news story, that also mentioned "Mysterious flashing lights, disembodied voices and unexplained movements of objects.”:
"Clanking chains and grandfather clock ticking real loud. Little girl made very wicked laugh in office all in daylight hours," says an entry dated July 4.
"2:30 a.m. Bed shook and levitated," reads one from July 11. "Shadow ran to front office bedroom," says Aug. 19's entry.
In August this year the couple had their latest visit by a paranormal investigation team. Carol and Lane Wooten were at the home and emailed this initial report regarding their findings:
"Just wanted to let you know that we just finished viewing our pictures, plus the Video. We captured many various anomalies, plus EVP's on the video camera. There is no doubt that you have several presences there. Do not worry; it did not scare us off! We will be back and spend the night as soon as possible and try to help you both out. We were not scared away, as this is what we love to do. Please take care and keep in touch, as we will with you. Cannot wait to come back! Write back and let us know how your night went tonight. "
On August 16, John sent the following image [cropped by FS and including an enlargement of the 'green globe'], accompanied by these comments: "Notice green globe over refrigerator, then line on ceiling, then through picture. Blood was on our front porch early this a.m.".
This was followed the same day by another picture [again cropped and subjected to color balance as it was a little washed out]. John's accompanying message reads in part:
"Please look right behind the right door you can see a transparent being. Then look at the end of our bed a transparent animal. This was taken by Sony digital camera 8-1-04...... Activity still going strong 3.30 p.m. [when] this was done..... p.s. MUFON of Georgia said these were not alien related but still paranormal nature."
Personally, I would not recommend pointing any camera at a mirror in this manner while seeking to record paranormal activity. The consequences of using strobe flash are obvious in such cases, as any reflection will have a detrimental affect on resulting pictures. Having subjected this photo to minor cropping and to improving a 'washed out' effect caused by the flash overloading John's digital camera electronics, I searched but failed to locate any kind of transparent animal in the frame. I did discover one human-like image in the general location of John's 'transparent being'. I highlighted it and also included an enlargement in the original photo. It's fair to say it does incorporate most, if not all, the characteristics of a human head but is it paranormal? I'll reserve judgment and also, perhaps it's no more than sheer coincidence that a beam of reflected bright light from the flash points almost likes a finger at this same anomaly?
Another image sent by John [below] was accompanied by these comments:
"You can see orb at ceiling, then look at the end of Kitchen Island, something going towards refrigerator. Mother-in-law fell asleep."
John and Holly sent this email, Aug 19:
"They have printed a face the size of a thumbnail on my upper right thigh area just above the knee, almost a tattoo and its not going anywhere. I Guess I have the mark of the ghost. What do you suppose this means?
"In my opinion with all the paranormal pictures showing all over the country, I feel we may be getting closer to the Second Coming of Jesus. That’s just a thought. Will keep you posted....."
fs webmaster
NEWS ARTICLE FOUND ON THE WEB!
Georgia native John Quinn and his wife Holly, of McDonough, are convinced they live in a haunted mobile home. Farshores first carried their story in October, 2003 (see: Georgia Man's Haunted Home, and since then John has kept me informed of any developments through regular email updates. His journal of paranormal events for July and August last year included these observations taken from the news story, that also mentioned "Mysterious flashing lights, disembodied voices and unexplained movements of objects.”:
"Clanking chains and grandfather clock ticking real loud. Little girl made very wicked laugh in office all in daylight hours," says an entry dated July 4.
"2:30 a.m. Bed shook and levitated," reads one from July 11. "Shadow ran to front office bedroom," says Aug. 19's entry.
In August this year the couple had their latest visit by a paranormal investigation team. Carol and Lane Wooten were at the home and emailed this initial report regarding their findings:
"Just wanted to let you know that we just finished viewing our pictures, plus the Video. We captured many various anomalies, plus EVP's on the video camera. There is no doubt that you have several presences there. Do not worry; it did not scare us off! We will be back and spend the night as soon as possible and try to help you both out. We were not scared away, as this is what we love to do. Please take care and keep in touch, as we will with you. Cannot wait to come back! Write back and let us know how your night went tonight. "
On August 16, John sent the following image [cropped by FS and including an enlargement of the 'green globe'], accompanied by these comments: "Notice green globe over refrigerator, then line on ceiling, then through picture. Blood was on our front porch early this a.m.".
This was followed the same day by another picture [again cropped and subjected to color balance as it was a little washed out]. John's accompanying message reads in part:
"Please look right behind the right door you can see a transparent being. Then look at the end of our bed a transparent animal. This was taken by Sony digital camera 8-1-04...... Activity still going strong 3.30 p.m. [when] this was done..... p.s. MUFON of Georgia said these were not alien related but still paranormal nature."
Personally, I would not recommend pointing any camera at a mirror in this manner while seeking to record paranormal activity. The consequences of using strobe flash are obvious in such cases, as any reflection will have a detrimental affect on resulting pictures. Having subjected this photo to minor cropping and to improving a 'washed out' effect caused by the flash overloading John's digital camera electronics, I searched but failed to locate any kind of transparent animal in the frame. I did discover one human-like image in the general location of John's 'transparent being'. I highlighted it and also included an enlargement in the original photo. It's fair to say it does incorporate most, if not all, the characteristics of a human head but is it paranormal? I'll reserve judgment and also, perhaps it's no more than sheer coincidence that a beam of reflected bright light from the flash points almost likes a finger at this same anomaly?
Another image sent by John [below] was accompanied by these comments:
"You can see orb at ceiling, then look at the end of Kitchen Island, something going towards refrigerator. Mother-in-law fell asleep."
John and Holly sent this email, Aug 19:
"They have printed a face the size of a thumbnail on my upper right thigh area just above the knee, almost a tattoo and its not going anywhere. I Guess I have the mark of the ghost. What do you suppose this means?
"In my opinion with all the paranormal pictures showing all over the country, I feel we may be getting closer to the Second Coming of Jesus. That’s just a thought. Will keep you posted....."
fs webmaster
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The Henry County Times October 27, 2004
which I could not account for. A general nausea and headache gradually drew over me thought
the two hours I visited with the Quinn’s, and it stayed with me for several hours after I had taken
my leave of their house. In short, this reporter believes that there is something strange, upsetting
even, going on in the Quinn’s’ home. “It makes it worse when he brings the investigative teams,”
Holly Quinn said out of nowhere during the interview. For the most part, John answered questions
and proffered evidence and theory throughout the visit while Holly busied herself with
trolling the Internet. One could get the impression that she has seen and heard too much; that at
any moment her hands could fly up to cover her ears or her eyes. One gets the impression that she
did not only because company was visiting. “It’s negative energy and it feeds the negative energy,”
Holly continued. “If it’s not positive, it’s not from God.” John Quinn looks at his wife
pensively, sadly. The couple appear worn out, tired. For years now the two have endured a
parade of strange phenomena and it has taken its toll on them. John, who had a stroke while he
was driving in 2000, has been disabled ever since, and his health has not improved much.
He is a jovial fellow, and though he has been interested in the occult since he was a younger
man, he is quick to point out that he is not Satanic. Quite the contrary, he is rather a religious man,
as is his wife. It is Quinn’s interest in the occult which has been used to discredit him, as seems to be the
goal of most who come in contact with him. “Holly’s worried that you’re going to poke fun at
us,” he tells me. I assure him sincerely that I will not. “I don’t think you will,” he says. “You
believe in these things too, don’t you?” I tell him that is right. Quinn recounts endless encounters
with whatever lurks around his home. He takes it quite seriously, keeping a daily journal of
electromagnetic readings he takes at various points inside and outside his house, as well as brief
descriptions of any voices or sightings he experiences. He suggests that anyone who is
experiencing anything like he and Holly should do the same. “Document everything, no matter
how small,” he advises. Most of the documentation that Quinn shows appears at first to be minute,
or even the work of an overactive imagination, or possibly a suggestible personality. When
viewed on a whole, though, one is reminded that the sum total of the journals and the pictures, and
the audio recordings equal the last six years of the Quinn’s’ life. Quinn attributes the disturbance
surrounding his home to a graveyard. “I believe this place was built over a graveyard,” he says.
He takes me to two spots outside his home that are what can be described as sunken rectangular
areas, that do indeed resemble graves. I ask him why he doesn’t just dig them up and find out
once a for all. “I tried to. I called the County and asked them if they knew anything. Told
them I intended to dig up the spot and the man told me that if I did, they’d have me arrest for
disturbing a grave.” There are indeed at least two unmarked graves located somewhere
in the near vicinity of the Quinn’s’ home. In Henry County, Georgia Family Graveyards,
Vessie Thrasher Rainer mentions Allen Cleveland, a primitive Baptist minister who lived
“about two miles out off the Hampton Road and near the Bridges Road on Camp Creek.
His house was located on the place which is now that of Wade H. Pullin. The graves of Allen
Cleveland and his wife are in the pasture back of the Pullin home. There are no inscribed tombs, at
their graves” (p.29). This would place the graves somewhere in Land Lot 158 or 159 of Henry
County District 7, at the Quinn’s’ doorstep. The Quinn’s have had several investigative teams to their home
and they have had varying degrees of success. Adrew Calder of Georgia Paranormal
Research Team (GPRT) was one of the first to investigate the Quinn’s’ case. He found that the
Quinn’s were not the only ones in their neighborhood to experience strange things. “There seems to
be an abnormally high incidence of people reporting strange things [in the Quinn’s’ neighborhood],”
Calder told The Times. Calder believes that there are indeed paranormal circumstances surrounding
the Quinn’s’ residence. “I don’t doubt that there could be some kind of abnormal activity
connected to the property,” Calder said. After their investigation, Calder and the GPRT recommended the
Quinn’s move. So far, the Quinn’s have not. It is after all, their home. Instead, they will continue
to put up with the spirit world intruding into their own. It appears they have no choice in the matter.
NEWS ARTICLE FOUND ON THE WEB!
which I could not account for. A general nausea and headache gradually drew over me thought
the two hours I visited with the Quinn’s, and it stayed with me for several hours after I had taken
my leave of their house. In short, this reporter believes that there is something strange, upsetting
even, going on in the Quinn’s’ home. “It makes it worse when he brings the investigative teams,”
Holly Quinn said out of nowhere during the interview. For the most part, John answered questions
and proffered evidence and theory throughout the visit while Holly busied herself with
trolling the Internet. One could get the impression that she has seen and heard too much; that at
any moment her hands could fly up to cover her ears or her eyes. One gets the impression that she
did not only because company was visiting. “It’s negative energy and it feeds the negative energy,”
Holly continued. “If it’s not positive, it’s not from God.” John Quinn looks at his wife
pensively, sadly. The couple appear worn out, tired. For years now the two have endured a
parade of strange phenomena and it has taken its toll on them. John, who had a stroke while he
was driving in 2000, has been disabled ever since, and his health has not improved much.
He is a jovial fellow, and though he has been interested in the occult since he was a younger
man, he is quick to point out that he is not Satanic. Quite the contrary, he is rather a religious man,
as is his wife. It is Quinn’s interest in the occult which has been used to discredit him, as seems to be the
goal of most who come in contact with him. “Holly’s worried that you’re going to poke fun at
us,” he tells me. I assure him sincerely that I will not. “I don’t think you will,” he says. “You
believe in these things too, don’t you?” I tell him that is right. Quinn recounts endless encounters
with whatever lurks around his home. He takes it quite seriously, keeping a daily journal of
electromagnetic readings he takes at various points inside and outside his house, as well as brief
descriptions of any voices or sightings he experiences. He suggests that anyone who is
experiencing anything like he and Holly should do the same. “Document everything, no matter
how small,” he advises. Most of the documentation that Quinn shows appears at first to be minute,
or even the work of an overactive imagination, or possibly a suggestible personality. When
viewed on a whole, though, one is reminded that the sum total of the journals and the pictures, and
the audio recordings equal the last six years of the Quinn’s’ life. Quinn attributes the disturbance
surrounding his home to a graveyard. “I believe this place was built over a graveyard,” he says.
He takes me to two spots outside his home that are what can be described as sunken rectangular
areas, that do indeed resemble graves. I ask him why he doesn’t just dig them up and find out
once a for all. “I tried to. I called the County and asked them if they knew anything. Told
them I intended to dig up the spot and the man told me that if I did, they’d have me arrest for
disturbing a grave.” There are indeed at least two unmarked graves located somewhere
in the near vicinity of the Quinn’s’ home. In Henry County, Georgia Family Graveyards,
Vessie Thrasher Rainer mentions Allen Cleveland, a primitive Baptist minister who lived
“about two miles out off the Hampton Road and near the Bridges Road on Camp Creek.
His house was located on the place which is now that of Wade H. Pullin. The graves of Allen
Cleveland and his wife are in the pasture back of the Pullin home. There are no inscribed tombs, at
their graves” (p.29). This would place the graves somewhere in Land Lot 158 or 159 of Henry
County District 7, at the Quinn’s’ doorstep. The Quinn’s have had several investigative teams to their home
and they have had varying degrees of success. Adrew Calder of Georgia Paranormal
Research Team (GPRT) was one of the first to investigate the Quinn’s’ case. He found that the
Quinn’s were not the only ones in their neighborhood to experience strange things. “There seems to
be an abnormally high incidence of people reporting strange things [in the Quinn’s’ neighborhood],”
Calder told The Times. Calder believes that there are indeed paranormal circumstances surrounding
the Quinn’s’ residence. “I don’t doubt that there could be some kind of abnormal activity
connected to the property,” Calder said. After their investigation, Calder and the GPRT recommended the
Quinn’s move. So far, the Quinn’s have not. It is after all, their home. Instead, they will continue
to put up with the spirit world intruding into their own. It appears they have no choice in the matter.
NEWS ARTICLE FOUND ON THE WEB!
Haunting in our town
John and Holly Quinn have a big problem on their hands...
By Joshua Clark
Editor
John Quinn has good reason to believe his house is haunted. In addition to the numerous encounters with the ethereal,
like sounds, sightings, and physical attacks, the investigations by professional paranormal researchers, and video and audio
of inexplicable phenomena, his house is likely located atop a former gravesite. Quinn and his wife, Holly, have
lived in their home since 1999, and from the day they moved in strange things have befallen the couple. Indeed when one enters
their home, located just east of I-75 off Hwy. 20, there is a dismal quality to be felt. It lies not in the decor of the house, nor any state
of disarray, rather it seems to emanate from the home itself, or perhaps from the ground on which the home is situated. This
reporter can attest that during the interview with John and Holly Quinn at their home, I suffered from a deep state of malaise
NEWS ARTICLE FOUND ON THE WEB!
John and Holly Quinn have a big problem on their hands...
By Joshua Clark
Editor
John Quinn has good reason to believe his house is haunted. In addition to the numerous encounters with the ethereal,
like sounds, sightings, and physical attacks, the investigations by professional paranormal researchers, and video and audio
of inexplicable phenomena, his house is likely located atop a former gravesite. Quinn and his wife, Holly, have
lived in their home since 1999, and from the day they moved in strange things have befallen the couple. Indeed when one enters
their home, located just east of I-75 off Hwy. 20, there is a dismal quality to be felt. It lies not in the decor of the house, nor any state
of disarray, rather it seems to emanate from the home itself, or perhaps from the ground on which the home is situated. This
reporter can attest that during the interview with John and Holly Quinn at their home, I suffered from a deep state of malaise
NEWS ARTICLE FOUND ON THE WEB!
The Haunting of Henry County
The negative supernatural stuff that has been incessantly happening on and around his property since 1999 has caused one top paranormal investigator who came to check it all out to say he would never come back again. He strongly advised Quinn to move away before the entities do both he AND his wife in.
The local newspaper editor who visited got physically ill from a few hours stay and says he will never go back to that place.
The supernatural visited got physically ill from a few hours stay and says he will never go back to that place. horrors he has going at and around his home remind me of the infamous haunting that tormented the Bell family in Adams, Tennessee ca. 1821 (i.e. Bell Witch Haunting that went on for years).
AKA NEWS ARTICLE FOUND ON THE WEB!
The negative supernatural stuff that has been incessantly happening on and around his property since 1999 has caused one top paranormal investigator who came to check it all out to say he would never come back again. He strongly advised Quinn to move away before the entities do both he AND his wife in.
The local newspaper editor who visited got physically ill from a few hours stay and says he will never go back to that place.
The supernatural visited got physically ill from a few hours stay and says he will never go back to that place. horrors he has going at and around his home remind me of the infamous haunting that tormented the Bell family in Adams, Tennessee ca. 1821 (i.e. Bell Witch Haunting that went on for years).
AKA NEWS ARTICLE FOUND ON THE WEB!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Another article I found of the paranormal that had a great responce
Post a Comment On: 1900 Train Wreck Of Old Number Seven HC Times"Article Courtesy of Henry Times"1 Comment - Show Original PostIntrepid Reporter said... Dear Mr. Quinn,I do not appreciate your ways of spreading false information about the area in which I grew up. I also don't appreciate you stealing research that I did and put online and claiming it as your own. Do tell, how did you first come to know the Camp Creek Trestle? Did you know that the only reports of hauntings in that area came from a now deceased lady named Mrs. Marian Paulk? And even she had no real evidence that the spirit she encountered in her home was a ghost from that train wreck. Did you know that I wrote a real and researched (meaning I talked to the people with the knowledge before I put it out for the public) article on the train wreck and also interviewed Mrs. Paulk AND the REAL county historian, Gene Morris? I looked up articles written at the time about the wreck and made sure my facts were straight. See, I did the responsible thing in making sure I had my facts before I put my name to them.Did you also know that I put that little listing on TheShadowLands.net about places in Henry County that were claimed to be haunted?Also, a real writer cites his sources. Where did you find that the bodies of the poor souls who died in that train wreck of 1900 laid out in the Square? Upon speaking with the REAL county historian, Gene Morris Jr, even he says you are mistaken in this fact. An example of your facts being wrong is that The Seasons Bistro was never Carmichael's Furniture Store, that was across the street in what is now a parking lot.How is it that you feel you can make such claims when you are not even a native of this area? Believe me, there are several people who are not happy with you. I took your ghost tour last year and listened to you with great amusement as you made claims that various buildings on the Square were once funeral homes. I also made sure the people around me knew how full of it you were. I myself believe in ghosts, but your tactics of trying to gain whatever little fame you can by telling your little stories is doing nothing to enhance the paranormal research field. It is people like you who dress up in undertakers costume and falsify information that make the rest of us appear as insane as you present yourself as being.You take it too far when you tell a television crew you are the authority on the history of this county. Stop acting like a puffed up peacock. Others might fall for your stories, but they are gullible and you know it. Find a better hobby in your retirement years.October 4, 2007 6:05 PM
This is a very old blog response that I found on the web. It needed to be placed as a example of "people need to be careful when they do a complete check up on information before they post. Think about the families of the Train Wreak of 1900." Just think how they would feel?
This is a very old blog response that I found on the web. It needed to be placed as a example of "people need to be careful when they do a complete check up on information before they post. Think about the families of the Train Wreak of 1900." Just think how they would feel?
Found articles of the paranormal
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I wanted to respond to the paragraph about "A mobile home haunting." Your information is incorrect on the date listed about the person or persons who said when they entered the Henry County area. It ... more » wasn't in 2003, it was in 1999, I know this because I moved into the same area in 2001 I have paperwork to show this. I wished that you had done your research before publican your book. Also, the above person or persons had AKA misquoted themselves for years now so that they can land a book deal and movie rights. These indivisible doesn't want help with the AKA haunting in their home, they want money. Please be careful when you are righting about someone. Haunted? No. GA
I found this on the web and it needed to be address as a good topic of someone being misquote in a book about the local Henry County GA.
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I wanted to respond to the paragraph about "A mobile home haunting." Your information is incorrect on the date listed about the person or persons who said when they entered the Henry County area. It ... more » wasn't in 2003, it was in 1999, I know this because I moved into the same area in 2001 I have paperwork to show this. I wished that you had done your research before publican your book. Also, the above person or persons had AKA misquoted themselves for years now so that they can land a book deal and movie rights. These indivisible doesn't want help with the AKA haunting in their home, they want money. Please be careful when you are righting about someone. Haunted? No. GA
I found this on the web and it needed to be address as a good topic of someone being misquote in a book about the local Henry County GA.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
I found this and it was a funny paranormal article on Atlanta Journal Constitution
Who's That Rattling The Pans At Chevy's Diner In McDonough?
By Marc Pickard on 11Alive News in ATL GA
MCDONOUGH Ga. -- You can come to Chevy 27s diner and ice cream parlor in McDonough for one of the best burgers in metro Atlanta. But there is something else attracting a lot of attention at Chevy 27s that you won find on the menu.
Chevy27s diner has a reputation for oversized hamburgers and hand-dipped ice cream. And now it has a reputation for something else. It's a friendly spirit says Erica Daniell co-owner with her husband Neil of Chevy. Nobody seems to be afraid.
Neil and Erica Daniell say they and their staff have seen evidence of paranormal activity. Being in the kitchen and then you know the door opening all of a sudden erica describes and nobody there to open it.
Neil Daniell has a degree in geo-chemistry. He deals in facts and proof and science. Having people say call your name Neil Daniell recalls and then you go to the kitchen and they go no we didn t call you you ve got paranormal activity in your kitchen.
Who you gonna call m the ghost hunter of McDonough. e eJohn Quinn has been hunting ghosts for forty four years. He believes there is a good reason why there is paranormal activity in Chevy 27s and McDonough square. My belief IS says Quinn is on the nineteen hundred train wreck here in McDonough.
More than thirty people died on that June night in nineteen hundred. eSome believe their spirits still roam through the buildings on the square. cbreScott Evans is not one of them. We' ve never seen anything Evans says.
Weve never heard stuff happening. You know doors close it's the wind. Lights turn on and off it 27s because of the way they re wired. John Quinn has made a preliminary check of Chevy27s kitchen.
He says his numbers were off the chart. eHe will make a full inspection on Sunday~2c April 19th.
Whether or not we actually believe in paranormal activit, we have to admit that there might have been times in our lives when things happened that we just couldn't explain.
So perhaps the real value in doing a story like this is understanding the importance of keeping an open mind.
How to select the right paranormal group:
There are several things to take into consideration when picking a paranormal investigation group:
Ask for their Experience : How long has your group been together?
How many years of experience do the group leaders have investigating? Can they show real proof like videos, EMF'S, EVPS Etc.
What kind of training has the group been involved in?
Remember: There is no “license” or “certificate” that qualifies a group for paranormal research.
Ask for their Philosophy In:
What is your ultimate goal for your group?
How does your group respond to the changing technologies and theories in the paranormal field?
Ask about their Scientific point of view:
How does your group approach the analysis of possible evidence?
Remember: Not everything and/or everyone is haunted but, there might be a situation that might acure.
A scientific approach to investigation includes the gathering and analysis of photographic, audio, and video evidence, as well as the careful observations of the investigators.
Ask about their Credibility:
Can you provide references from your previous clients?
Can you provide references from other experienced persons in the paranormal field?
Do they have a web site that you can look up their refrences? Does their case studies on a web site that you can get onto and not a restricted site?
Remember this: Being on television does not mean a team is credible. Such publicity should not be the ultimate goal of any group; instead, it should be a byproduct of having established credibility through continuous learning, hard work, and positive relationships with client:
Ask the Organization:
Does your group have regular meetings?
How do you manage updating equipment and knowledge?
How does a person become an investigator with your group?
Remember This: A team that is well-organized and has established protocols will conduct a more efficient and effective investigation for its clients.
Above are some examples of the types of information that are needed when ghost hunters use or need to use while they do any investigation.
To the above statements and information that was found on the Internet:
I met up with the family that explained that they were the ones who contacted the Restaurant and also talked with the management about the, "Paranormal Investigation." I did a private investigation at their home and met up with the people involved with this AKA "Ghost Hunt." They found NO tangible prof but only hearsay. Until their is factional prof you can't make statements that the area in question is "Haunted." This group of paranormal Investigators did the investigations after a TV podcast and wasn't told about the investigation until after it aired. They also explained to me that the group leader at that time placed themselves in the paper and left the name of their group and also didn't acknowledge the names that conducted the investigation. I since have assisted with the employees and also the members of that paranormal group and explained how to conduct a real investigation showing everyone involved by their names, titles, and give them full credit!
I commend the restaurant for getting free press, also it did show that not only they have great service and food, they also show that even the employees are a great and wonderful staff. Now that I got the know everyone involved it does show that the examples that I did give in the above statement on doing your own research. Please Do Your Homework. Not All Of Us Want To Be On TV, we just want to get the truth out about the paranormal and assist people with the knowledge and understand that spirits were people once too.
Joust remember, "ghost were people too."
Melissa
By Marc Pickard on 11Alive News in ATL GA
MCDONOUGH Ga. -- You can come to Chevy 27s diner and ice cream parlor in McDonough for one of the best burgers in metro Atlanta. But there is something else attracting a lot of attention at Chevy 27s that you won find on the menu.
Chevy27s diner has a reputation for oversized hamburgers and hand-dipped ice cream. And now it has a reputation for something else. It's a friendly spirit says Erica Daniell co-owner with her husband Neil of Chevy. Nobody seems to be afraid.
Neil and Erica Daniell say they and their staff have seen evidence of paranormal activity. Being in the kitchen and then you know the door opening all of a sudden erica describes and nobody there to open it.
Neil Daniell has a degree in geo-chemistry. He deals in facts and proof and science. Having people say call your name Neil Daniell recalls and then you go to the kitchen and they go no we didn t call you you ve got paranormal activity in your kitchen.
Who you gonna call m the ghost hunter of McDonough. e eJohn Quinn has been hunting ghosts for forty four years. He believes there is a good reason why there is paranormal activity in Chevy 27s and McDonough square. My belief IS says Quinn is on the nineteen hundred train wreck here in McDonough.
More than thirty people died on that June night in nineteen hundred. eSome believe their spirits still roam through the buildings on the square. cbreScott Evans is not one of them. We' ve never seen anything Evans says.
Weve never heard stuff happening. You know doors close it's the wind. Lights turn on and off it 27s because of the way they re wired. John Quinn has made a preliminary check of Chevy27s kitchen.
He says his numbers were off the chart. eHe will make a full inspection on Sunday~2c April 19th.
Whether or not we actually believe in paranormal activit, we have to admit that there might have been times in our lives when things happened that we just couldn't explain.
So perhaps the real value in doing a story like this is understanding the importance of keeping an open mind.
How to select the right paranormal group:
There are several things to take into consideration when picking a paranormal investigation group:
Ask for their Experience : How long has your group been together?
How many years of experience do the group leaders have investigating? Can they show real proof like videos, EMF'S, EVPS Etc.
What kind of training has the group been involved in?
Remember: There is no “license” or “certificate” that qualifies a group for paranormal research.
Ask for their Philosophy In:
What is your ultimate goal for your group?
How does your group respond to the changing technologies and theories in the paranormal field?
Ask about their Scientific point of view:
How does your group approach the analysis of possible evidence?
Remember: Not everything and/or everyone is haunted but, there might be a situation that might acure.
A scientific approach to investigation includes the gathering and analysis of photographic, audio, and video evidence, as well as the careful observations of the investigators.
Ask about their Credibility:
Can you provide references from your previous clients?
Can you provide references from other experienced persons in the paranormal field?
Do they have a web site that you can look up their refrences? Does their case studies on a web site that you can get onto and not a restricted site?
Remember this: Being on television does not mean a team is credible. Such publicity should not be the ultimate goal of any group; instead, it should be a byproduct of having established credibility through continuous learning, hard work, and positive relationships with client:
Ask the Organization:
Does your group have regular meetings?
How do you manage updating equipment and knowledge?
How does a person become an investigator with your group?
Remember This: A team that is well-organized and has established protocols will conduct a more efficient and effective investigation for its clients.
Above are some examples of the types of information that are needed when ghost hunters use or need to use while they do any investigation.
To the above statements and information that was found on the Internet:
I met up with the family that explained that they were the ones who contacted the Restaurant and also talked with the management about the, "Paranormal Investigation." I did a private investigation at their home and met up with the people involved with this AKA "Ghost Hunt." They found NO tangible prof but only hearsay. Until their is factional prof you can't make statements that the area in question is "Haunted." This group of paranormal Investigators did the investigations after a TV podcast and wasn't told about the investigation until after it aired. They also explained to me that the group leader at that time placed themselves in the paper and left the name of their group and also didn't acknowledge the names that conducted the investigation. I since have assisted with the employees and also the members of that paranormal group and explained how to conduct a real investigation showing everyone involved by their names, titles, and give them full credit!
I commend the restaurant for getting free press, also it did show that not only they have great service and food, they also show that even the employees are a great and wonderful staff. Now that I got the know everyone involved it does show that the examples that I did give in the above statement on doing your own research. Please Do Your Homework. Not All Of Us Want To Be On TV, we just want to get the truth out about the paranormal and assist people with the knowledge and understand that spirits were people once too.
Joust remember, "ghost were people too."
Melissa
Thursday, March 19, 2009
The Bell Book and Candle Shop
In McDonough Square GA:
al_men81
My rating: Good
Bell Book & CandleMcDonough, GA Used & Rare Bookstores,
BookstoresReview
Date: 12/26/2008
This is a great book store if you want to find good deal. The majority of their books are in excellent condition and the environment is very welcoming. This place reminds me of the old book stores that I use to frequent when I lived in NY and would head to the city. The staff is very friendly and will help you with any questions that you may have. They are an excellent fixture of the Square and they should be checked out before anyone heads to the usual Books-A-Million or Barnes & Noble.I found some great books on Latin America there at excellent prices and am extremely happy with my purchase. Whenever I have time I always make sure to drop by the shop to see if I can find any books that will aid me in my research. I highly recommend this place because there are some books that are suprisingly hard to find in the other major retailers. If you have kids, they have a good comic book selection that can keep them occupied as well.Another great thing about the shop is that it is a major part of McDonough Square's history. Do yourself a favor and visit the shop during October where they have their regular Haunted History tours. These tours do an excellent job of informing the public on not just haunting events, but it also does a terrific job of giving the audience a good prespective on the Square's history. This shop should be the first stop for any serious book enthusiast! With excellent prices for books in great condition, this store should not be overlooked.
A single guided walking tour departs each Saturday evening. Guides share haunted history tales and ghost stories as the group travels through the historic square and surrounding buildings. Space limited, reservations required.
On the prowl for ghosts and goblins
Thes are two great reviews that I found web!
I go to this shop on the weekends for the books and great people that work there! I have enjoyed the service and also the faimlies that come into the shop! Everything is priced very well and you can get any kind of book that you need for college and for a special gift! They also have jewerly and homemade candles! The collection of comics is endless!
The locals give a great "Haunted History Walking Tour on the weekends as well as a Cemetery Walking tour. It's only $10.00 per person!" I just can't wait until the month of October when the management does a haunted house as well as gives tours on the weekend!
Melissa from NAPIR Group
Saturday, March 14, 2009
McDonough, GA Train Wreck, Jun 1900 - Tragic Railroad Wreck
Posted October 21st, 2007 by Stu Beitler
TRAGIC RAILROAD WRECK
Atlanta, Ga., June 24. --- A passenger train on the Macon branch of the Southern railway ran into a washout one and one-half miles north of McDonough, Ga., last night and was completely wrecked.
The wreck caught fire and the entire train, with the exception of the sleeper, was destroyed.
Every person on the train except the occupants of the Pullman car perished. Not a member of the train crew escaped.
Thirty-five people in all were killed. A cloudburst broke over that section of the country about 6 o'clock last night, and presumably washed out a section of the track nearly 100 feet in length.
Into this the swiftly moving train plunged. The storm was still raging, and all the car windows were closed. The passengers, secure, as they thought, and sheltered comfortably from the inclement weather, went to death without an instant's warning.
The train, consisting of a baggage car, second class coach, first class coach and a Pullman sleeper, was knocked into kindling wood by the fall.The wreck caught fire in a few minutes after the fall and all the coaches were burned except the Pullman car.
Every person on the train except the occupants of the Pullman car perished in the disaster. There was no escape as the heavy Pullman weighted down the others and the few alive in the sleeper were unable to render assistance to their fellow passengers.
For a brief time there was silence. Then the occupants of the Pullman car recovered from their bewilderment and after hard work managed to get out of their car, and found themselves on the track in the pouring rain. The extent of the catastrophe was quickly apparent.
Flames were already seen coming from that part of the wreck not covered by water. As the wreck began to go to pieces under the destructive work of both flames and flood, human bodies floated out from the mass and were carried down stream by the swift current. The storm did not abate in fury. Flashes of lightning added to the steady glow of the burning train and lit up the scene with fearful distinctness.
Flagman QUINLAN, who was one of the first to get out, at once started for the nearest telegraph station. Making his way as rapidly as possible in the face of the blinding storm, he stumbled into the office at McDonough and after telling the night operator of the wreck, fell fainting to the floor. Word was quickly sent to both Atlanta and Macon but no assistance was to be had except in the latter city, as the interrupted track prevented the arrival of any train from Macon.
Summit County Journal Colorado 1900-06-30
Transcriber's Note: In response to an email I received I would like to add the following information from The New York Times New York 1900-06-24"The following passengers escaped without serious injury:JESSE L. ROHR of Baltimore.WALTER POPE of Atlanta.J. C. FLYNN of Atlanta.MISS MARY B. MERRITT, of Boston, Mass.MISS CLARA ALDEN, of Boston, Mass.E. SCHRINER, of Chattanooga, Tenn.E. T. MACK, of Chattanooga, Tenn.J. J. QUINLAN, flagman.T. C. CARTER, Pullman porter.HANDY TOMLINSON."
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
McDonough, GA Train Wreck, Jun 1900 - Horrible Railway Disaster
Posted July 13th, 2008 by Stu Beitler
LIVES LOST IN A WRECK.
Washout Near Atlanta, Ga., Causes Horrible Railway Disaster.
VICTIMS CAUGHT IN A TRAP.
Local Train Goes Down in a Gulch Near McDonough – Sleeping Car on the End Pins Down the Wreckage – Flames Add to the Disaster – Only Those in the Sleeper Escaped Death.
Atlanta, Ga. (Special). -- A passenger train on the Macon branch of the Southern Railway ran into a washout one and a half north of McDonough, Ga., and was completely wrecked. The wreck caught fire and the entire train, with the exception of the sleeper, was destroyed. Every person in the train, except the occupants of the Pullman car, perished. Not a member of the train crew escaped. Thirty-five persons in all were killed.
The list of killed is as follows: WILLIAM A. BARCLAY, conductor, Atlanta; J. E. WOOD, conductor, Atlanta; J. H. HUNNICUT, conductor; J. T. SULLIVAN, engineer, Atlanta; W. W. BENNETT, baggage-master, Atlanta; T. F. MADDOX, cotton buyer, Atlanta; W. J. PATE and twelve year old son, Atlanta; H. R. CRESSINAN, Pullman conductor; GEORGE W. FLOURNAY, Atlanta; C. C. HIGHTOWER, Stockbridge, Ga.; W. W. PARK, Macon, Ga.; ELDER HENSON, traveling man, supposed to have been from Florida; J. F. FLORIDA, Nashville, Tenn.; W. O. ELLIS, bridgeman, Stockbridge, Ga.; D. Y. GRIFFITH, Superior; J. H. RHOADES, flagman; JOHN BRANTLEY WHITE, fireman; WILL GREEN, extra fireman; W. L. MORRISETT, pump replacer; W. R. LAWRENCE, foreman extra gang; ED. BYRD, colored, fireman, Atlanta; ROBERT SPENCER, train porter; four unidentified bodies and eight negro section hands.The wrecked train was a local known at No. 9. It left Macon at 7:10 p. m., and was due in Atlanta at 9:55 p. m. The train reached McDonough on time, 8:50 p. m. A train from Columbus, due to connect with the train from Macon at McDonough, was late and the wreck train did not wait for it.
The train ran only a mile and a half from McDonough, when without warning it plunged into a washout sixty feet deep and 125 feet wide. Camp's Creek had swollen because of the recent heavy rains and cut out the railroad embankment until the culvert through which it flowed was transformed into a gorge, through which a raging torrent surged. The train, consisting of a baggage car, second class coach, first class coach and a Pullman sleeper, was knocked into splinters by the fall. The wreck caught fire in a few minutes after the fall and all the coaches were burned except the Pullman car.
Every person on the train except the occupants of the Pullman car was killed in the accident. Not a member of the train crew escaped. A blinding rainstorm was on. The windows of the coaches were closed and when the passengers went down they were either drowned in the torrent or burned with the wrecked coaches. As the wreck began to go to pieces under the destructive work of the flames and flood bodies floated out and were carried down stream by the current. The storm did not abate in fury. Flashes of lightning added to the steady glow of the burning train. All through the night the rain continued.
The dawn revealed the most disastrous railroad wreck the South has known in many years. An hour after the trains' plunge into the gorge several of those who escaped from the wreck walked into McDonough with the news. Parties were organized at once. Nearly the entire male population of the town went to the scene to render assistance to those imprisoned in the wreckage. Little could be done by the rescuers, however, as the fire kept them at a distance.
At daylight the bodies that had floated from the gorge were gathered up. Some of the bodies were terribly burned, while others were crushed beyond recognition. The only means of identification in the majority of the cases were letters and papers in the pockets of the victims in the catastrophe.
Only three ladies were on the train: two escaped. The bodies of the dead were brought to Atlanta. No blame attaches to the railroad, as other trains had passed the spot in safety only a few hours before the collapse.
The Cranbury Press New Jersey 1900-06-29
McDonough, GA Train Wreck, Jun 1900 - Horrible Railway Disaster
Posted July 13th, 2008 by Stu Beitler
LIVES LOST IN A WRECK.
Washout Near Atlanta, Ga., Causes Horrible Railway Disaster.
VICTIMS CAUGHT IN A TRAP.
Local Train Goes Down in a Gulch Near McDonough – Sleeping Car on the End Pins Down the Wreckage – Flames Add to the Disaster – Only Those in the Sleeper Escaped Death.
Atlanta, Ga. (Special). -- A passenger train on the Macon branch of the Southern Railway ran into a washout one and a half north of McDonough, Ga., and was completely wrecked. The wreck caught fire and the entire train, with the exception of the sleeper, was destroyed. Every person in the train, except the occupants of the Pullman car, perished. Not a member of the train crew escaped. Thirty-five persons in all were killed.
The list of killed is as follows: WILLIAM A. BARCLAY, conductor, Atlanta; J. E. WOOD, conductor, Atlanta; J. H. HUNNICUT, conductor; J. T. SULLIVAN, engineer, Atlanta; W. W. BENNETT, baggage-master, Atlanta; T. F. MADDOX, cotton buyer, Atlanta; W. J. PATE and twelve year old son, Atlanta; H. R. CRESSINAN, Pullman conductor; GEORGE W. FLOURNAY, Atlanta; C. C. HIGHTOWER, Stockbridge, Ga.; W. W. PARK, Macon, Ga.; ELDER HENSON, traveling man, supposed to have been from Florida; J. F. FLORIDA, Nashville, Tenn.; W. O. ELLIS, bridgeman, Stockbridge, Ga.; D. Y. GRIFFITH, Superior; J. H. RHOADES, flagman; JOHN BRANTLEY WHITE, fireman; WILL GREEN, extra fireman; W. L. MORRISETT, pump replacer; W. R. LAWRENCE, foreman extra gang; ED. BYRD, colored, fireman, Atlanta; ROBERT SPENCER, train porter; four unidentified bodies and eight negro section hands.The wrecked train was a local known at No. 9. It left Macon at 7:10 p. m., and was due in Atlanta at 9:55 p. m. The train reached McDonough on time, 8:50 p. m. A train from Columbus, due to connect with the train from Macon at McDonough, was late and the wreck train did not wait for it.
The train ran only a mile and a half from McDonough, when without warning it plunged into a washout sixty feet deep and 125 feet wide. Camp's Creek had swollen because of the recent heavy rains and cut out the railroad embankment until the culvert through which it flowed was transformed into a gorge, through which a raging torrent surged. The train, consisting of a baggage car, second class coach, first class coach and a Pullman sleeper, was knocked into splinters by the fall. The wreck caught fire in a few minutes after the fall and all the coaches were burned except the Pullman car.
Every person on the train except the occupants of the Pullman car was killed in the accident. Not a member of the train crew escaped. A blinding rainstorm was on. The windows of the coaches were closed and when the passengers went down they were either drowned in the torrent or burned with the wrecked coaches. As the wreck began to go to pieces under the destructive work of the flames and flood bodies floated out and were carried down stream by the current. The storm did not abate in fury. Flashes of lightning added to the steady glow of the burning train. All through the night the rain continued.
The dawn revealed the most disastrous railroad wreck the South has known in many years. An hour after the trains' plunge into the gorge several of those who escaped from the wreck walked into McDonough with the news. Parties were organized at once. Nearly the entire male population of the town went to the scene to render assistance to those imprisoned in the wreckage. Little could be done by the rescuers, however, as the fire kept them at a distance.
At daylight the bodies that had floated from the gorge were gathered up. Some of the bodies were terribly burned, while others were crushed beyond recognition. The only means of identification in the majority of the cases were letters and papers in the pockets of the victims in the catastrophe.
Only three ladies were on the train: two escaped. The bodies of the dead were brought to Atlanta. No blame attaches to the railroad, as other trains had passed the spot in safety only a few hours before the collapse.
The Cranbury Press New Jersey 1900-06-29
I want to presonally thank Stu Beitler for his research for the town of McDonough Square GA.
Without his information the True History would not be written or told!
Annette from Henry County GA
Posted October 21st, 2007 by Stu Beitler
TRAGIC RAILROAD WRECK
Atlanta, Ga., June 24. --- A passenger train on the Macon branch of the Southern railway ran into a washout one and one-half miles north of McDonough, Ga., last night and was completely wrecked.
The wreck caught fire and the entire train, with the exception of the sleeper, was destroyed.
Every person on the train except the occupants of the Pullman car perished. Not a member of the train crew escaped.
Thirty-five people in all were killed. A cloudburst broke over that section of the country about 6 o'clock last night, and presumably washed out a section of the track nearly 100 feet in length.
Into this the swiftly moving train plunged. The storm was still raging, and all the car windows were closed. The passengers, secure, as they thought, and sheltered comfortably from the inclement weather, went to death without an instant's warning.
The train, consisting of a baggage car, second class coach, first class coach and a Pullman sleeper, was knocked into kindling wood by the fall.The wreck caught fire in a few minutes after the fall and all the coaches were burned except the Pullman car.
Every person on the train except the occupants of the Pullman car perished in the disaster. There was no escape as the heavy Pullman weighted down the others and the few alive in the sleeper were unable to render assistance to their fellow passengers.
For a brief time there was silence. Then the occupants of the Pullman car recovered from their bewilderment and after hard work managed to get out of their car, and found themselves on the track in the pouring rain. The extent of the catastrophe was quickly apparent.
Flames were already seen coming from that part of the wreck not covered by water. As the wreck began to go to pieces under the destructive work of both flames and flood, human bodies floated out from the mass and were carried down stream by the swift current. The storm did not abate in fury. Flashes of lightning added to the steady glow of the burning train and lit up the scene with fearful distinctness.
Flagman QUINLAN, who was one of the first to get out, at once started for the nearest telegraph station. Making his way as rapidly as possible in the face of the blinding storm, he stumbled into the office at McDonough and after telling the night operator of the wreck, fell fainting to the floor. Word was quickly sent to both Atlanta and Macon but no assistance was to be had except in the latter city, as the interrupted track prevented the arrival of any train from Macon.
Summit County Journal Colorado 1900-06-30
Transcriber's Note: In response to an email I received I would like to add the following information from The New York Times New York 1900-06-24"The following passengers escaped without serious injury:JESSE L. ROHR of Baltimore.WALTER POPE of Atlanta.J. C. FLYNN of Atlanta.MISS MARY B. MERRITT, of Boston, Mass.MISS CLARA ALDEN, of Boston, Mass.E. SCHRINER, of Chattanooga, Tenn.E. T. MACK, of Chattanooga, Tenn.J. J. QUINLAN, flagman.T. C. CARTER, Pullman porter.HANDY TOMLINSON."
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
McDonough, GA Train Wreck, Jun 1900 - Horrible Railway Disaster
Posted July 13th, 2008 by Stu Beitler
LIVES LOST IN A WRECK.
Washout Near Atlanta, Ga., Causes Horrible Railway Disaster.
VICTIMS CAUGHT IN A TRAP.
Local Train Goes Down in a Gulch Near McDonough – Sleeping Car on the End Pins Down the Wreckage – Flames Add to the Disaster – Only Those in the Sleeper Escaped Death.
Atlanta, Ga. (Special). -- A passenger train on the Macon branch of the Southern Railway ran into a washout one and a half north of McDonough, Ga., and was completely wrecked. The wreck caught fire and the entire train, with the exception of the sleeper, was destroyed. Every person in the train, except the occupants of the Pullman car, perished. Not a member of the train crew escaped. Thirty-five persons in all were killed.
The list of killed is as follows: WILLIAM A. BARCLAY, conductor, Atlanta; J. E. WOOD, conductor, Atlanta; J. H. HUNNICUT, conductor; J. T. SULLIVAN, engineer, Atlanta; W. W. BENNETT, baggage-master, Atlanta; T. F. MADDOX, cotton buyer, Atlanta; W. J. PATE and twelve year old son, Atlanta; H. R. CRESSINAN, Pullman conductor; GEORGE W. FLOURNAY, Atlanta; C. C. HIGHTOWER, Stockbridge, Ga.; W. W. PARK, Macon, Ga.; ELDER HENSON, traveling man, supposed to have been from Florida; J. F. FLORIDA, Nashville, Tenn.; W. O. ELLIS, bridgeman, Stockbridge, Ga.; D. Y. GRIFFITH, Superior; J. H. RHOADES, flagman; JOHN BRANTLEY WHITE, fireman; WILL GREEN, extra fireman; W. L. MORRISETT, pump replacer; W. R. LAWRENCE, foreman extra gang; ED. BYRD, colored, fireman, Atlanta; ROBERT SPENCER, train porter; four unidentified bodies and eight negro section hands.The wrecked train was a local known at No. 9. It left Macon at 7:10 p. m., and was due in Atlanta at 9:55 p. m. The train reached McDonough on time, 8:50 p. m. A train from Columbus, due to connect with the train from Macon at McDonough, was late and the wreck train did not wait for it.
The train ran only a mile and a half from McDonough, when without warning it plunged into a washout sixty feet deep and 125 feet wide. Camp's Creek had swollen because of the recent heavy rains and cut out the railroad embankment until the culvert through which it flowed was transformed into a gorge, through which a raging torrent surged. The train, consisting of a baggage car, second class coach, first class coach and a Pullman sleeper, was knocked into splinters by the fall. The wreck caught fire in a few minutes after the fall and all the coaches were burned except the Pullman car.
Every person on the train except the occupants of the Pullman car was killed in the accident. Not a member of the train crew escaped. A blinding rainstorm was on. The windows of the coaches were closed and when the passengers went down they were either drowned in the torrent or burned with the wrecked coaches. As the wreck began to go to pieces under the destructive work of the flames and flood bodies floated out and were carried down stream by the current. The storm did not abate in fury. Flashes of lightning added to the steady glow of the burning train. All through the night the rain continued.
The dawn revealed the most disastrous railroad wreck the South has known in many years. An hour after the trains' plunge into the gorge several of those who escaped from the wreck walked into McDonough with the news. Parties were organized at once. Nearly the entire male population of the town went to the scene to render assistance to those imprisoned in the wreckage. Little could be done by the rescuers, however, as the fire kept them at a distance.
At daylight the bodies that had floated from the gorge were gathered up. Some of the bodies were terribly burned, while others were crushed beyond recognition. The only means of identification in the majority of the cases were letters and papers in the pockets of the victims in the catastrophe.
Only three ladies were on the train: two escaped. The bodies of the dead were brought to Atlanta. No blame attaches to the railroad, as other trains had passed the spot in safety only a few hours before the collapse.
The Cranbury Press New Jersey 1900-06-29
McDonough, GA Train Wreck, Jun 1900 - Horrible Railway Disaster
Posted July 13th, 2008 by Stu Beitler
LIVES LOST IN A WRECK.
Washout Near Atlanta, Ga., Causes Horrible Railway Disaster.
VICTIMS CAUGHT IN A TRAP.
Local Train Goes Down in a Gulch Near McDonough – Sleeping Car on the End Pins Down the Wreckage – Flames Add to the Disaster – Only Those in the Sleeper Escaped Death.
Atlanta, Ga. (Special). -- A passenger train on the Macon branch of the Southern Railway ran into a washout one and a half north of McDonough, Ga., and was completely wrecked. The wreck caught fire and the entire train, with the exception of the sleeper, was destroyed. Every person in the train, except the occupants of the Pullman car, perished. Not a member of the train crew escaped. Thirty-five persons in all were killed.
The list of killed is as follows: WILLIAM A. BARCLAY, conductor, Atlanta; J. E. WOOD, conductor, Atlanta; J. H. HUNNICUT, conductor; J. T. SULLIVAN, engineer, Atlanta; W. W. BENNETT, baggage-master, Atlanta; T. F. MADDOX, cotton buyer, Atlanta; W. J. PATE and twelve year old son, Atlanta; H. R. CRESSINAN, Pullman conductor; GEORGE W. FLOURNAY, Atlanta; C. C. HIGHTOWER, Stockbridge, Ga.; W. W. PARK, Macon, Ga.; ELDER HENSON, traveling man, supposed to have been from Florida; J. F. FLORIDA, Nashville, Tenn.; W. O. ELLIS, bridgeman, Stockbridge, Ga.; D. Y. GRIFFITH, Superior; J. H. RHOADES, flagman; JOHN BRANTLEY WHITE, fireman; WILL GREEN, extra fireman; W. L. MORRISETT, pump replacer; W. R. LAWRENCE, foreman extra gang; ED. BYRD, colored, fireman, Atlanta; ROBERT SPENCER, train porter; four unidentified bodies and eight negro section hands.The wrecked train was a local known at No. 9. It left Macon at 7:10 p. m., and was due in Atlanta at 9:55 p. m. The train reached McDonough on time, 8:50 p. m. A train from Columbus, due to connect with the train from Macon at McDonough, was late and the wreck train did not wait for it.
The train ran only a mile and a half from McDonough, when without warning it plunged into a washout sixty feet deep and 125 feet wide. Camp's Creek had swollen because of the recent heavy rains and cut out the railroad embankment until the culvert through which it flowed was transformed into a gorge, through which a raging torrent surged. The train, consisting of a baggage car, second class coach, first class coach and a Pullman sleeper, was knocked into splinters by the fall. The wreck caught fire in a few minutes after the fall and all the coaches were burned except the Pullman car.
Every person on the train except the occupants of the Pullman car was killed in the accident. Not a member of the train crew escaped. A blinding rainstorm was on. The windows of the coaches were closed and when the passengers went down they were either drowned in the torrent or burned with the wrecked coaches. As the wreck began to go to pieces under the destructive work of the flames and flood bodies floated out and were carried down stream by the current. The storm did not abate in fury. Flashes of lightning added to the steady glow of the burning train. All through the night the rain continued.
The dawn revealed the most disastrous railroad wreck the South has known in many years. An hour after the trains' plunge into the gorge several of those who escaped from the wreck walked into McDonough with the news. Parties were organized at once. Nearly the entire male population of the town went to the scene to render assistance to those imprisoned in the wreckage. Little could be done by the rescuers, however, as the fire kept them at a distance.
At daylight the bodies that had floated from the gorge were gathered up. Some of the bodies were terribly burned, while others were crushed beyond recognition. The only means of identification in the majority of the cases were letters and papers in the pockets of the victims in the catastrophe.
Only three ladies were on the train: two escaped. The bodies of the dead were brought to Atlanta. No blame attaches to the railroad, as other trains had passed the spot in safety only a few hours before the collapse.
The Cranbury Press New Jersey 1900-06-29
I want to presonally thank Stu Beitler for his research for the town of McDonough Square GA.
Without his information the True History would not be written or told!
Annette from Henry County GA
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The Green Manor in Union City GA "Haunted??"
My post of the history of the Green Manor in Union City GA:
Drewry A. Carmichael came to Old Campbell County in 1889 to seek his fortune. He soon met Miss Cora Westbrook, the tenth of eleven children of W.R. and Elizabeth Westbrook, and won her heart. As a wedding gift, the Westbrook's gave the young couple a plantation consisting of thirty acres of land and a house built in the early 1800's.
The years were good to the Carmichaels, and Drewry became very successful. Drewry and his brother designed and patented farm equipment and founded a factory in Fairburn to build equipment. He was instrumental in the Farmers Union selecting Old Campbell as its Georgia National Headquarters, and this contributed greatly to the area's economy. On August 7, 1908, a new town was chartered where the National Union Headquarters was located and was named Union City. Drewery A. Carmichael was elected as Union City's first mayor.
In 1910 he started construction on a new home for his wife and four children. He decided to build the new home over the foundation of the old home. He incorporated many special features into his family's new home. He purchased a brick factory to supply the unusual colored bricks for the home. All the supporting walls were also constructed of solid brick. Ten (10) fireplaces, sliding pocket doors, beveled stained glass-windows and doors; two (2) dual staircases, wide board white pine floors, and the solid granite wrap around porch with large columns are a few of the features which made the Carmichael's home unique to the area.
The large basement has now been converted into a Wine Cellar and lounge, popularly known as Tiny Cheers.
Mr. Carmichael's prosperity was to be short lived. In 1915 the Farmer's Union failed because of the devastation to farmers caused by the boll weevil. His farm equipment factory also began to fail. Mr. Carmichael had invested most of his money in the local bank in Union City and was chairman of the board of directors. One of the bank officials absconded with most of the bank's cash and Mr. Carmichael had to sell off much of his personal property to help repay the stockholders and patrons of the bank. In 1917 he sold his family's home to Dr. Albert J. Green for $8,000.00.
Dr. Green moved his lovely bride, Johnnie Hobgood, daughter of Dr. Lewis Martin and Lula Palmer Hobgood, a very prominent family from Fairburn, into their new home. He used the front room for his office and his patients waited on the front porch and sat in swings and rocking chairs. He continued his practice here until shortly before his death in 1947. Mrs. Green continued to live here until her death in February 1984, at the age of 89. Two of the Green's sons, George Hobgood and Ed Martin, are also deceased. The remaining son, Albert John, and his wife Barbara, are the present owners of the property. The house has been maintained exactly as it was originally built except that a kitchen has been added where the back porch stood. During the renovation of the house, the original fireplace, dating back to 1800, was found in the basement. Cannon balls from the Civil War have also been recovered on the property.
The Green Manor is in a Historical District and will be added to the State & National Historic Registers.
Drewry A. Carmichael came to Old Campbell County in 1889 to seek his fortune. He soon met Miss Cora Westbrook, the tenth of eleven children of W.R. and Elizabeth Westbrook, and won her heart. As a wedding gift, the Westbrook's gave the young couple a plantation consisting of thirty acres of land and a house built in the early 1800's.
The years were good to the Carmichaels, and Drewry became very successful. Drewry and his brother designed and patented farm equipment and founded a factory in Fairburn to build equipment. He was instrumental in the Farmers Union selecting Old Campbell as its Georgia National Headquarters, and this contributed greatly to the area's economy. On August 7, 1908, a new town was chartered where the National Union Headquarters was located and was named Union City. Drewery A. Carmichael was elected as Union City's first mayor.
In 1910 he started construction on a new home for his wife and four children. He decided to build the new home over the foundation of the old home. He incorporated many special features into his family's new home. He purchased a brick factory to supply the unusual colored bricks for the home. All the supporting walls were also constructed of solid brick. Ten (10) fireplaces, sliding pocket doors, beveled stained glass-windows and doors; two (2) dual staircases, wide board white pine floors, and the solid granite wrap around porch with large columns are a few of the features which made the Carmichael's home unique to the area.
The large basement has now been converted into a Wine Cellar and lounge, popularly known as Tiny Cheers.
Mr. Carmichael's prosperity was to be short lived. In 1915 the Farmer's Union failed because of the devastation to farmers caused by the boll weevil. His farm equipment factory also began to fail. Mr. Carmichael had invested most of his money in the local bank in Union City and was chairman of the board of directors. One of the bank officials absconded with most of the bank's cash and Mr. Carmichael had to sell off much of his personal property to help repay the stockholders and patrons of the bank. In 1917 he sold his family's home to Dr. Albert J. Green for $8,000.00.
Dr. Green moved his lovely bride, Johnnie Hobgood, daughter of Dr. Lewis Martin and Lula Palmer Hobgood, a very prominent family from Fairburn, into their new home. He used the front room for his office and his patients waited on the front porch and sat in swings and rocking chairs. He continued his practice here until shortly before his death in 1947. Mrs. Green continued to live here until her death in February 1984, at the age of 89. Two of the Green's sons, George Hobgood and Ed Martin, are also deceased. The remaining son, Albert John, and his wife Barbara, are the present owners of the property. The house has been maintained exactly as it was originally built except that a kitchen has been added where the back porch stood. During the renovation of the house, the original fireplace, dating back to 1800, was found in the basement. Cannon balls from the Civil War have also been recovered on the property.
The Green Manor is in a Historical District and will be added to the State & National Historic Registers.
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