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South Side Atlanta Paranormal Societymadge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-58937461213965355392011-01-12T19:26:00.000-08:002011-01-12T20:06:05.094-08:00I finally got the Henry County Books!!!These two books were in a estate sale recently and posted on 'EBAY.' I was very luckey to buy them both!<br />
"Henry County, Georgia -- The Mother of Counties" and the accompanying index, both by Vessie Thrasher Rainer.<br />
Both are out of print.<br />
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The Mother of Counties Privately published, 1971. <br />
Then it was lublic published in 1988.<br />
Illustrated with b/w photographs.<br />
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The author covers the early history, education, military records, natural resources, development, railroads, industry, the Civil War, county government, and genealogical sketches of pioneer families: Alexander, Butler, Cleveland, Copeland, Crumbley, Elliott and allied families, Frear, Grier-Greer, Kimbell, Moseley, Pickens-Crockett-Brown, Pickens-Walkup-Brown-Carmichael-Hooten-Grant, Rodgers, Houston-Stillwell, Thrasher, Turner, and Zachary. <br />
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I can't wait until my little fingers and large eyes get to look and read both books! I have been looking for this book ever since I moved into Henry County and now I can say I have the 'History of Henry County Right in my Hands!' Now I can start my own book! <br />
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I love history!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTH62RXtKlpyRKzUoaQZS9WY6M2Z0LrEqsF8T4OEwNWeOrIvRpT600pPSztN5pnJm_FdzUuSQQHf0EM8wd-H7pt-w3f_e54JChpTkUESlXYHFusBE7rYRXnw0XEB_VUpSgiT2PH3D3TE-Z/s1600/Melissa+Smith%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTH62RXtKlpyRKzUoaQZS9WY6M2Z0LrEqsF8T4OEwNWeOrIvRpT600pPSztN5pnJm_FdzUuSQQHf0EM8wd-H7pt-w3f_e54JChpTkUESlXYHFusBE7rYRXnw0XEB_VUpSgiT2PH3D3TE-Z/s320/Melissa+Smith%255B1%255D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I have to post this new page for you guys and gals out there. This is the year for me completely! 2011 is the beginning of the new me! My weight is and always been a very big factor in my life and it has tried to take me over! I am getting so tired and that every day seems to be a major struggle for me that I decided that I will see how much could I lose with four months. This is a very small goal but I really want and need to do this because my health is now in jeopardy. Also, my paranormal friends and I are trying to set up a paranormal show from the south and the producer and directer Senay Jackson keeps putting me on the AKA spotlight and filming me an d placing me on 'you-tube'. So with that said I need to lose some major pounds. I am a life time member of 'Watch Watchers' and I still have my old gold key. Embarrassed to go back, so I will try to do it a little at a time. I will need help and I am not afraid to ask for help out there. So this is my first month!<br />
WISH ME LUCK!<br />
Hugs and Kisses!<br />
Melissamadge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-28416989300255082812010-11-07T01:34:00.000-07:002010-11-07T01:41:52.752-08:00The B. B. Carmichael Funeral Home in Mcdonough Square GA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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The B.B. Carmichael & Company was begun by Benjamin Brown Carmichael who was born in 1848 and died in 1922. He was the son of James M. Carmichael who settled in Henry County from Butts County. He is shown on the census records for 1850 as living in Henry County. B.B. Carmichael was living on the farm but moved to McDonough in 1882 as the railroad was built through the area. <br />
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The B.B. Carmichael's newspaper advertisements tell of his business located on the Square in McDonough on what was known as Old Brown's Corner. Here are some examples: From the Henry County Times of the 1880's McDonough, Ga., September 8, 1884--With my customers, I can testify that "Eddystone" compares favorably with and leads many fertilizers sold in this market. <br />
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McDonough , Ga, July 27, 1888--All kinds of tombstones and monuments. <br />
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McDonough, Ga, December 2, 1888--Furniture--I keep constantly on hand an elegant line of furniture. <br />
The undertaking department is full of all classes of coffins from the cheapest to the best. <br />
Remember that I keep a nice "Hearse" which I send with a coffin when required, without charge, when the price exceeds twenty dollars. <br />
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Mr. Carmichael had the first hearse in Henry County and he furnished two later on. <br />
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One was for the white people and the other was for the African Americans. Mr. Johnson was in charge of the African American service. <br />
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In improvements on Square "B" (See Map) and Brown's Corner on August 27, 1897, B.B. Carmichael and sons were placing their goods in there new building on the corner of the public square. This lot, old Brown's Corner was the a stand belonging to Asa Brown the owner of the Brown House. <br />
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At the 100th anniversay of Henry County celebration Carmichael & Son Company said make the Carmichael Headquarters your headquarters. He offered his public rest room facilites on the second floor. The celebration was in 1921. <br />
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After the big train wreck of June 23, 1900 many of the victims were brought to this site for preparation by Mr. Carmichael. Some of the others were sent to Bunn's on the NE side of the Square. (Where the Movie Theater was built later.) As the victim's were prepared many were placed around the square to wait for their families to have them picked up. <br />
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Mr. Carmichael's sons had grown up in his business ventures and they followed their father in the different lines of his business. His son Harris continued in the lumber business and farming and started as his last business a hosiery mill. His son James was the one to continue the mercantile company. When he stopped this business he began making furniture. D. T. Carmichael took over the undertaking part of the business. He moved the funeral part to the Dr. Lewis Tye House in 1940 after he acquired the home from Dr. Tye's descendants. The B.B. Carmichael and D.T. Carmichael Funeral Directors began serving the community in 1888 and is still in operation today south of Stockbridge as the Cannon-Cleveland Funeral Home which is family to the Rainer-Carmichael Funeral Directors. <br />
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1. History of McDonough, 1908, Scip Speer. <br />
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2. History of Henry County, 1921, Mrs. Nolan. <br />
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3. Mother of Counties, 1971, Mrs. Rainer. <br />
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4. Henry Co. Sesquicentennial 1971.<br />
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The above map shows McDonough after 1823 and before 1898. The parcel "B" is the location of the B.B. Carmichael Furniture and Undertakers Parlor. His establishment was on the southwest corner of the square in McDonough. The company was at this location from 1888 to around 1940 when D.T. Carmichael , one of B.B. Carmichael's sons, moved the funeral home to the Dr. Lewis Tye House on Hampton Street. <br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">I know that the 'Dunn's funeral Parlor has been torn down quite some time ago. Now the area is the McDonough Square Court House Parking Lot. However, the site of B.B. CarMicheal's store is now a family Restaurant at the McDonough Square Ga. The AKA 'Paranormal Photo' on the front of my site is the 'French Doors shot looking out of the Restaurant as you see it today. Across the street is a parking lot, however; what I took 'one of three pics' one is listed, all three show activity in the photos.</span><br />
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The above photograph is taken from the area of the Old Masonic Lodge looking east. The two story building on the righthand side of the foreground is that of B.B. Carmichael & Sons. This is the location where Mr.<br />
Carmichael conducted his merchatile, furniture, and funeral business. The area today is now mostly a parking lot for the City of McDonough. The above photo is taken circa 1897. This is the building where in 1900 after the Camp Creek train wreck Mr. Carmichael prepared a large portion of the victims and after preparing the victims most were place around the square according to eyewitness accounts of people like Mr. George C. Alexander who remember the incident well.<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">I couldn't find where or who post this wonderful article on the web! I do know that the above photos are from the 'Brown House in the McDonough Square GA.' That's where all of the the Henry, Clayton and other counties information are kept.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Melissa</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">If anyone knows who first posted this wonderful information on the 'Google site' <u>Please send me a commit on my site,</u> so I can place their information and give them all credit for this history of the family of Carmicheal's. </span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">I needed to do my research of the Henry County Area and posted this to show the true historical history of the town square.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">thank you so much!</span>madge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-38628498436693849842010-11-05T17:48:00.000-07:002010-11-05T17:48:01.099-07:00Do I believe in Ghost?!? Well Yes I do!Recently <span style="color: blue;"><u>Donna</u></span> from <span style="color: blue;"><u>An Enchanted Cottage</u> </span> asked me if <span style="color: blue;"><u>Do you believe in ghosts? </u></span><br />
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Well, Yes! I do! as my above title states....she sent me some wonderful pics privately to look and see what I could see and I asked her excitedly if she was by herself and when and where they where taken.....OMG! I want to visit her town sooo badly now! She has some great pics to show in front of a wonderful 'Red Door' of a local Restaurant! Taken another look guys at the left hand side of that door!<br />
Great P. I. Pic Donna! Job well done!<br />
Also, type into her blog! I just can't wait to see her Livingrrom for Christmas this year!!!!<br />
Show more kitty's Donna and Angels!!!<br />
Question for you too:<br />
<a href="http://anenchantedcottage.blogspot.com/2009/10/do-you-believe-in-ghosts.html">Do you believe in ghosts?</a> <br />
Just remember the saying:<br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><strong><u>Ghost were people too!</u></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Melissa</span>madge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-31130967829590905032010-09-11T23:50:00.000-07:002010-10-08T03:24:47.461-07:00Classifying your EVPS!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aEHjfTIWdz0/TK7xXxHf85I/AAAAAAAAAKg/zCtmdvYtDiA/s1600/Steve+Gonsalves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aEHjfTIWdz0/TK7xXxHf85I/AAAAAAAAAKg/zCtmdvYtDiA/s320/Steve+Gonsalves.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadZWWu_qiP7G6uH0CN6nEhsA7tfkcJv0aPDrC0YksGDDJqlmt7b6-OJIBDk4CJhcVgLp8tMHpMtV1YOnx5r8yFvfciS1urgQuvOc9zctEbAMB0ZLiXBBHxOtLVUfh3Rd79vxqyg3bdhXM/s1600/Amy+Bruni.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadZWWu_qiP7G6uH0CN6nEhsA7tfkcJv0aPDrC0YksGDDJqlmt7b6-OJIBDk4CJhcVgLp8tMHpMtV1YOnx5r8yFvfciS1urgQuvOc9zctEbAMB0ZLiXBBHxOtLVUfh3Rd79vxqyg3bdhXM/s1600/Amy+Bruni.jpg" /></a></div>I got to meet up with the <strong>TAPS</strong> group aka <strong>'Ghost Hunter Show'</strong> at <strong>DragonCon</strong> down town Atlanta Ga this past weekend. <strong><em><u>Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango and Amy Bruni</u></em></strong> were there. They had a 'Questions and Answers' panel where we in the audience got to ask two questions. Since I have been going to this convention for at least twenty years and seeing TAPS panel for the past five years it was very easy for me to step up to the microphone and say hello to them again.<br />
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My first question was, ' Who is your 'EVP Expert on the show?' 'Do you have someone to clean up your EVP's before you present them to the clients?' I guess I had two questions rolled into one sentence.<br />
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My answer was, <em><strong><u>'We are'!'</u></strong></em> with excitement from the panel of three. I thought oh, OK. My answer to them back was guys you have to clean them up. You don't want the client to listen to nothing but scratchy noise and have they always 'guessed at the answer without cleaning them up? The group don't clean up their EVPS at all. They play the ones that they can pick up clearly and not the 'Click Audio Sound' EVPS. They prosent them raw and untouched. No wonder I have a hard time trying to figure out what the EVPS are saying. I still love you guys and gals anyway;) <br />
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What I mean cleaning up the EVPS this means that when you get EVP's they are disembody voices that are captured on a digital recorder. Later on you can play back the recorder and see what or who was trying to talk to you. Place the information in your computer and then take the 'background noise out.' 'The hissing noise out' then play it back. Then the EVP's will much clearer a better to understand than showing them without being cleaned up at all. Majority of the time I received EVPS that people completely miss because some are just too fate and the investigators don't want to AKA waist their time and trying to clean them up properly. That is where most of the best EVPS are mist. I am not asking for to clean them up too much just so that they are done just enough that you can understand the fraise.<br />
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My second question was that I was tired of people that watch ghost shows all over the TV and think that they can <u>'copy the professionals'</u> so they can be on TV. They tell everyone that <u>'they are the experts'</u> and get to go into places and buildings and even private homes claiming that <u><strong>'We are just like TAPS!' 'We have all there equipment!'</strong></u> and then they never ever come back unless they want to try to get more evidence or put more information in their mini web site and never return to the clients at all. We as a large community don't want the pop up ghost hunters to come to our town because of what these ghost hunters if you call them that has not done for us. They may have all the equipment but don't know how to us them at all or how to conduct a proper investigation. They claimed that they spent thousands of dollars to get all of the equipment and still claim that they are the experts. I have never seen so many pop up web sites until <strong>TAPS the Ghost Hunter Show</strong> became popular! Their were only eight in Ga about six years ago in the web now their are hundreds! I asked if <strong>TAPS</strong> could assist me with getting the message out to those aka <u>'ghost hunters want-a-bee’s'</u> to stop trying to be <u>'just like them.'</u> These groups are destroying our homes and business with their <u>'I want to be the next person on TV too.' </u><br />
I did tell <strong>TAPS</strong> that I now teach the proper way to conduct a proper investigation the correct way. I don't use thousand of dollars of equiptent. Nor do I turn all my lights out. Sorry <strong>TAPS</strong> but I need to see how and where I'm going. <br />
Happy Ghosting <br />
Melmadge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-7447784162571307912010-08-19T21:08:00.000-07:002010-08-19T21:08:28.925-07:00My other Author Reese Christian: Ghost of Atlanta!Reese Christian from Roswell Georgia came by the local book shop "The Bell Book and Candle Shop" for a book signing of "Ghosts of Atlanta" her book. I got to meet her. She is a medium and also has been on TV shows with the paranormal. She wrote this book and again I was compelled to read it from top to bottom. She also did a walk through the book shop and she picked up on allot of activity through out the store. Thanks to Jeff Wells, who brought her to the shop I got to know her and other authors! I hope that she and Jeff keeps writing more books! Below is a top copy of her book! Try to get it, turn your lights down and pop some popcorn and Enjoy!<br />
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Jeff Wells is a local historian and also professor and teaches world history. He wrote this book called "In Atlanta or in Hell!" based on the history of the "Camp Creak Train Wreak" that happened in McDonough Square in Henry County Georgia on June 24, 1900. I was mentioned in the book! I have to admit that this was my first book that I sat down after I bought it and read it five times in one afternoon! It was compelling and fascinating and I just couldn't put it down. If you get a chance please get his book, it will be worth it!!!<br />
This is the book cover!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hcaKH2PbkBbSwcyMQXW_W7kNe2LTbzYisAKJA0z2hT3ILRpSkf69YRaFldawfmO0EVqnMwI512HEtUNo0ja-jicEQiocqMAmYYTC9sAucsKxALQUXwgJy4rCuXID4irwhaf-mHDjQmSc/s1600/In+Atlanta+or+In+Hell+Cover%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hcaKH2PbkBbSwcyMQXW_W7kNe2LTbzYisAKJA0z2hT3ILRpSkf69YRaFldawfmO0EVqnMwI512HEtUNo0ja-jicEQiocqMAmYYTC9sAucsKxALQUXwgJy4rCuXID4irwhaf-mHDjQmSc/s320/In+Atlanta+or+In+Hell+Cover%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a></div>Melissamadge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-43116645868542152512010-08-19T17:32:00.000-07:002010-10-07T16:58:50.836-07:00My neighbor's is becoming Haunted???I have great neighbors they help me out when I get into a jam and I do the same with them too, This week they had to tell me that their home is active again...Let me share the Ghost Saga with you guys.<br />
They live in my neighborhood and we watch each others homes. Last week the home owner's husband was walking out of his front door and looked at his right side and saw, "a female figure in a blue garden dress from the 1900's with blond hair." She walked around his home and vanished. He ran through his house to the other side and could not find her. The asked me to come over for tea and talk like neighbor's do and I saw a male figure walk outside their home crossing their window in their living room. They know something is there but they say, "just leave them alone and I will leave them alone." Sometimes that's the best thing you can do too. They don't want a AKA "Ghost Hunt." Just to know that other people have experienced the same thing.<br />
Me, I have a Farmer Ghost Man, A little Girl Spirit, and now today I found out I have Kitty Ghost too.<br />
Weird Ghost Saga,<br />
Mel<br />
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Recently this week my neighbor's have reported to me that 'weird and strainge' lights are appearing on my front porch while I am inside watching TV in the living room?.? I have heard strainge noises coming from my bedroom and bathroom area of a 'woman wailing' very loud and drawn out. I have had objects being moved or dropped in the kitchen living room area and nothing is displaced. I also have a 'red cardinal bird' plastic that only makes a 'chrup' when someonee taps it. It went off several times by itself and on my command?.?<br />
<blockquote>Wild and Weird time of year for me! is always in October!</blockquote>madge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-6386992471185911582010-08-15T21:02:00.000-07:002010-08-15T21:02:56.519-07:00Going thrifting next week!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdpOKWCEdI7L44EG3Ep8NGsQQB3gCHjUnPzWfJNri-gROm36xDrzuxs5wUzHkOqZd5FJZWOgkXLO-U1cyaYHPvSY8buXzqW8CGd6zSiluPbdb-CpcGQpfDYfVunJ3YqHQoTcaLlCL1RhB/s1600/Goodwill+Store+in+Atlanta+Georgia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdpOKWCEdI7L44EG3Ep8NGsQQB3gCHjUnPzWfJNri-gROm36xDrzuxs5wUzHkOqZd5FJZWOgkXLO-U1cyaYHPvSY8buXzqW8CGd6zSiluPbdb-CpcGQpfDYfVunJ3YqHQoTcaLlCL1RhB/s320/Goodwill+Store+in+Atlanta+Georgia.jpg" /></a></div>I have been seeing that everyone has been enjoying themselves with, <b>“dumpster diving, yard sells, and thrift shopping!” </b>I need so to go and see what I can get next week! I am labeling boxes and boxes of stuff and reorganizing my spare bedroom to my new crafting room that I just forgot to go!<br />
Hopefully I can pick up a few handfuls of kewl odds and ends and do some tweaking of my own!<br />
I wish all of you happy junking and thrifting!!!<br />
For now I am going to rest with haunting stuff…my legs are barking!<b> Ruff </b><b>Ruff!</b><br />
Melissamadge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-31163816038667217792010-08-12T23:49:00.001-07:002010-08-12T23:50:16.507-07:00It's not a dream Blogger be aware!It is "Spam" that is showing up when you post. <br />
Google has anouced that only us as bloggers as to watch and remove the spam until they can fix their areas that need help in.<br />
Be careful everyone and Happy Ghosting!<br />
Melissa<br />
Mmadge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-36638245557628084552010-07-24T01:38:00.000-07:002010-07-30T00:29:46.649-07:00Buford Historical Cemetery and Town<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBxWhajYT_GQ_gKcOdVI56J6P8Ib0YTP_1imfOw4v3MQqdR4a3Ndy16_uxUWmcPL63ozRJcQM3ptvApvLBsy4OuWo9mY5uYT59l0y-9XgbaBVnWNeQ8nqG3X0DPOM12UrwKfqZFjvPKiU_/s1600/get_convo_image%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 75px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBxWhajYT_GQ_gKcOdVI56J6P8Ib0YTP_1imfOw4v3MQqdR4a3Ndy16_uxUWmcPL63ozRJcQM3ptvApvLBsy4OuWo9mY5uYT59l0y-9XgbaBVnWNeQ8nqG3X0DPOM12UrwKfqZFjvPKiU_/s400/get_convo_image%5B2%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499597705364701090" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpKpjlZT2swX7YUhkpGLdCIc0v6_Gj50Zor9IbDgNhQaeab7ehxOTcAyryQq2iEX-wXKdJOvI85j_prWd2_wvy0s7crjkbN-eRwb0VmvCUGAJi3_TYFB29vcgyZ-I9hp7c_UVyGzYOWRV/s1600/get_convo_image%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 75px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpKpjlZT2swX7YUhkpGLdCIc0v6_Gj50Zor9IbDgNhQaeab7ehxOTcAyryQq2iEX-wXKdJOvI85j_prWd2_wvy0s7crjkbN-eRwb0VmvCUGAJi3_TYFB29vcgyZ-I9hp7c_UVyGzYOWRV/s400/get_convo_image%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499597697087935266" /></a><br /><br />I listed some AKA paranormal photographs that my group did about three years ago. A group of us all girls went to the Historical Town under ground walkway railroad and got a few photos. The hallway has been since boarded up do to Street Gangs and homeless living in the tunnel. I had took with Rayne Thompson some paranormal picks of the cemetery in Buford. Let me know what you think?<br />Melissa<br />Happy Ghosting!madge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-52606054281229560562010-07-22T23:46:00.001-07:002010-08-01T02:34:43.198-07:00Oakland Cemetery this Sunday!I can't wait! Ghost Hunting in Atlanta just this weekend! Yeah!<br />
I and my ghost group will be going to the "Oakland Cemetery" this Sunday evening to do a mini EVP and Ghost walk through the graveyard. My friend Rayne Johnson my EVP expert sad she went a few weeks ago we others in our group and go great but sad children voices through the digital recorder. They weren't very happy at all. Sad crying and quote wanted "help." Rayne asked me to spend the weekend with her and the group and go to the cemetery and do a walk through. I bring children spirits out to talk and also they love to get their pictures made with me too for some reason. So, I will be with the group this weekend and when I do get some picks I will be posting them on my blog site for you. EVPS are a little harder to do on this site. I will try to do a couple.<br />
Melissa<br />
"UPDATE!!!"<br />
Ok, WOW I went with a large group. We all showed up about 2:30pm on a very hot Sunday afternoon. We started at the crypt of "Roberts" located at the Welcome Center. This crypt was my favorite because it was in "Gothic Med Evil in Detail" Five large Gargoyles were posted all around the crypt with angelic windows throughout the building. OK! I'm in love with the details of this building.<br />
Then we as a group went down the cobblestone pathway to another crypt and I noticed that the main camera died and also my camera batteries died as well! I made a mental note and took some pics for later on. We then walked to the Conferate area and I walked into the area and addmediatly noticed that my head and body got extremely light. I got dizzy for a moment then began to walk to the middle of the main area. There was a very large monument with all of the conferate dead names on it and when I touched it my hand was instantly ice cold and felt light and my hand and arm became very electrify charged. I explained the situation to my crew and they all decided that this was the place to try our new "Spirit Box." I didn't think that this new device would work however, my crew felt differntly. Rayne Johnson my EVP expert of the group stated that she became in contact with a solider named Charles. I noticed that she used her dousing rods and funny as this sounds they lead her in my area that I ended up at a bench next to the "Lion Statue of the Cenferate dead of GA." She then used the "Spirit Box" again and got SO many people talking on it at one time that we narrowed it down to one person, a male named "Eric" I think. He told us how many people he could see around him. He told us what color closes we were wearing and even told me to go and sit down on the bench when I asked him if I could! He apparently didn't like the fact that we were with many ethic people around us in the group and he even could not stop cussing about it! <br />
I want to explore this again very soon in the same cemetery and also in my home town of McDonough GA.<br />
I'll post my pics soon!<br />
Happy Ghosting!<br />
Melissamadge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-954070459869762472010-07-16T03:39:00.000-07:002010-07-16T03:43:44.747-07:00Neighborshood Ghost? Are you kidding me?!?Ok, I just got a call on my cell yesterday. I wish that I could send it to this blog, dang my cellphone! I just got some new neighbors about three house across from me. I guess I will have to put them on my ghost map in the neighborhood ghost watch too.<br /> They called me about that they even saw a AKA ghost farmer man in my backyard on Tuesday afternoon sometime. They didn't get a picture, dang it, but they did discribe him to me over the phone and it's the same farmer ghost man the other neighbors have seen. <br />Yeah I know it's too eairly for Halloween, but it seems it's all the time at the house.<br />Happy Ghosting Peeps!<br />Melmadge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-38767173888185984982010-06-24T23:35:00.000-07:002010-06-24T23:54:34.807-07:00Gardening and Ghost?...? OK?....? What?Just this week I thought that I would post this odd situation. Mind you it wasn't me but my neighbor's that came by my home to tell me about the AKA "Ghost Man" in my front yard!....?! Yes I said, "Ghost Man." My work schedule has aloud me to get a few days in a row off this year so I decided to start a flower garden. I have had a couple of pots in the past that I did but I haven't completely did the front nor the back porch full of flowers until this year. So, with that said I started, get old vintage items from the dump and the salvation dump near by, I started to fix beautiful flowers in pots and hanging plant galore!! So, it was natural that I started to see people walking up and down my street looking at what I have been doing. Some cars have even slowed down in front of my home. I do have some people that like to protect me so-to-speak, because of my wild hours of work. They watch my house when I am not there and when I am there. On Monday the 21Th of this month, my neighbor's husband who don't believe in paranormal like I do unless he sees it for himself got a good look at "someone" in my front yard! He described him as a farmer looking man with a hunched back with a long beard wearing overalls with a orange or red underwear. He was admiring my flowers on my front porch and then he looked at my neighbor's husband and vanished! On Tuesday the same thin happened to other another neighbor that I didn't even know.<br />Now, I did go outside to get pictures, however, I haven't looked all them at all as of today so I will just have to see later. <br />But, isn't it funny that even spirits love the Summer gardens like we all do??!!??<br />Who knows maybe next time I am out there doing more gardening I will finally see him for myself, if I do, I will just have to ask him to come on the porch and have a spot of tea with me;)madge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-35074672221354413512010-06-24T19:56:00.001-07:002010-06-24T19:57:16.839-07:00A new letter just for me!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht56SJfXCN_Kvtbqy_uIgqYZ7ynWPePomvjCc3Yk5Qire638pN9e4Again6fieRnjraWm90-ADvtx22M6Jj1jXkMB48HFLIk8s2RAhFc9ySrWr1uX7Ozo5b2OAwW4lE_K4Itye_djRl7WO/s1600/Iron+Gate+with+the+letter+M.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht56SJfXCN_Kvtbqy_uIgqYZ7ynWPePomvjCc3Yk5Qire638pN9e4Again6fieRnjraWm90-ADvtx22M6Jj1jXkMB48HFLIk8s2RAhFc9ySrWr1uX7Ozo5b2OAwW4lE_K4Itye_djRl7WO/s200/Iron+Gate+with+the+letter+M.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486539909782640946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8Jhzs29T-C7kPW4ci9AnhBRe6wIOKnYNNs1muwg2n6RDL3D1r-Epb-ALU3tzeMNkT7TcGddVHKkQYiUPSWMH7H6Ccd7yTT9eqk2iVt8AwNX50F4kk2Sckt0S1Hs7RfHpquJWAVIgzu-m/s1600/Letter+M+Just+for+Me.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8Jhzs29T-C7kPW4ci9AnhBRe6wIOKnYNNs1muwg2n6RDL3D1r-Epb-ALU3tzeMNkT7TcGddVHKkQYiUPSWMH7H6Ccd7yTT9eqk2iVt8AwNX50F4kk2Sckt0S1Hs7RfHpquJWAVIgzu-m/s200/Letter+M+Just+for+Me.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486539904534729554" /></a><br /> "A Vintage metal Monogram "M" or "W"door gate ornamental." <br /> I just bought this gate from EBAY last night. I am taking after Ms. Melissa on her blog. I can't wait until it gets to my house! I just know what to do with it. <br />Paint, sandpaper, repaint, give it hooks and hang it up in the Livingroom!<br /> Melissamadge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-24075636591346938632010-04-15T23:36:00.000-07:002010-04-15T23:42:58.469-07:00Birds and More Birds "Voltures!"I was sweeping off my front porch on Monday morning and I wished I had my camera with me, two fat birds swooped down on top of my head and hit my bird seed hanging plastic holder on my window! Melvan my cat was watching them and all I heard was a MEOW!!!...!!! and a bang! The two birds flew into the window knocked the bird feeder down onto the ground and Melvan tried to catch them both. I laugh so hard I had to sit down! I just know that I will have to get a better way into feeding the birds! Maybe kitty insurance as well just in case!madge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-27195332501582006242010-04-02T23:12:00.000-07:002010-04-03T00:15:48.278-07:00I am living in a cardboard box!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iSfetNqUjxz_G9YdsE1y_CaevrHTQBTL7yM0pAvWs61OUwz9FOsQ2Q2WXhugqSgi2Q9lXKeQTDTwSAARsEk5GtvWQtA7l1iFrCHx_6onmuKFFP38jSDclKynGK7ZSntXOoVcXhSj3njO/s1600/il_430xN.118112945%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iSfetNqUjxz_G9YdsE1y_CaevrHTQBTL7yM0pAvWs61OUwz9FOsQ2Q2WXhugqSgi2Q9lXKeQTDTwSAARsEk5GtvWQtA7l1iFrCHx_6onmuKFFP38jSDclKynGK7ZSntXOoVcXhSj3njO/s200/il_430xN.118112945%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455806490174929986" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1O5ONbIpjx8jpesjsgQzEkFWJlFslpsL-LYduxdsfVlNqUbouxt_uJPsjsNyi9ba7Q-g0ZX4nNwAxQuvlr2I6VmmKKqq-ge-SiWjcxezIv4zMeQfJeFi_C9vYx7iabtdiocCXEEfBRCv/s1600/il_430xN.118112078%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1O5ONbIpjx8jpesjsgQzEkFWJlFslpsL-LYduxdsfVlNqUbouxt_uJPsjsNyi9ba7Q-g0ZX4nNwAxQuvlr2I6VmmKKqq-ge-SiWjcxezIv4zMeQfJeFi_C9vYx7iabtdiocCXEEfBRCv/s200/il_430xN.118112078%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455806463593284882" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aEHjfTIWdz0/S7brCfyHSzI/AAAAAAAAAGM/JXo2BMAMXrI/s1600/il_430xN.118112598%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aEHjfTIWdz0/S7brCfyHSzI/AAAAAAAAAGM/JXo2BMAMXrI/s200/il_430xN.118112598%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455806426729892658" /></a><br />OK, OK, I know that I live in a mobile home in a country town in Henry County Ga but, I found out that my home has some fixing up to be done. Yes, I know this is a major off beat from the paranormal stuff I have been talking about and the dollhouse things I like to type in about but, it's is Spring and I need to AKA "Purge" in a major way! I have been thrifting for quit some time now and also Dumpster Diving on every other weekend. To say the least that I do have quite of some "Tweaking" to do on all the items that I have bought! Soon I have have my home computer up and running so I can start posting the picks for ya! I bought a box on ETSY and these are the picks that I received from the first owner, I had to Tweak it up a bit. Later on I will show you the finished box!<br /> Also, I did buy alot of tea cups with their saucers with them and I have a special plan for them with the cute birds outside my front door, stay with me for a update on that surprise!madge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-44532417483609000702009-07-14T22:21:00.000-07:002009-07-14T22:26:52.784-07:00Truth about the real hisotry of McDonough Square GaA Little History of Atlanta (Copied From Wikipedia)<br />From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br />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]<br />Early to 1860<br />Historical populations <br />Census City[2] Region[3] <br />1850 2,572 N/A <br />1860 9,554 N/A <br />1870 21,789 N/A <br />1880 37,409 N/A <br />1890 65,533 N/A <br />1900 89,872 419,375 <br />1910 154,839 522,442 <br />1920 200,616 622,283 <br />1930 270,366 715,391 <br />1940 302,288 820,579 <br />1950 331,314 997,666 <br />1960 487,455 1,312,474 <br />1970 496,973 1,763,626 <br />1980 425,022 2,233,324 <br />1990 394,017 2,959,950 <br />2000 416,474 4,112,198 <br />2007* 519,145 5,626,400 <br />*Estimates[4][5] <br />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<br />Chattahoochee. The fort was soon renamed Fort Peachtree.[6]<br /><br />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." <br />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.<br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><br />A slave auction house on Whitehall Street<br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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]<br /><br /><br /><br />Civil War and Reconstruction<br />Main article: Atlanta in the Civil War<br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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<br />American population increased significantly in those years. [2]<br /><br /><br />Atlanta, Georgia -- the Commercial Centre, 1887<br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><br /><br />Post Reconstruction to Present<br />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.<br /><br />Around 1900, Atlanta's wealthier inhabitants began to develop land north of the city. <strong>In 1904, Amos G. Rhodes (who had founded the Rhodes Furniture Company in 1875) </strong>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.<br /><br /><br />In 1907, Peachtree Street, the main street of Atlanta, was busy with streetcars and automobiles<br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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]<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><br />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.<br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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]<br /><br />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.madge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-35234470183051088392009-07-08T02:40:00.000-07:002009-07-08T02:50:52.097-07:00Playing house AKA "REAL LIFE DOLLHOUSE"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPT07DIlkppsALAVw2AAsLCuoKt8UvUs4HMFE8BaDFGB4oyeG6sWr2KuwyjGtuTGUon5svJTuIIZCDvLtgJMqMzGVV-4lZ6_HgOXZYG5kyIxniNS7Huo5DOCUI2k3XlRR7NyNlzwRJ1-nl/s1600-h/doll-house-exterior-photo%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPT07DIlkppsALAVw2AAsLCuoKt8UvUs4HMFE8BaDFGB4oyeG6sWr2KuwyjGtuTGUon5svJTuIIZCDvLtgJMqMzGVV-4lZ6_HgOXZYG5kyIxniNS7Huo5DOCUI2k3XlRR7NyNlzwRJ1-nl/s200/doll-house-exterior-photo%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356024548897191490" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZnsNWjxm8ezouHNyRHsJ-LGd_EPShY1F2fzH-Yta2vOC5UxIb-jXmILJrhxYNtx4dk6u8kG-L0W6pSIHiBkm5LwhsCWWv7YcAq6RK7DBt5mktGPsKWsjjGp9GuKFkW7WovktwAMEBKPze/s1600-h/dollhouse-at-night-image%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZnsNWjxm8ezouHNyRHsJ-LGd_EPShY1F2fzH-Yta2vOC5UxIb-jXmILJrhxYNtx4dk6u8kG-L0W6pSIHiBkm5LwhsCWWv7YcAq6RK7DBt5mktGPsKWsjjGp9GuKFkW7WovktwAMEBKPze/s200/dollhouse-at-night-image%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356024548117620482" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpOzhv-3Qd_8AVTc41Br6TM2wvSQXSwAJVPp6pYOLg98jXRFzpdKJDx2Khkyjw8cUFLAJ6XsALWJI-qfBhZKavj9Wpv7rY-cOlR6gi8aqBjAnZhaqR4O0tdcxoE7L0-TEgNwMhEDwDgHf/s1600-h/life-sized-dollhouse-interior-design%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpOzhv-3Qd_8AVTc41Br6TM2wvSQXSwAJVPp6pYOLg98jXRFzpdKJDx2Khkyjw8cUFLAJ6XsALWJI-qfBhZKavj9Wpv7rY-cOlR6gi8aqBjAnZhaqR4O0tdcxoE7L0-TEgNwMhEDwDgHf/s200/life-sized-dollhouse-interior-design%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356024543496043634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MpHD-QqRqMGra7RKWt2XtDqowmrt09xRfoBfOvZM8MQHGWB6AcoPASY949TT6nE_Di730voPnQt0p3AxhsiojckIsdRsBA2f6g82SqOieO27hyphenhyphenDzyOV3L_n0WYFjW_V_hJ5QiI46SLqO/s1600-h/dollhouse-real-life-design%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MpHD-QqRqMGra7RKWt2XtDqowmrt09xRfoBfOvZM8MQHGWB6AcoPASY949TT6nE_Di730voPnQt0p3AxhsiojckIsdRsBA2f6g82SqOieO27hyphenhyphenDzyOV3L_n0WYFjW_V_hJ5QiI46SLqO/s200/dollhouse-real-life-design%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356024536119218626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXKN2zWtrKEgJNNTGedQ1g1gY3L_e203424oy9GPfOURXrN93hXmNlL9inw476NR-s6kooABoaqb158DOg3a_Ju1tWDIVQiMPh-K0XlcQK2ErU-5919bL55cGhBGoVkR6q49SXCrDdCJS/s1600-h/installation-art-doll-house%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXKN2zWtrKEgJNNTGedQ1g1gY3L_e203424oy9GPfOURXrN93hXmNlL9inw476NR-s6kooABoaqb158DOg3a_Ju1tWDIVQiMPh-K0XlcQK2ErU-5919bL55cGhBGoVkR6q49SXCrDdCJS/s200/installation-art-doll-house%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356024196211301506" /></a><br />Playing house<br />May 6, 2009 by alifemorefabulous <br /><br /><br />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.<br /><br /><br /><br />Heather created this art installation piece in an old abandoned farm house in the middle of a field in rural Manitoba.<br /><br /><br /><br />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…)<br /><br />One of the trippy things about this space is that, although Heather has used ‘real’ regular-sized furniture, from this context it looks miniature.<br /><br /><br /><br />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.<br /><br />{Photos: Dunlop Art Gallery, Elle Decoration SA, Ohdeedoh}<br /><br />Tags: Heather Benning, Lifesize dollhouse<br />Posted in ~Fabulous Art~ | 2 Comments »madge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-31502246582841117692009-07-05T01:08:00.000-07:002009-07-05T01:11:34.584-07:00Henry 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!<br />Thanks Cousin Linda your awesome!!!<br />Melissamadge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-48675254281707958492009-06-21T01:32:00.000-07:002010-08-16T01:29:34.819-07:00PARANORMAL 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.<br />
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.<br />
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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!<br />
I booked several business through out the town this took me five months mind you. <br />
The First:<br />
I got dumped by the employees leaving the area and locking up and going home while my crew as pulling up the their driveway! <br />
The Second:<br />
They didn't even return any of my calls that evening!<br />
The Third:<br />
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.<br />
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!<br />
I will keep you post yet again!<br />
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. <br />
I am so happy that I am involved with something that is exciting to me. "The truth is knowledge it's self!"<br />
Melissamadge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-88031503800572159102009-06-06T18:51:00.000-07:002010-11-06T03:30:51.080-07:00To 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.<br />
They seemed to be quit passionate about their home activity. <br />
My commit is below:<br />
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. <br />
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.<br />
I wish them very well and great luck with their investigators.<br />
God Bless!<br />
Melissa<br />
Recently I have noticed that people whom claim that they are aka <span style="color: blue;">"Professional Ghost Hunters"</span> 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 <span style="color: blue;">'professionals'</span> 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.<br />
Myself I was thinking of school and my family. Just well just being a kid!madge1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/18007251099681406016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197130065451362454.post-40290721169352772782009-06-02T02:18:00.000-07:002010-08-07T03:38:06.771-07:00Paranormal 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.<br />
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.<br />
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.<br />
I wished them well and help that someday peace will finally come to their home.<br />
God Bless you and your family may you find peace in your home that you created.<br />
Melissa<br />
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I had to repost on this situation list above....pinding post are to come within a few days.<br />
Melissa<br />
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