Story #1: From page of the Friday, March 28, 1928 edition of the Cherokee Advance TORNADO TAKES HEAVY TOLL OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THIS COUNTY LAST MONDAY NIGHT NEAR LATHEMTOWN Five Killed and a Score Injured. Many Houses and Barns Blown Away CATTLE, HOGS, CHICKENS DISAPPEAR IN TORNADO Most Appalling Disaster Ever Visited Upon … Continue reading Amanuensis Monday: Cherokee (Georgia) Advance Newspaper Account of the 1928 Tornado
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The Tornado of 1928: “The Most Appalling Disaster Ever Visited Upon Cherokee County, Georgia”
Last Thursday night, this happened less than a mile from my house: That's the EF1 tornado that hit Canton, Georgia on June 13, 2013. There's even a very unsettling video on Facebook of the tornado FORMING OVER MY HOUSE AAAHHHHHHH! (In other news, don't you love how just about every tornado video includes some form … Continue reading The Tornado of 1928: “The Most Appalling Disaster Ever Visited Upon Cherokee County, Georgia”