Chatham County Courthouse is decked
out in preparation for 4th of July celebrations. Photo by
Barbara Pugh. Click to enlarge.
Copies of Tales Beyond Fried Rabbit are now available for sale in the Chatham County
Museum and through our web orders
page.
Fred Vatter’s delightful saunter into some of
the many corners of Chatham County’s past tell us of old
houses, aged country stores, church yards with intriguing
gravestones, and venerable public buildings; settlements and
cemeteries now lost due to dams and other effects of
progress; ordinary people who know the county’s past and
would love to tell you about it, as well as prominent civic
leaders now long dead. Order Form
Time to Renew Your
Membership If you have not already done
so, please send your 2009 dues to
Individual or family $12.00
Student $10.00
Patron
$35.00
Corporate
$50.00
Donations in addition to
these rates are greatly appreciated.
Virtual Tour
of Historic Chatham County - Over
the coming months and years, CCHA will be developing an online
"virtual tour" of sites of interest in Chatham County. The first
installment features two
Veterans' Memorial Sites, with photography by Barbara
Pugh.
CCHA has pledged $25,000 to
the
Chatham Community Library
to build and furnish an area in the new library devoted to
county history, heritage and genealogy.
Details
An exhibit
tracing the history of schools in Chatham County from
academies established in the eighteenth century through the
glory days of the union schools to consolidation and
integration in the late 1960s.
See photographs of old schools, young students and teachers, report
cards and diplomas,
school yearbooks, and a sampling of high school principals’
reports from as early as 1916.
Admission is free.
Come see this Chatham County Schools exhibit!
More photos
Most months, we feature an
article and or photograph. If you have an article or photograph
which you would like considered for use as a feature on this
website, please send it to
history@chathamhistory.org.