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Next Meeting:
MEETING: Monday, October 3rd, 2016 at 7 pm
AGENDA: Lake Russell Wildlife Management Area
GUEST SPEAKER: Mrs. Dale Moseley
PLANNING MEETING: 6:30 pm (before monthly meeting)
LOCATION:
Banks County Historic Courthouse
106 Yonah-Homer Road, P.O. Box 473
(Historic Homer Hwy/US Hwy 441 Business at Yonah-Homer Rd)
Homer, GA 30547
678-971-9390
If you need more information, or have questions, please contact us info@BanksCountyHistoricalSociety.org
AGENDA: Lake Russell Wildlife Management Area
GUEST SPEAKER: Mrs. Dale Moseley
PLANNING MEETING: 6:30 pm (before monthly meeting)
LOCATION:
Banks County Historic Courthouse
106 Yonah-Homer Road, P.O. Box 473
(Historic Homer Hwy/US Hwy 441 Business at Yonah-Homer Rd)
Homer, GA 30547
678-971-9390
If you need more information, or have questions, please contact us info@BanksCountyHistoricalSociety.org
Announcement- Full Details for 2016 Historic Homer Haunted Walking Tour
All details have been set for the 2016 Historic Homer Haunted Walking Tour. The dates are Friday, October 21st and 28th and Saturday, October 22nd and 29th. Tour times will be 6:30 and 7 each night with a 7:30 tour added if needed. Ticket prices are $10 per person, $15 per couple, and free for children under age 13. Complimentary light refreshments and snacks will be served following each tour.
Local businesses will again have the opportunity to purchase an ad in the tour program. The full-color program page size is 8 1/2 (H) x 5 1/2 (W) inches. Rates are $50 for 1/6 page, $100 for 1/3 page, $150 for 1/2 page and $200 for full page.
New for this year is the ability to sponsor a character and stop on the tour. The rate will be $200 and provides a free-standing printed 8 x 10 sign that will be placed at the stop of your choice during all nights of the tour. It includes full-color printing of the company or family name along with either a logo or photograph.
Tours will organize about 5 minutes prior to the tour time on the front steps of the historic courthouse. The approximate tour walking distance is 4/10 of a mile over mostly flat terrain. Each tour is expected to last about an hour and at the conclusion, light refreshments and snacks will be offered.
Reservation requests can be made by using either method listed below. You can also stop by the historic courthouse on the days it is open and make your request. No deposit or payment is required.
Phone: 678-971-9390
Email: HHHT2016@BanksCountyHistoricalSociety.org
All details have been set for the 2016 Historic Homer Haunted Walking Tour. The dates are Friday, October 21st and 28th and Saturday, October 22nd and 29th. Tour times will be 6:30 and 7 each night with a 7:30 tour added if needed. Ticket prices are $10 per person, $15 per couple, and free for children under age 13. Complimentary light refreshments and snacks will be served following each tour.
Local businesses will again have the opportunity to purchase an ad in the tour program. The full-color program page size is 8 1/2 (H) x 5 1/2 (W) inches. Rates are $50 for 1/6 page, $100 for 1/3 page, $150 for 1/2 page and $200 for full page.
New for this year is the ability to sponsor a character and stop on the tour. The rate will be $200 and provides a free-standing printed 8 x 10 sign that will be placed at the stop of your choice during all nights of the tour. It includes full-color printing of the company or family name along with either a logo or photograph.
Tours will organize about 5 minutes prior to the tour time on the front steps of the historic courthouse. The approximate tour walking distance is 4/10 of a mile over mostly flat terrain. Each tour is expected to last about an hour and at the conclusion, light refreshments and snacks will be offered.
Reservation requests can be made by using either method listed below. You can also stop by the historic courthouse on the days it is open and make your request. No deposit or payment is required.
Phone: 678-971-9390
Email: HHHT2016@BanksCountyHistoricalSociety.org
2016 Historic Homer Haunted Walking Tour - Final Casting
We still have several adult male and a few adult female character parts open. The next cast and staff meeting and final casting will be held on Sunday, September 18th at 2 pm in the upstairs courtroom of the historic courthouse in downtown Homer. All cast biographies are due at this meeting, so please bring your completed biography form with you. If you need more information, please use one of the contact methods listed below.
Phone: 678-971-9390
Email: HHHT2016@BanksCountyHistoricalSociety.org
We still have several adult male and a few adult female character parts open. The next cast and staff meeting and final casting will be held on Sunday, September 18th at 2 pm in the upstairs courtroom of the historic courthouse in downtown Homer. All cast biographies are due at this meeting, so please bring your completed biography form with you. If you need more information, please use one of the contact methods listed below.
Phone: 678-971-9390
Email: HHHT2016@BanksCountyHistoricalSociety.org
Historic Courthouse & Museum - Open To The Public
The Banks County Historical Society will have volunteers at the Historic Courthouse & Museum each Thursday and Friday from 10 am to 4 pm. Please make plans to come by and tour this local treasure and visit with us. We will have our t-shirts, postcards and other items available for sale.
Banks County News article (click here)
The Banks County Historical Society will have volunteers at the Historic Courthouse & Museum each Thursday and Friday from 10 am to 4 pm. Please make plans to come by and tour this local treasure and visit with us. We will have our t-shirts, postcards and other items available for sale.
Banks County News article (click here)
Follow-Up -- Battle of Narrows Site Field Trip
A huge thank-you to Bobby Irvin who on the afternoon of Sunday, April 17th, so very graciously took Banks County Historical Society members and friends to the site where the Battle of Narrows was fought. More than twenty-five people attended.
Bobby shared several observations and pointed out terrain features that demonstrated why the local militia most certainly took advantage of their skills and knowledge of the area in repelling the Union forces. The battle took place on October 12, 1864 and is important as it kept the Banks-Habersham-Stephens area from being pillaged by Union troops. Those troops were referred to as "marauders" were under direct orders from Union General George Tecumseh Sherman to seize what crops and property that they deemed useful and to burn everything else.
The field trip was such a success that by popular demand, we will visit that location again. The return trip is being planned for this Fall when the leaf cover is gone from the trees, providing better views of the surrounding mountains and ravines. If you'd like more information, please contact us using either of the methods listed below.
Phone: 678-971-9390
Email: NarrowsTrip@BanksCountyHistoricalSociety.org
A huge thank-you to Bobby Irvin who on the afternoon of Sunday, April 17th, so very graciously took Banks County Historical Society members and friends to the site where the Battle of Narrows was fought. More than twenty-five people attended.
Bobby shared several observations and pointed out terrain features that demonstrated why the local militia most certainly took advantage of their skills and knowledge of the area in repelling the Union forces. The battle took place on October 12, 1864 and is important as it kept the Banks-Habersham-Stephens area from being pillaged by Union troops. Those troops were referred to as "marauders" were under direct orders from Union General George Tecumseh Sherman to seize what crops and property that they deemed useful and to burn everything else.
The field trip was such a success that by popular demand, we will visit that location again. The return trip is being planned for this Fall when the leaf cover is gone from the trees, providing better views of the surrounding mountains and ravines. If you'd like more information, please contact us using either of the methods listed below.
Phone: 678-971-9390
Email: NarrowsTrip@BanksCountyHistoricalSociety.org
Banks County Smartphone App
If you have either an Android or Apple smartphone, Banks County has a FREE app for you.
There's been a lot of time and effort put into this app. Let your friends know about them too.
Android (Google Play)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bankscounty.bankscounty
Apple iPhone/iPad (iTunes)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/banks-county-georgia-usa/id1023382880
If you have either an Android or Apple smartphone, Banks County has a FREE app for you.
There's been a lot of time and effort put into this app. Let your friends know about them too.
Android (Google Play)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bankscounty.bankscounty
Apple iPhone/iPad (iTunes)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/banks-county-georgia-usa/id1023382880
T-shirts and Postcards
We now have 4x6 keepsake postcards of the historic courthouse available for $1 each. We also have new t-shirts available for $15 in sizes M, L, and XL. The t-shirt color is sport gray, printing is royal blue (see images at right). Initially, both of these items will only be available at meetings and at local events where the society is in attendance and has permission to sell. Call us at 678-971-9390 if you need further information. |
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Local History Resources at Google Books:
Hebron Presbyterian Church: God's Pilgrim People 1796-1996
Hebron Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Hebron Presbyterian Church: God's Pilgrim People 1796-1996
Hebron Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Meeting Newsletters (click month, will open in new tab/window)
newsletters@BanksCountyHistoricalSociety.org
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Contact Us:
Banks County Historical Society P.O. Box 473 Homer, GA 30547 678-971-9390 info@BanksCountyHistoricalSociety.org (general questions or website issues) newsletters@BanksCountyHistoricalSociety.org (newsletter related questions or issues) calendarevents@BanksCountyHistoricalSociety.org (event calendar requests) phonelist@BanksCountyHistoricalSociety.org (automated phone list questions or issues) |
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