A long time ago, Vinings was known for its natural spring water.  During the 1800’s, after the Civil War and Reconstruction, Vinings was home to from 3 to 5 natural mineral water springs, one near the corner of Mountain and Ranch Roads down from...

  Prior to the mid-1800s, Thanksgiving had nothing to do with the 1621 harvest celebration, Pilgrims or Native People. Thanksgiving started as a traditional New England holiday that celebrated family and community. It descended from Puritan days of...

In older photographic histories of the 1800’s and early 1900’s, one comes across parallel shots – a shot in one direction, and another to either the left or right of the first.  Sometimes these will be displayed in a book with the first shot on one...

The 1915 lynching of Leo Frank in Marietta, Ga. had a Vinings Connection.  Jim Conley, the janitor many believed was responsible for the rape and murder of 13 year old Mary Phagen, quietly lived out his days in “Logtown” on the side of Vinings...

This was recently provided to me, which based on the following article dated January 1990 from the Atlanta Constitution, apparently has “legs.” …or maybe they’re gone too.  Nobody tells me anything… BYLINE: JENKINS, MCKAY McKay Jenkins and W. Stevens...