legends and lore… what do you know about the history of gwinnett county? george bagwell gwinnett...
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Legends and Lore…What Do You Know
About the History of Gwinnett County?
George Bagwell
Gwinnett Tourism Awareness ProgramMay 10, 2012
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QUESTION:
Where would Scarlett O’Hara have attended
elementary school, if she were alive
today?
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HINT:
It is in Gwinnett County….NOT….in Clayton County!
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ANSWER:
Anderson-Livsey Elementary School
See clipping in scrapbook
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“They overlap enough to convince me that the
foundations, at least, are true. You know how quickly rumors change. Word of mouth can distort truth in a very short
space of time. But that does not change the essence of the
story.”
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Four Step Test for Credibility
Who
…is the author.
What …is their authority.
Where
…is the source.
When
…did this originate.
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1. Along what geographical
feature are 17 Gwinnett schools
built?
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HINT: Creekland MS, Dacula ES,
Mill Creek HS, Osborne MS, Duncan Creek ES, Ft. Daniel
ES, Freeman’s Mill ES, Collins Hill HS, Peachtree
Ridge HS, Parsons ES, Hull MS, Duluth MS, Norcross HS,
Peachtree ES, Monarch School, Ivy Creek ES, Jones
MS
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ANSWER: The Eastern Continental
Divide…running from Fort Daniel to
Fort Standing Pitchtree
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2. What is the connection
between Shiloh HS and Gone With the
Wind?
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HINT: Think of the
Promised Land
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ANOTHER HINT: Think of Thomas
McQuire
See clipping in scrapbook
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ANSWER: Shiloh was the first
stop for the Hebrews, in 1200
B.C., in their Promised Land.
Margaret Mitchell frequently visited the Promised Land
plantation.
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3. How did Rockbridge ES earn
its name?
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HINT: There is also a
Rockbridge ES in DeKalb County.
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ANSWER: At the border
between Gwinnett and DeKalb, in the summertime, there once was a natural rock ford across the
Yellow River.
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4. Where was Hull ELEMENTARY
located ?
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HINT: Named after
Richard Hull, as in Hull Middle School.
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ANSWER: Hull Elementary School
was a six room school for African-American
students located in western Gwinnett…prior to integration in 1966. It was located on the Hill in
Duluth.
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HINT:
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ANSWER:
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6.
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HINT:
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ANSWER:
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7. How close did GCPS come to
being the home school district for
the capital of Georgia?
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HINT: Railroad Survey of
1835
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ANSWER: A site near the
Atlanta Athletic Club was a finalist in the Railroad Survey of 1835 to determine the terminus of the
railroad from Chattanooga.
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8.
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HINT: The Creek Indians
didn’t like the Cherokee Indians.
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ANSWER:
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9. Why was there no East Gwinnett
HS opened in 1958-59?
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HINT: Dacula is in East
Gwinnett…
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ANSWER: …and was
supposed to be included in the
attendance zone for Central
Gwinnett. The community took
legal action to stop this.
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10. What could have Collins Hill HS
been named?
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HINT: Another school now
has this name.
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ANSWER: Peachtree Ridge HS would have been a
good name. Collins’ Hill is a
part of the Peachtree Ridge.
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11. Prior to desegregation (in 1966), where did African-American
high school students attend
school in Gwinnett?
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HINT: It is still a school
today.
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ANSWER: Hooper-Renwick
School.
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12. What was the first GCPS to win a
state athletic Championship?
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HINT: The town took it’s
name from Decatur, and
Atlanta.
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ANSWER: Dacula School won
boys basketball championships in
1930, 1945, and 1975. The Dacula girls won
a basketball championship in
1954.
See clipping in scrapbook
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14. What was the major obstacle in
Duluth to the 1937 school
consolidation?
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HINT: Cotton was king!
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ANSWER: Duluth did not want their tax dollars used to fund education in the poorer sections of Gwinnett in those days…Snellville in
particular! (The Chairman of the Duluth Board’s name
was….)
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15. Who shot the school
superintendent in the early 1900s?
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HINT: Another school superintendent.
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ANSWER: The Lawrenceville
School Superintendent
shot J.A. Bagwell, the Gwinnett
School Superintendent.
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16. Near which school was Barbara Jane Mackle buried
alive in 1969?
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HINT: She was buried
alive in a box and kept alive for
ransom.
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ANSWER: Berkeley Lake ES,
in 1968.
See clipping in scrapbook
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17. During one year in the 1990s, which school was located in the city with the highest
per capita income in the WORLD?
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HINT: They all had lake
front homes.
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ANSWER: The City of
Berkeley Lake was a retirement community.
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18. What is the basic geologic structure near
Chesney ES (near Gwinnett Place
Mall)?
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HINT: Could their mascot be the Sand Crabs?
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ANSWER: The “valley” was a
huge sand pit.
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19. Which two Bond Referendums failed? For what
reasons?
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HINT: Football was not
king!
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ANSWER: A referendum in the 1970s would have
purchased the land where Gwinnett Place Mall is located…for a
community stadium….and in 1990…because of…
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20. Why is Buford an independent school district?
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HINT: Lawrenceville City was also until the
1940s.
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ANSWER: These two cities represented the
militia districts in Gwinnett…two in
one county is a no-no.
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21. How were several school buildings built
between the World Wars?
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HINT: FDR to the rescue…
a Democrat!
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ANSWER: The Works Program
Administration (WPA) built at least Bethesda School, and Duluth School (replaced in 1970.)
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22. What “unusual” event
occurred in the fall of 1953, at two
schools, at least?
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ANSWER: Someone shot a
16mm color film at Duluth School (Nov. 4,
1953) and possibly Sugar Hill, Suwanee,
Grayson and/or Harmony Schools.
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24. What is donkey basketball?
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HINT: Not quite as good
as selling ice creams.
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ANSWER: Participants played
basketball while astride, and riding,
donkeys. It was used as a fund
raiser in the 1960s.
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25. How is the geology of the land around McConnell MS related to that
of the State of Maine?
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HINT: Don’t take this
question for granite!
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ANSWER: A geological
“thread” of granite runs along the
Appalachians to the state of Maine…Stone Mountain
included.
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26. What is the “real” name for
Peachtree Elementary School?
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HINT: The answer lies in Bolton, Georgia…and in Question #
1.
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ANSWER: Pitchtree
Elementary School. Named after a fort that stood at the confluence of the Chattahoochee
River, and Pitchtree Creek.
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27. Why are there several “mills” in
the area?
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HINT: Freeman’s Mill,
east of the Alcovy; Woodard’s Mill on
Ivy Creek; the Dutch Mill in
Duluth.
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ANSWER: A natural “fall” line occurs in this area…associated with the Eastern Continental
Divide…and earthquakes. Water wheels in grist mills work best near a
water fall.
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28. Should Creekland MS be
grouped in the Mill Creek Cluster?
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HINT: Think Native
Americans, not water.
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ANSWER: A Creek Indian
village was located “dangerously”
close to the national boundary with the Cherokee
Indians.
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Download this presentation at
www.georgebagwell.org/History.htm
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Legends and Lore…