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More Searching for Old Home Sites Rock Creek, Fannin Co., GA December 2019 & January 2020 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019-2020) |
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More Searching for Old Home Sites Rock Creek, Fannin Co., GA December 2019 & January 2020 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019-2020) |
| December 2019 I spent an afternoon exploring for old home places and chimneys that showed on the old maps in the Rock Creek vicinity. |
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| At the first site (FA10), I found the remains of the old chimney. |
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| Only the lower section remained standing. |
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| Side view |
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| And an oblique view |
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| Heartleaf (Hexastylis sp.) growing on an old log |
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| At the second homesite location, I found a short stone wall. |
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| And then another one nearby... |
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| This may be the home site's (FA11) collapsed chimney. |
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| The third site (FA12) was some distance away; it was getting late when I found it. It had two collapsed chimneys, about 16 feet apart. |
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| The structural form is still apparent at the base of the west chimney. |
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| West chimney, from a higher angle. From the thick moss, it appears these chimneys have been collapsed for a long time... |
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| Remains of the east chimney. At first I wondered if these were part of one chimney, but each had a distinct base. A lot of the stones has apparently been hauled away. |
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| There are a lot of large White Pines in here. This one measured about 13 ft. circumference using arm-spread measurement. |
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| The fourth homesite had the best chimney I found this day, even if it was just the firebox. |
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| Site FA13 - Chimney front, from the opposite side.... |
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| Chimney from the rear |
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| January 2020 With time running out on my earlier visit, I was unable to explore one other site where the old maps showed a home site. I visited that location in late January. |
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| Approaching my search area, I encountered evidence of a severe wind event. |
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| Near the edge, I found the remains of yet another collapsed chimney. |
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| Site FA14 - Another portion of the chimney. As with many of the others, this chimney has been on the ground for many decades... |