Thank you so much for taking time to help us with all the information!! Judith in Oklahoma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Pritchett" <dkp@ocsonline.com> To: <GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [MURRAY] springplace ga > 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 > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 >