Georgia History Timeline 2008                                              

               October 8, 9, 10, 2008  (Schools only)

Students will have the opportunity to learn from "living history” interpreters as classes visit various camps set up to portray specific time periods in history. Make reservations for school field trips beginning in April in order to reserve the best day and time for your class to attend this one-of-a-kind history program.

Adult and student admission is $10 per person. One adult per 10 children will be admitted free of charge. Call 770-720-5970 for information and reservations.

 Returning this year, R. Abayomi Goodall who portrays an African American  slave and shares the stories of the "Old Africans" as told to her by her grandmother and other family members.

Comments from educators who attended the 2007 event:

      In 19 years of teaching,  I can't remember a better and more organized field trip.  I can't wait to bring my 2nd grade next year.

      I'm from Cherokee County - it makes me so proud that we have   something like this to offer our students. Well done!

     You have made all of the people we have been talking about come to life.  Thank you so much!

     Great preparation for the CRCT - A wonderful learning experience. We will definitely attend the event again next year.

     This event kept the student's attention, and we all learned something new!

     Pioneers will explain their crafts and skills that enabled them to  survive on the edge of Georgia’s mountain wilderness.
Civil War  soldiers will give the student’s a glimpse of why men fought and how it affected everyone’s life in North Georgia.

Native Americans, General Oglethorpe, frontier pioneers, Revolutionary War and Civil War soldiers, and an African storyteller will be on hand again this year. In our historic settlement and the adjacent trails through the woods, students will meet Native Americans who tell what life here was like before the European discovery. Red-coated General Oglethorpe and his friend, Chief Tomochichi, will talk about the English plans for a new colony of Georgia. Students will also meet Sequoyah, who developed the first Cherokee writing.

Students can talk to armor-clad explorer Hernando  de Soto, who  was on his journey across the Southeast in 1638-39.

For more information

7300 Reinhardt College Circle
Waleska, GA 30183-2981
(770) 720-5970 - fax (770) 720-5965
Email: heritagecenter@reinhardt.edu    

Georgia's Official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center