"This is a photographic history of the copper miners, shop owners, homesteaders, and railroad workers who made these [Blue Ridge] mountains their homes"--p. 4 o

This is a photographic essay of riding the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway in the fall from Blue Ridge, Georgia to McCaysville, GA/Copperhill, TN, the small town with

Having whistled its first "all aboard" in 1988, the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway now rambles alongside the Toccoa's clear waters, treating 50,000-plus sightseers a

In 1996, Wilds Lovick Pierce II, owner of the Georgia Northeastern Railroad, and local supporters had a vision for a return of passenger rail travel in North Ge