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 gatesestate@bellsouth.net.

The Beginnings of HOBO since 1996 (video)
New Year's Midnight Ski. 
Ed Warren, "Poet Laureate" of Lake Mitchell (video)
Higgins Family Cemetery. 
The Abandoned Gold Mine ​ 
Revelations of the Old Lake Map ​
​The Wyatts of the Coosa

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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
Excerpts from the Union-Banner Newspaper 1921