[ebooks] Benson's Wild Animal Farm (Images of America) by Bob Goldsack at Arts-Photography

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In the late eighteenth century; waves of intrepid settlers made their way down the Great Wagon Road into the virgin wilderness of Northeast Georgia to find new homes and opportunity for land and wealth. Against a dramatic mountainous backdrop; these pioneers carved out farms and small communities in perilous isolation and created an American experience vastly different from that of the plantation-style society established along Georgias coast. Battling Creek and Cherokee warriors; government intervention; natural disasters; and a landscape not easily tamed; year after year; these men and women of Northeast Georgia stamped their self-reliance; their perseverance; and their industriousness upon generations to follow and upon the very geography they called home.In Northeast Georgia: A History; readers travel across several centuries of change; from the early American Indian tribes that once made this territory their hunting grounds to the present day; a time of unprecedented growth and expansion in both industry and population. Truly a world unto itself; Northeast Georgia has served as a haven and destination for all classes over the past two centuries: the bold gold miners of 1829; the stalwart sustenance farmers; the social elite enjoying fresh mountain air at the many summer resorts; a multitude of businessmen seeking opportunity in railroading; cotton; lumber; and poultry farming; and bootleggers finding the landscape convenient for clandestine whiskey-making and distribution. These stories and more provide insight into understanding a people and place unique in Georgia.