by Lee Ann Caldwell | Parting Shot
THE LATE 1800s were a time of great transformation in American society as invention, industrialization and urbanization accelerated following the Civil War. In urban areas the amenities of indoor plumbing, electricity and labor-saving devices improved life for many....
by Lee Ann Caldwell | Parting Shot
ON OCTOBER 22, the Academy of Richmond County Hall of Fame will induct 10 new members. Founded four years ago the ARC Hall of Fame recognizes alumni, teachers and coaches who have made important contributions at the local, state, national and occasionally...
by By Daniel Pearson | Best of Augusta
DINING Breakfast If we announce Sunrise Grill as number one on reader ballots, there had better be some bacon in it for us. Which, in part, is probably why they won, come to think of it. We also see bacon and eggs in our future at Ruth’s Family Restaurant (runner up)...
by Lee Ann Caldwell | Parting Shot
AS GEORGIA and its 12 sister states gloried in their hard-won independence in the mid-1780s, Augusta was the southwestern frontier of the United States. New settlers poured into Georgia’s piedmont over the next decade, making Augusta the hub of the expanding...
by Lee Ann Caldwell | Parting Shot
Fire on the mountains— snakes in the grass. Satan’s here a-billin;— oh, Lordy, let him pass! — Portion of the poem The Mountain Whippoorwill by Stephen Vincent Benet, which was the inspiration for Charlie Daniel’s song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” MANY HAVE...
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