We meet the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.
The Historical Society museum, including the Ruby Brock Burrell Standard Telephone Museum, is open on meeting nights and the first Saturday of each month.
Announcements
Please read this letter from Historical Society President Ed Brown. Included in the letter is a membership form. Please consider joining or donating to the Historical Society!
The Historical Society building and museum is open for visitors the first Saturday of each month. Hours are 11 a.m-2 p.m. Please come by and say hello!
Information
To the right is our building at 228 N. Main Street. Known as the Ivie Building, it was built in the early part of the 20th century so peach and apple growers would have a place to socialize.
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50 years ago - February 1962
- Approximately 300 people attended the North Habersham football banquet. Georgia Tech coach Joe Pittard was the speaker.
- Albert Cobb of Habersham County was appointed director of the Georgia Crop Improvement Association. The appointment was made by association president J.E. Carter, Jr. (Jimmy Carter)
- Dr. Tom Hodges spoke to the Ruritan Club of Homer on Diseases of the Heart.
- The Mother's March netted approximately $135 for the March of Dimes.
- A new education building was under construction at the Alto Correctional Institute.
- Habersham County Representative Russell Smith introduced a state constitutional amendment to establish an industrial building authority for Clarkesville. He also introduced an amendment for Clarkesville to construct housing for senior citizens.
- The Ralston Purina Company acquired ownership of the Arrendale Feed Store.
- It was reported 76.2 % of Habersham County land was in commercial forest.
75 years ago - February 1937
- The Habersham County Red Cross collected $606.29 for relief of flood victims in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys.
- Habersham County was to receive around $20,000 for its 1936 soil building program for improving farm land in the county.
- After a truck broke down on the one lane bridge across the Tallulah River, blocking traffic in both directions for several hours, an editorial in the Tri-County Advertiser called for the State Highway Board to give priority to completion of a new bridge and road.
- Confederate veteran Thomas Marion Wood passed away February 1 in Cornelia.
- Governor Rivers signed into law bills calling for a June referendum on the social security program, and creation of a state board of Eugenics to govern sterilization of criminals and insane.
- Ex-Governor Lamartine G. Hardman, who owned property in Habersham County and a farm in White County, died in Atlanta February 18. (The Hardman Farm in White County is currently being developed as a State Historic Site.)
- A committee of county citizens proposed several county-wide projects for public improvements, including (1) improvement of secondary roads, (2) instituting a public health program, (3) a well-rounded livestock program, (4) development of fish and game facilities, and (5) beautification of church, school, and home grounds.
The Habersham County Historical Society is a 501(c)3 organization that seeks to preserve and promote the history of Habersham County and the entire Northeast Georgia area. We welcome new members and visitors!
Email us at info@habershamhistoricalsociety.org
This portrait is signed "Glascock Reynolds" and was obtained from Joseph Habersham Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 2000.
