by Historic Flat Rock Inc | May 15, 2021 | Blogs
Let’s Cultivate Curiosity Bartram R. Bear represents three generations of the “First Family of Botany in America”. The botany movement consisted of farmers, politicians, and explorers who were passionate about native plants. The function of illustration and written...
by Historic Flat Rock Inc | May 5, 2021 | Blogs
David Dethero and Historic Flat Rock, Inc. dedicate a Franklinia Tree at The Preserve and Bird Sanctuary Historic Flat Rock, Inc. on April 30, 2021 The Bartram Family and the Franklinia Tree Georgia was a British colony when in 1765 John and William Bartram observed...
by Historic Flat Rock Inc | Feb 24, 2021 | Blogs, Historic
Memorial stone for Henry Simmons. Photos by Missy Schenck unless otherwise stated. The Society of Necessity What Happened to the Promised Land?The dissolution of the Kingdom of the Happy Land was gradual. Work was a driving force, and residents began to drift away to...
by Historic Flat Rock Inc | Feb 16, 2021 | Blogs, Historic
The Kingdom of the Happy Land Several years ago I mentioned to my dear friend, John “Chip” Laurens of Charleston and Flat Rock, that I was writing a book on the summer camps of the Green River Valley. He immediately responded to my comment with “Miss, you’ve got to...
