North Georgia Tour 6-21-2009
From May 2010 Running Board Regarding May 2010 Club Tour to North Georgia
The Song Of The Chattahoochee
By Sidney Lanier
Out of the hills of Habersham,
Down the valleys of Hall,
I hurry amain to reach the plain,
Run the rapid and leap the fall,
Split at the rock and together again,
Accept my bed, narrow or wide,
And flee from the folly on every side,
With a lover’s pain to attain the plain,
Far from the hills of Habersham,
Far from the valleys of Hall.
As we toured North Georgia last week, I could not get that poem out of my head. I learned it in about the fifth grade at R. L. Hope Grammar School. Last week we saw the Chattahoochee so often that it became a part of the tour.
In addition to the river, we saw three private collections of antique cars and trucks, several truly unique country stores (not inexpensive), a ton of memorabilia, a covered bridge, and an amazing house and very large dairy barn located south of Helen. It’s known as the Hardman House, just north of the Indian Mound on Highway 75.
The house and one hundred cow dairy was built around the turn of the century by Dr, Lamartine Hardman. No, I did not make up the name Lamartine but it does have a certain ring. The house was occupied for only a short period, then closed with all its furnishings. It remained untouched and unoccupied, in the same family, for almost one hundred years. It was so original that the interior walls had only one coat of paint. It was a Rouge house! The house is now being restored along with its original furniture and original
Thank you Cleve McAfee
We thank Cleve and Pat McAfee for planning and leading this insightful tour through North Georgia. Our thanks also go to Cleve’s brother Ervin McAfee, host Donald Allison, and hosts Steve and Helen Seabold.
Participants:
Wayne & Sue Deitrich ’39 Tudor, Lamar Hart & Nancy Bireley ’52 Victoria, Roy & Janelle Hatcher ’39 coupe, Cleve & Pat McAfee ‘39 Coupe, Ervin & Sandra McAfee ’59 Edsel, Bob & Mary Ann Padovano ’51 Tudor, Mike & Bonnie Pertsch ‘38 Tudor, Jerry & Cheryl Reichel ‘51 Fordor, Bert & Lorraine Stele ’39 Coupe, Larry & Carol Tanner ’51 Coupe, Neal & Emily Freeman, modern.
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