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♦ THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2006
GPB to air special on Georgia state parks
Special to the Journal
ATLANTA - In 1931,
Indian Springs in Flovilla
and Vogel in Blairsville
became Georgia’s first state
parks, creating one of the
oldest state park systems in
the nation.
As part of the system’s
75th Anniversary celebra
tion taking place through
out 2006, the GPB Original
Production “Sites to Behold:
The History of Georgia’s
State Parks” captures the
fabulous stories of the
people and places associ
ated with Georgia’s 63 state
parks and historic sites
across the state.
It is narrated by singer
songwriter Shawn Mulliins
(famous for “Lullaby”)
and includes interviews
with men who helped build
many state parks, long-time
visitors and park employ
ees, Gov. Sonny Perdue,
President Jimmy Carter,
historians and many oth
ers.
“Sites to Behold” pre
mieres July 26 at 8 p.m. and
encores July 28 at 7 p.m.
and July 30 at 6 p.m.
The film captures the
natural history of Georgia’s
state parks, which encom
passes the tallest water
fall east of the Mississippi
River, the largest fresh
water swamp in the U.S.,
spectacular views from
Cloudland and Providence
canyons, a 100-acre gran
ite mountain, and a nearly
pristine barrier island, not
to mention longleaf pine,
river, marsh, and wiregrass
ecosystems.
The stories the parks and
sites tell, and that “Sites to
Behold” shares, are those
of pre-Colombian explor
ers, colonial Georgia, the
Revolutionary and Civil
wars, of ancient Native
American cultures and the
Cherokee Nation, and the
country’s first gold rush.
* “Sites to Behold” also
highlights some of the
most remarkable stories
from Georgia’s state parks
and historic sites, profiling
people who laid down the
foundation that made these
Georgia wonders possible.
The development of
Georgia’s state park sys
tem benefited from the
Emergency Conservation
Work Act, part of President
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that he thought that requir
ing people to vote at two
different places would cause
“mass confusion.”
The idea of putting the ref
erendums on a special elec
tion ballot in March 2007
was also knocked down by
council. If the referendums
passed, they would not be
implemented until the fol
lowing year. Consequently,
holding the election earli
er in the year would serve
no purpose, according to
Edwards.
“Not enough property
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Wilson said.in reference to a
March special election.
In other business:
■ Council voted to pro
mote Municipal Court Clerk
Sara Bowden to Judicial
Department Head. This is
a newly-created position
which will give her a pay
increase from $15.12 per
hour to $16.36 per hour.
■ Council voted to change
the method of voting to an
optical scanning machine
system. The Houston
County Board of Elections
is donating two machines to
the city.
■ The council decided
to have a joint work ses
sion with the Downtown
Development Authority on
July 25 at 6 p.m.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s
New Deal program. More
commonly known as the
Civilian Conservation Corp,
the program was created to
assist the nation in put
ting an end to the rampant
unemployment and econom
ic chaos caused by the Great
Depression.
The act provided tremen
dous amounts of money for
the development of park
facilities and the conserva
tion of those park proper
ties.
The GPB production
crew attended the Civilian
Conservation Corps reunion
at Vogel State Park to talk
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Georgia park system during
the Great Depression, and
many of the CCC boys, as
the men like to be called,
hold fond memories of the
CCC camps.
For some, talking about
that period and the work
they completed made them
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interview.
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said former CCC boy John
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warming tales of how great
an impact the parks have
had on the people who
helped build them, and oth
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the wonders of these great
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“Sites to Behold” covers
is a story of enduring love
from Chatsworth’s Fort
Mountain State Park, how,
Red Top Mountain State
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preserved the area’s his
tory of mining iron ore; the
story of how Lumpkin’s
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Georgia’s conservation
parks, including Panola
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Lithia Springs.
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