Union County Legends
Union County Legends
25 Videos
25 Locations
Jack Lance
Watch and learn about the man who first became Union County's first true "star athlete" before leaving Union County and coming back to help build one of the mountain area's strongest basketball programs.
Glenn Gooch
Watch and learn about the Suches native who went on to serve in WWII and eventually became the Sole Commissioner of Union County for 12 years.
Glenda Gooch
Watch and learn about the girl whose Christmas miracle reached national headlines and whose legacy left behind a purpose of good and giving back to the Union County community.
Doris Colwell
Watch and learn about the woman who became and still is the only woman mayor of Blairsville to this day.
Micajah Clark Dyer
Watch and learn about the man who created the patented flying machine that predated the Wright Brothers first flight by nearly 30 years.
Mary Jo Miller
Watch and learn of the strong Union County lady who went further than most women of her time of her native area and served as an Army nurse through 2 world war before being interred at the prestigious Arlington National Cemetery.
Bonnell Stone
Watch and learn about the man who is honored and remembered as "Georgia's Father of Forestry".
James Lon Duckworth
Watch and learn about the Choestoe native who overcame many tough childhood hurdles and circumstances, but yet, went on to become a prestigious corporation attorney as well as the State of Georgia's Democratic Party Chairman.
Ethelene Dyer Jones
Watch and learn about the woman whose historic story telling helped inspire the creation of the historic interactive "Greetings From Union County, GA" and "Union County Legends" murals.
Byron Herbert Reece
Watch and learn about the quietly famous, former mountain poet of Choestoe who reached national acclaim and acquired a big name for himself in the world of poetry.
Ed Mauney
Watch and learn about one of Union County's first ever state appointed historian and one of it's most intriguing citizens of all time.
Arthur Woody
Watch and learn about the beloved U.S. forest ranger who helped to bring "white-tail deer back to the mountains" and who helped look over the Chattahoochee National Forest we know today.
Harlan Duncan
Watch and learn about the man who was once known as the "John Wayne of Union County" and who had won the love and respect of Union County citizens during his years as Union County Sheriff
Carlton Colwell
Watch and learn about the man who represented Union County and other surrounding counties as a Georgia State Representative for 36 years.
William Henry Duckworth
Watch and learn about the Choestoe native who overcame many tough childhood hurdles and circumstances, but yet, went on to become the longest ever serving Chief Justice of the Georgia State Supreme Court.
George Berry
From the mountains of North Georgia to the big city of Atlanta, watch and learn about the man who lead the expansion of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest airport.
Thomas Slaughter Candler
Watch and learn about one of Union County's most respected and beloved judges of all time and the positive impacts he made on Union County and the great state of Georgia as an Associate Justice of the Georgia State Supreme Court.
M.D. Collins
Watch and learn about the incredible journey and story of the Choestoe man who came from early hardships and went onto become "The Architect of Georgia's Public School System".
Charles Simpson Reid
Watch and learn about the Union County man who went on to become the nation's youngest chief justice at the time of his appointment.
Bascom Sine Deaver
Watch and learn about the Ivy Log educated native who went on to become a prominent federal attorney before becoming an iconic federal judge.
Pat Haralson
Watch and learn about the legendary Blairsville couple, and the only couple featured within the "Union County Legends Mural", who made their distinctive marks on Union County.
Maude Haralson
Watch and learn about the legendary Blairsville couple, and the only couple featured within the "Union County Legends Mural", who made their distinctive marks on Union County.
Eric England
Watch and learn about the Union County man who went on to serve in the USMC and became one of the top snipers in U.S. history.
Ed Jenkins
Watch and learn about the beloved, former U.S. House Representative that represented Georgia's 9th Congressional District and became well known "as one of the smartest operators on Capitol Hill".
Joseph Emerson Brown
Watch and learn about the man who grew up as a poor mountain farm boy in Suches, GA and went on to become Georgia's "Civil War Governor", as well as one of the state of Georgia's most powerful politicians of all time.
