Long Mountain Living History Center is a new living history museum being developed here in Dahlonega. It is on 4 acres of land about 7 miles NNW of town.
Long Mountain Living History Center is a new living history museum being developed here in Dahlonega. It is on 4 acres of land about 7 miles NNW of town. The museum is being developed with two separate times/places in mind.
The first is to be a frontier farm in the area of Lake Champlain, NY. circa 1750. I often get asked why showcase such a place and time here in the mountains of North Georgia. There are multiple answers. However, the main reason is to demonstrate the events leading up to and during this great war, which many call the first, first world war. More importantly for this region is the impact that the treaties that followed the war had. The lives of the Cherokee, Creek, and other nations were turned inside out.
The second place/time shall be Bedford New Hampshire circa 1774. Here many Colonial era crafts will be demonstrated as is rightly expected from a living history museum. More importantly to me personally is to recreate using best practices, the daily lives and conversations of the Scots-Irish yeomen that truly set the gears of revolution in motion. I chose this location because it was very well documented by Matthew Patten who was a Scots-Irish immigrant, judge, and a father that lost a son at the battle of the North Bridge.
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