If you haven't seen the new Northeast Georgia History Center building on the Brenau College campus lately, let me suggest you drive down Academy Street, alongside the Green Street Post Office, and take a look at it. It's going to be quite an addition to the area ... but the interesting thing is that the members of the History Center are not waiting for the new building to be completed before starting their activities. They have, since the first of this year, been holding monthly "History Forums" on the second Tuesday of every month. There was one on how religion arrived in Northeast Georgia; another on the Unicoi Turnpike; a reunion of survivors of the Tornado of 1936; last month they had a walking tour of historic Green Street.
Well, today is the second Tuesday of the month, and tonite at 7 p.m., at the First Baptist Church on Green Street, historian Anne Amerson will talk about one of the most colorful communities of this region - Dahlonega. Anne Amerson has written several books about Dahlonega, and interviewed a bushel of old-timers about their experiences, and their ancestors' experiences, in and around Dahlonega. Most of us in Gainesville think of Gold when we think of our neighboring town of Dahlonega, but it won't take long for one to learn there is a lot more to the history of that town than just Gold.
In my book, one of the delightful things about the Northeast Georgia History Center is that it is bringing the history of the entire area together, for it is very difficult to separate the history of Dahlonega from the history of Gainesville, or for that matter the history of the Unicoi Turnpike or Crawford Long in Jefferson or the moonshine daytrippers of Dawson County. This is an area with a colorful history.
Anyway, tonite at 7 p.m., at the First Baptist Church on Green Street in Gainesville, come hear Anne Amerson talk about the unique history of Dahlonega.
This is Gordon Sawyer from a window on historic Green Street.
Wednesday
August 6th, 2025
2:56AM
