The Lost Town of Burton
The Lost Town of Burton: an excerpt from Haunts & Hollows: Georgia Backroads. Originally known as Powellsville, the little town of Burton boomed at the confluence of Dicks Creek and the Tallulah River. During the mid-1800s, the Georgia Gold Rush brought treasure hunters from around the country, and many chose to settle here as mining […]
Chichota Cottage
Chichota Cottage: an excerpt from Haunts & Hollows: Georgia Backroads. A few hundred feet north of the main lodge on Jekyll Island, a pair of stone lions stand guard over an empty plot off Riverview Drive. The home that once stood here, Chichota Cottage, was a lavish retreat for the wealthy Gould family. In 1917, […]
The Tilley Bend Witch
Bad blood can stay with a family for generations. Legendary feuds like that of the Hatfields and the McCoys have become a part of Appalachian legend as families battled over land, mismatched love, religious differences, or simple animosity. A little further South, the Tilleys and the Stanleys were enmeshed in a battle of their own, […]
The Rock Oven of Altamaha Swamp
The Rock Oven of Altamaha Swamp: an excerpt from Haunts & Hollows: Georgia Backroads. Some haunted places in Georgia date from a time long before European settlers arrived. If you travel down the Altamaha River, just a few miles from the Edwin Hatch Power Plant, you may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of […]
The Screven Spook Light
The Screven Spook Light: an excerpt from Haunts & Hollows: Georgia Backroads. There are few Southern Gothic traditions quite like the spook light. Every small town below the Mason-Dixon Line claims at least one. Alongside crybaby bridges and women in white, spook lights remain an integral part of local paranormal lore for most Southern communities. […]
