Mystery & History in Georgia: (Volume 2) Paperback – April 25, 2023

Georgia history enthusiasts and researchers alike will be captivated with the colorful topics and attention to detail of the many subjects in Mystery & History in Georgia, Volume II. Designed as a companion to the award-winning Mystery & History in Georgia, Volume I, author R. Olin Jackson picks right up where he left off in the earlier tome. So grab an easy chair or cool spot beneath your favorite “spreading chestnut tree” and dig in. Just as with Volume I, this latest work will be difficult to put down.Read about how Hugh Jarrett, who was once a member of the famed “Jordanaires” vocal group, who were the backing singers for Elvis Presley, lived in the Atlanta, Georgia area after his days with the King had come to a close. Jarrett appeared in Presley’s performances on the Ed Sullivan Television Show in New York and in many of his early Hollywood movies. Jarrett’s grave now occupies a solemn plot at a small Cherokee County church cemetery in north Georgia.Learn how small-town vixen Virginia Hill from Marietta, Georgia, went on to become a Hollywood starlet and the girlfriend of one of the most famous mobsters of all time - Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel - eventually becoming so famous that her story was featured in several major motion pictures, including Bugsy starring Warren Beatty and Annette Bening.Discover the details of a secret gold mine beneath the floor of the Smith House Restaurant in Dahlonega, Georgia, which had lain hidden beneath the eatery’s concrete pad for over a century until 2006, when renovators accidentally discovered it. Frank W. Hall, a mining engineer, had moved to Dahlonega in 1868 and discovered a rich vein of gold on what today is the Smith House property, but was denied the right to mine it by a town ordinance, so he apparently decided to secretly open the mine and extract the riches covertly.Enjoy the little-known details of a treasure in gold and silver in the U.S. Branch Mint which once existed in the former gold-rush town of Dahlonega, Georgia, in 1861. This immense cache of precious metal worth millions of dollars today, literally vanished after being picked up for shipment to Atlanta.Learn the details of the many early Hollywood movies filmed in the early 1900s in Dahlonega and Lumpkin County due to the area’s unusual “Western-appearance” topography. The massively-deep gulches and other landscape characteristics from the late-1800s-era hydraulic gold mining in north Georgia, provided the perfect back-drop for movie directors.Read about old West icon John Henry “Doc” Holliday – who hailed from Griffin and Valdosta, Georgia – and his exploits in the Peach State prior to traveling out West where he gained lasting fame.Savor the experiences of Polk County resident Guy Wilfred Jordan who spent his formative years in tiny Colton, California, where the Earp family (Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil and the rest) lived and worked for decades.These and 60 additional equivalent articles await the lucky reader’s attentions. Read more