Author: Joseph Kitchens
Southern writer/historian focuses on Deep South and Georgia topics, especially of Native American Cherokees and Creeks, plantation life and cotton. Academically trained with a sense of humor and curiosity about how history impacts families and their everyday lives, even in the smallest places.28.09.2021
Relic of a Vanishing Georgia Town
My grandfather, Calvin Leon Sego, grew up in Augusta but left at 19 -perhaps a reaction to the…
15.09.2021
Connections: A Florida Masterpiece, Georgia Marble and a Small- Town Gem
On a recent trip to Desoto Falls State Park in northwest Georgia, we opted for a “trail talk”…
04.09.2021
Connections: The Cowboy Legend, the Georgia Coastal Plain, and the Way to Texas
Our drive to Houston, Goliad and San Antonio took us through cattle country, reminding me that not only…
01.09.2021
Connections: Georgia, the Texas Revolution and the Tate Marble Quarry
Several years ago, we drove west to Houston to visit a sick family member. On impulse, and because…
25.08.2021
Connections: The 54th USC Infantry, Saint Gaudens and the Second Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War fought in Florida
When historical lives and events intersect in unexpected ways, I find it exciting as I hope you do….
22.08.2021
Connections: Daniel Chester French, James Oglethorpe, and Tate, Georgia
Often on winter nights, I am awakened by the sound of the blasting at the marble quarry, which…
11.08.2021
Connections: Darien, Georgia, the Civil War and Sculptor Augustus St. Gaudens
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)) is known for his many extraordinary sculptural creations, many of them on display at his…
05.08.2021
New Echota and the Cherokee Removal Story
The old capital of the Cherokee Nation is part restoration, part reconstruction. It includes a small and beautifully…
31.07.2021
Appalachian Hiker and Autism
It took him more than six months to hike the long trail from Amicalola Falls in Georgia to…