Comments for Vanishing South Georgia Photographs by Brian Brown

Comment on Wild Turkeys Foraging, Ben Hill County by TINA HAYWOOD BATTLE

TINA HAYWOOD BATTLE — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:17:59 +0000

I love seeing the wild turkeys all over southwest Georgia. I was on my way home from Valdosta last week and saw a flock in Doerun. Neatest sigh ever. I also like it when I see a group of wild hogs on Harmony Road in Mitchell County. Neat.

Comment on C. H. Mitchell’s Bar-B-Q Stand, Valdosta by Brian Brown

Brian Brown — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:14:49 +0000

Thanks for the information, Cathee.

Comment on C. H. Mitchell’s Bar-B-Q Stand, Valdosta by sterlingcathee@hotmail.com

sterlingcathee@hotmail.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:29:21 +0000

Burt Reynolds said he would drive from Florida to have BBQ at Mitchells and I know it is true because I heard him say it. He would occasionally stay at the Holiday Inn in Valdosta where I worked. He made 2 movies in that area. He would always send someone down to Mitchells to get him a plate.

Comment on 150th Anniversary Commemoration of the Burning of Darien by Patricia Dennis

Patricia Dennis — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:57:20 +0000

Was in Darien last week but could not make back for the “Burning”. Appreciate the pictures of my my favorite place on the GA Coast. Really glad you were able to record the scenes.

Comment on Eastern Kingsnake, Ben Hill County by Alisha

Alisha — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:51:15 +0000

Jesse , I Now Live In Massachusetts And I’ve Seen A Snake Only One Time In The 12 Years That. I’ve Been Here. I Hope To Never See One Again In My Life. I’m Doing My Part On Never Bothering Them !!

Comment on Wild Turkeys Foraging, Ben Hill County by Jesse Bookhardt

Jesse Bookhardt — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:19:17 +0000

Brian,
I love the wild turkey. It is so American and so beautiful. I agree with Ben Franklin who favored making the bird our national emblem, though he never publicly introduced any action to make it happen. Franklin praised the turkey and proclaimed the Bald Eagle a “coward” who perched near a river and allowed the Osprey to catch a fish and then take it from him.
When I visit our farm in Alabama, I almost always see nesting hens feeding along the roads and fields. Soon baby chicks will be following their mothers as they learn the ways of wildlife. Watching them “bug” across a grassy area is an education by itself.
The restoration of the turkey and deer in America is a success story and they currently are growing or are stable all across the country. Thanks to our efforts to protect them, they have recovered and now both provide lots of sport and food for American hunters and families

Comment on Eastern Kingsnake, Ben Hill County by Jesse Bookhardt

Jesse Bookhardt — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:56:52 +0000

Alisha,
I read an article that claimed humans innately fear snakes, that it is hard wired into us. That might account for our feelings toward these creatures. They “creep” me out too but only when I don’t know their location in relation to mine. We know that snakes serve a very important purpose in the natural world. They deserve our respect and to be left alone. Even poisonous snakes serve to balance an eco-system. They help keep in check rats, mice, and other wildlife in a healthy natural environment. Man has reduced the snake populations everywhere he has settled. In South Georgia, the beautiful non poisonous Indigo snake along with the Georgia state reptile, the Gopher Tortoise, have been negatively impacted by our attitudes and our habits. Let us hope that these two species are respected and in time will recover and not become a part of vanishing South Georgia.
Brian, your photo of the Eastern King Snake is a nice one. I once saw one consume a Cotton Mouth Moccasin in a ditch long side of a sandy dirt road near Snipesville, Georgia in the summer of 1954. That was quite an experience that lasted a long time. I was riding our work horse old Nell home from the Adams farm to near Denton after a hard day’s work puttin-in tobacco. I stopped the horse to allow her to drink water from a ditch. As she put her head down to drink, she all of a sudden reared and almost dropped me off her back. At that time, I noticed two snakes entangled in the water where she had intended to imbibe. After getting the horse calmed, I watched the King Snake eat the Cotton Mouth.
Now days, those kind of experiences are vanishing quickly.

Comment on Tenant Farmhouse, Owensboro by Jesse Bookhardt

Jesse Bookhardt — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:37:22 +0000

Brian,
As usual you have captured the essences of South Georgia. I was born in such an unpainted small pine board house that no longer exist, except in my memory and a single picture taken in the mid 1960′s. When I was a child these type houses were scattered across South Georgia and most of the South like hair on a dog’s back. Now, sadly those left are in poor shape and are hanging on to their last timber to tell the story of a “Cracker” South that has mostly vanished. Thanks again for the work that you do.

Comment on Abandoned Bank & U.S. Post Office, Scotland by southernchurchman

southernchurchman — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:01:37 +0000

Does anyone know what it was called when it was a bank?

Comment on Jacksonville, Georgia by Nancy Hilton

Nancy Hilton — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:27:16 +0000

Thanks, Brian for the great work you do to preserve the past. I grew up in Hulett town where my father Henry McCrimmon ran McCrimmon’s Grocery. The original store burned in 1972. My memories are of our customers who became our friends, dirt roads, cokes, pumping gas, going to syrup makings, Workmore school and attending Friendship Baptist Church and a nearby Penacostal church.