Course Instructor - Jerry Taylor

Course Fee - $25.00

The purpose of this course is to acquaint you with segments of Georgia's post-Civil War history. Major topics to be considered will be Reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, the New South, Famous Georgians, Georgia Miscellany, and Georgia’s Natural Wonders.

Tallulah Gorge

Jerry Taylor is a native of Towns County, having lived in the shadow of Brasstown Bald all his life. He graduated from Towns County High School and YHC. He holds degrees from UGA, North Georgia College and State University, and Lincoln Memorial University. Jerry is retired after thirty-three years as a public-school teacher.

He is a member of the Historical Society and is Towns County's official historian. 

He is a professional organist having served local churches for fifty years. His home, known as "The Organ Loft" features his collection of antique reed organs.