Welcome to our online space for sharing stories, pictures, and resources about the history & heritage of Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia, USA. |
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Cedar Grove Community
By: Laurie Searle Added to the website on 12/26/20) The Cedar Grove Community joined the City of Chattahoochee Hills in 2015, when a citizen-led effort annexed 4,920 acres into the city, which included four miles of Cedar Grove Rd. As the newest historic community in our city, little information has been collected on its heritage to date. What we do know is that once upon a time, Brock's Store was the center hub of the community, the Cedar Grove Elementary School supported more than 200 children before closing, and the Cedar Grove Community Center is still in use by the Tuesday Night Music Group, and the Cedar Grove Community Association. Join us in learning more about the Cedar Grove Community by reading what we've collected so far, and by sharing your stories. [READ MORE]. |
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J. F. Beavers House - Historic Displays
By: Laurie Searle May 2017 (Added to the website on 11/26/20) The John F. Beavers House (circa early 1800s) is the last remaining home in the town square of Campbellton. It is located just past the intersection of GA-154 Cascade Palmetto Hwy and GA-92 Campbellton Fairburn Rd, in the City of Chattahoochee Hills, GA. When the City of Chattahoochee Hills acquired the Beavers House in 2017, Laurie Searle created a series of displays to document the history of the home and its surrounding area. The eight displays were added to this website on 11/26/20 and are presented in chronological order. [READ MORE] |
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Smith's Grocery
By: J. Kenyon Langley October 2020 That’s the proper name for it now, "Smith's Grocery," with Kenny Smith the owner (since 2003). But everybody calls it Smith’s Store or “Kenny’s." Before that it was John R. Smith Grocery, with John Smith, Kenny’s father, the owner (beginning in 1950). Again, everybody referred to it as Smith’s Store or "John's." And before that it was J. B. Smith Grocery, with Mr. Burnett Smith, John's father, the owner. I can only assume that most people then also called it Smith's Store or “Burnett’s.” We are now back to the year 1914. It only took three steps to cover one hundred six years. That was the year Mr. Burnett bought the store from Mr. Adams. Like 106 tree rings, each year encapsulates the history and character of the community known as Rico. I will try to relate some of that history and character. [READ MORE] |
Burnett Smith's Grocery Store in Rico Georgia c. 1920
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Where Lies John Cash?
By: J. Kenyon Langley September 2020 Old Rico Cemetery is a mystery. Very little is really known about its history and origins. About a year ago, a chance encounter set a Chatt Hills resident on a path to unravel some of its mysteries in order to solve another mystery. Where lies John Cash? [READ MORE] |
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Rico Scout Hut
Residents know the building at the corner of Upper Wooten & Rico Roads as The Scout Hut. But if these walls could talk, they'd spin a yarn or two about the olden days when the building served as a general store, post office, masonic lodge, another store, civic club, haunted house, and last but not least, a meeting place for Boy Scout Troop 717. Built in the late 1800s, the Scout Hut has long been a historic treasure in the Rico Community. Last year, that treasure became the property of the City of Chattahoochee Hills when its owner gifted it to the city, hoping to secure the building’s long-term care and community use. See what's in store on the next step of the Scout Hut's journey. [Read More] |
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Floyd Family Cemetery
Old Cemetery - New Find September 7, 2020 When a resident recently discovered the Chatt Hills History website and its cemetery page, he wondered, "Why isn't the Floyd Family Cemetery listed?" As it turned out, he knew something we didn't know. He knew that this cemetery, located on his daughter's property, had been professionally surveyed in 2004, and that at least two different families are represented there. Monument inscriptions indicate that children were born to W.A. and M.F. Floyd in 1871, and to J.S. and Harriet Floyd in 1860. But the surveyor failed to find additional information about these families. In September 2020, we did additional research for our cemetery report and discovered the family trees for John Stovall Floyd and Wiley Alexander Floyd. But oddly enough, neither one lists the children buried in this cemetery. Read the Floyd Family Cemetery Report and let us know if you can help unravel this mystery. |
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Benjamin Templeton Watkins
Source: Ancestry.com
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Watkins Log Cabin at
Grove Creek Farm, Crawford, GA
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Benjamin T. Watkins Log Cabin:
Gone but not forgotten By: Laurie Searle April 2018 Benjamin T. Watkins (1797-1875), an early settler in Campbell County, built a log cabin on his homeplace in present day Chattahoochee Hills. As Father Time threatened to take the cabin, it was rescued, relocated, and restored as part of The Georgia Log Cabin project. Read about the cabin's journey to its present location and how it may one day come back home to Chattahoochee Hills. Story filed in Collections/Family/Watkins |