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Byron Herbert Reece Driving Tour

See the places that were important to Georgia poet and novelist Byron Herbert Reece. A highlight is theReece Farm and Heritage Center, open Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the summermonths.

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From the Blairsville city center, take the Gainesville Highway (Hwy 19/129) South to begin your driving tour. TheCourthouse houses the Union County Historical Society museum with some Reece items as well as informationon the history of the area.

Union County Historical Courthouse

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Union County Historical1 Town SqBlairsville, GA 30512(706) 745-5493unioncountyhistory.org

Sunrise Grocery is the closest trading point to the Reece Farm, and he traded there many times.

Sunrise Cabins1 review7568 Gainesville HighwayBlairsville, GA 30512(706) 745-5877sunrisecabins.com

Chattahoochee National Forest, Blairsville, GA 30512The cabin where Reece was born is now under Lake Trahlyta in Vogel Park. The family moved to a house furthernorth in the Wolf Creek Valley in 1921.

Reece often visited the overlook at this point between Blood and Slaughter Mountains. The parking area locatednearby is named for Reece.

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Returning toward Blairsville, turn on Hwy 180 and proceed to TwiggsRoad -- the first right turn. Travel approximately 0.3 miles and the church will be up a steep drive on your left. Thisis the church Reece filled in at as a lay preacher.

Across from Salem Church, just past the new house, is a marker for the spot where the Souther Mill stood. Thiswas the nearest mill to Reece's house, so he probably had his corn ground there.

Sunrise Grocery

Vogel State Park Rd

Mountain Crossings-Frogtown

Salem Methodist Church

Site of the Souther Mill

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This is the route Reece would have taken between his farm home and Young Harris College. There is parking area

and trail to Native American petroglyphs.

Reece was sporadically a student at Young Harris College from 1935until 1939. He often took terms off to help on the family farm, and never graduated. He returned to teach in 1953and again 1957. He committed suicide on campus in June, 1958.

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Byron Herbert Reece is buried here, with his parents and sisters. His grave is on top of the hill near the highway,nearest the entrance away from the College.

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The Reece Farm and Heritage Centered opened in June 2012 with exhibits highlighting the Appalachian familyfarm and the life and works of Byron Herbert Reece. More information can be foundat byronherbertreecesociety.org

Trackrock Gap

Young Harris College

Old Union Church

Reece Farm and Heritage Center