General Meetings

• September 13 at 1:00 PM
  Etowah Mounds
  Cartersville
  Speaker: Dr. White
  Program: Creek & Cherokee History
• November 8 at 10:30 AM
  Paulding County
  Place and program to be announced

A Walk Through History at Springbank with TOTA member JB Tate

Date & Time: August 23, 2008, 10am
Location: Historic Springbank, On Hall Station Road, north of Kingston and south of Adairsville, Georgia
Program: Join local historian and Kennesaw State University Professor J.B. Tate as he relates the history of Springbank, including secrets of the Howard Family Cemetery and first-hand accounts of the Civil War found in native daughter Frances Thomas Howard's published history, "In and Out of the Lines." TREESBartow's Melissa Phillips will share information on the record-setting Springbank Oak, the Springbank Tree Trail maintained onsite, and other historic plants of the era. Don't miss this rare opportunity to enjoy this Bartow County Greenspace preserve. The walk is one mile or less, lasting approximately 2 hours and is rated easy.
For more info contact: (770) 387-5167

GHC Free Grantwriting Workshop

Date & Time: August 26, 2008, 4:00pm-6:00pm
Organization:Georgia Humanities Council and Trail of Tears Association
Location: Funk Heritage Center, Reinhardt College, Waleska, Ga.
Program: GHC Grantwriting Workshop
Contact: Dr. Joseph Kitchens, (770)720-5970 or Ms. Arden Williams, (800)523-6202
Participants at this workshop learn the basics of grantwriting and how to prepare a competitive application for the Georgia Humanities Council grant program. The workshop is offered free of charge, but participants must register online. Click here to register for the workshop in Waleska.

Running Water Pow Wow

Dates: August 30–31, 2008
Sponsor: the Native American Preservation Society of Rome, Georgia
Location: Ridge Ferry Park, Rome, Georgia
For more info contact: go to www.runningwaterpowwow.com

13th Annual TOTA Conference & Symposium

September 22-25, 2008
Little Rock, Arkansas

Hosted by the Arkansas Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association

Frontier Day

Date & Time: October 18, 2008, 9:30am-4:30pm
Location: New Ehcota State Historic Site
     1211 Chatsworth Hwy 225 N
     Calhoun, GA 30701
     I-75 Exit 317
Fee: $5.00
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