Lincoln Stone, sculptor
He created six giant paintings of exotic birds for Disney World and has created exhibits and murals for the Dallas Children’s Museum, the Smithsonian, Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, and the Fulton County Schools Teaching Museum, to name a few.
Construction map of WWII Lawson General Hospital
In preparation of the U.S. possibly entering World War II, military hospitals were quickly constructed across the country. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Tom Keating located this 1941 layout map or plot plate of World War II Lawson General Hospital in the State of North Carolina Archives.
Five members of a Dunwoody family serve during WWII
The Head family once lived on both sides of Chamblee Dunwoody Road, just north of where it intersects with Vermack Road. Their homes were where Boxwood Place, Shadow Bend, Shadow Court and Pine Acres Court are located. All five children of Roy and Pamela Head served during World War II.
Revolutionary War veterans in DeKalb County
According to “The History of DeKalb County: 1822-1900” by Vivian Price, twenty-one veterans of the Revolutionary War lived their last days and are buried in DeKalb County, including portions of DeKalb that later became Fulton County. Here is a brief history of a few of those soldiers.
Wehunt’s Store in Brookhaven
According to history written down by Mrs. W. A. Willig in 1976, placed in the Brookhaven Library, and shared with DeKalb History Center, the first grocery store in Brookhaven was Wehunt’s.
Columbia Cheek, Dunwoody Postmaster 1906
Columbia became Postmaster in December 1906 and kept that position until Dillard Blackwell took over February of 1920. There was no mail delivery yet, but she would have operated the post office, which was in a small building on the Cheek family property.
Redan and Shady Grove Schools 1916
Redan School and Shady Grove Schools are included in the 1916 book, “Educational Surveys of DeKalb County and Union County, Georgia.” I am slowly working my way through the schools in this book.
Two locations-Treasure Island 1968, Home Depot 1979
The mid-century folded plate roof design of Treasure Island stores made them stand out. It was known as the store under the squiggly roof.
Georgia driver’s licenses began in 1937
Georgia’s Governor Eurith D. Rivers introduced the legislation for the driver’s license in 1937, but only new drivers were required to take an examination. Governor Rivers received the first driver’s license in the state.