Stories of Historical Interest around Lake Mitchell

Lake Mitchell has had a colorful past and these stories are being uncovered by Chip Gates, our Lake Mitchell HOBO Historian.  If you have a story you would like to submit for publication in this section, contact Chip Gates at [email protected].

VIDEOS:
HOBO Beginnings
Ed Warren, "Poet Laureate" of Lake Mitchell    
Lake Mitchell Cleanup 2023
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TRIVIA and QUIZ
Did You Know? Trivia  
Lake Mitchell ​History Quiz

CREEK TALES:
Ponchishatchee - (or "Hatchet" as it is known today).  
​Cargile Creek - (however you spell it)  
Bird Creek Tales
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EARLY SKIING DAYS
My Lake Mitchell Heroes
​The Lake Mitchell Ski Club
New Year's Midnight Ski. ​​

TALES FROM DOLLAR:
Dollar - Love Story
​Dollar - Patchwork Quilt of Grist and Grace
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​MISCELLANEOUS STORIES:
Arrowheads of Lake Mitchell

Fixico Creek and Little Joe's Camp
The Killingsworth Family Comes To Fixico

Town of ​Rushton 
​Rushton Uncovered 

Rails to Animal Trails
Airplane Slough Airstrip
Mitchell Lock & Dam
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Excerpts from the Union-Banner Newspaper 1921
​​The Wyatts of the Coosa 
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Higgins Family Cemetery. 
The Abandoned Gold Mine ​ 
Revelations of the Old Lake Map ​