I just got a big surprise and laugh when I tried to find the "Chief Vann House" and museum in the phone book and through directory assistance--not only is "Spring Place" non-existent where the post office and phone directory are concerned (a fact that all of us locals know), but the site itself is not even listed under "Chief Vann House" in the white pages or under "Museums" in the yellow pages. No wonder people on the list are so confused! Here it is (under "Historical Places" in the yellow pages): Vann House State Historic Site 82 Hwy 225 W Chatsworth, GA 706-695-2598 So there you go, guys, it's not a myth--it really does exist. Like any state dept. or site, you have to go around the world and back to find the correct name and listing. But please, folks--it's a small site--probably no more than one to three attendants at any given time. Don't call with genealogy questions. I don't know if that's the proper mailing address but it looks okay; if so, the zip code for Chatsworth is 30705. Books on the Chief Vann House and other historic subjects related to Murray and Whitfield County can be bought in several places: Whitfield-Murray Historical Society (Dalton, Georgia) sells historical publications for this area. Chief Vann House, located in Spring Place (community), Chatsworth (postal/phone listing), Georgia has a new museum (not large), and I think the gift shop will be located there now--used to, they had a table set up in the Chief Vann House with a few gift books. The museum only recently opened. A good time to visit Spring Place would be during the upcoming festival: 5th Annual Spring Place Community Festival "Focus on Quilting" Sat., Aug. 17, 2002, beginning at 8:30 Quilt displays, crafts, music, baked goods, home-canned jellies and preserves, collectibles, used books, flea market, and auction of goods donated by local businesses. I don't know if the Chief Vann Museum will be open--I'll check if anyone needs to know. It commemorates Spring Place's heritage and raises funds for the continued preservation of the Old Spring Place Methodist Church (built 1875, oldest structure designed for public use still standing in Murray County), demonstrations of the county's new electronic-voting equipment. Festival contact info: Ruth Cox: 706-695-2722 Nancy Parker: 706-695-2380 Tim Howard: 706-695-2740 ----------------------------- Contact info for Whitfield-Murray Historical Society: Tim Howard Whitfield-Murray Historical Society 329 Hwy 225 South Chatsworth, GA 30705 Marcelle White (exec. secretary) Whitfield-Murray Historical Society 715 Chattanooga Avenue Dalton, GA 30720 706-278-0217 That second address is the headquarters of WMHS, located at the old Crown Gardens and Archives in Dalton. Other nearby historical attractions: New Echota (historic site, museum/gift shop/library featuring Cherokee history in Calhoun, Georgia). It is a restoration of the historic capital of the Cherokee Nation. Red Clay Museum (in S.E. Tennessee, below Cleveland, Tenn. and above Cohutta, Georgia--small museum/gift shop and park) It is the second capital of the Cherokee Nation, I believe, after the Cherokee left New Echota. Red Clay, like many parks, is having difficulty surviving since the economic crunch--they've had to cancel some of their festival activities, I think. There's a historical tunnel, recently restored, in Tunnel Hill (Whitfield County) Georgia--eventually to have a small park, as well--not terribly exciting (just a historical spot) but does have some interesting C.W. history behind it. All of these places are within 30 minutes to one hour's travel of each other. My own mailing info. is: D.K. Pritchett P.O. Box 159 Eton, GA 30724 But I don't know anything about Vann genealogy or much about Spring Place history. Visit Southern Muse: http://www.southernmuse.com Alternate e-mail: dkp@southernmuse.com ----------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <Edmvmm@aol.com> To: <GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [MURRAY] springplace ga > I purchased my 2 books at Vann House Gift shop. > > > ==== GAMURRAY Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2002 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: GAMURRAY-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >