Tragedy and Triumph: A North Georgia History Compendium

What we know and love as Pickens County was a magical place, literally from its physical beginnings. Located between chains of the oldest mountains in the world,

some scenes there have changed little in many thousands of years, even when sabretooth tigers roamed this land....

The past of this land and its people became as lost as its gold and silver mines, its prehistoric past, or even the origins of its most colorful names like Long Swamp, Price Creek, and Talking Rock. The late Reverend Charles O. Walker (1929-2010), once a newcomer to the area, began recovering that legacy in the 1960s and it is now carried on by people inspired by his work. 

Chris Feldt now continues this great adventure in ways Charles would have loved.

Be prepared on these pages to be amazed as well as entertained! But also, so much more.  Too many places have a history that exists only on paper in archives and books, beyond what can be physically experienced or felt. Chris not only reveals the heritage of this special place but shows that in Pickens County, William Faulkner's claim, "The past is never dead. It's not even past." is very true!

Please take the time to savor the incredible work done here in your armchair journey to this incredible crossroads of times that have been, are, and will be!

Pickens County is always worth any journey!

Robert S. Davis

Author and researcher who has made that trip.

Robert Scott Davis has more than 2,000 publications dealing with genealogy, history, records, and research, most of which deal with the state of Georgia (USA) in some form or fashion. He has been widely quoted by or appeared in CNN, Time, Smithsonian, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere.