Fort Gaines NewsLocal news for Fort Gaines, GA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Final hour adds can slip mistakes into state budget- April 25, 2008 "I'm not in the business of curing cancer" Chamblee City Manager Kathy Brannon was surprised when she read that her city was approved for a $30,000 state grant to help fund the Cure Childhood Cancer program. via Atlanta Journal-Constitutionhttp://www.topix.net/city/fort-gaines-ga/2008/04/final-hour-adds-can-slip-mistakes-into-st... Old-time medicines on display at Scull Shoals festival- April 23, 2008 Dr. Allen Vegotsky describes 19th-century medicines to a visitor at last year's festival. via Athens Banner-Heraldhttp://www.topix.net/city/fort-gaines-ga/2008/04/old-time-medicines-on-display-at-scull-sh... If 11 a.m. is the most segregated time in America, here's your exception- April 6, 2008 "When we look back, it seems seamless how it happened" CONGREGATIONS BECOME BRIDGE BUILDERS------During a 50-year period in the 1880s, a former slave named Horace King was the most respected bridge builder in this part of the country. His work literally covers nearly every crossing of the Chattahoochee River to Fort Gaines, including the 14th Street pedestrian bridge named for him.He got his know-how from his former slave owner, John Godwin, a craftsman who nurtured King's skills. Their tie...http://www.topix.net/city/fort-gaines-ga/2008/04/if-11-a-m-is-the-most-segregated-time-in-... |