Author Archives: Dan Whisenhunt

Dan Whisenhunt wrote for Reporter Newspapers from 2011-2014. He is the founder and editor of Decaturish.com
Map of Georgia in 1795, with Sandy Springs at the site of the star. Historians place Sandy Springs by the area’s most historic cultural landmark, the Hightower Indian Trail, then commonly used by Native Americans crossing the state. The trail was also followed by many early European explorers passing through the northern edge of Sandy Springs, before crossing the Chattahoochee River at the “Shallow Ford.”
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Lectures focus on local history

by Dan Whisenhunt

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