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Women’s Work

by Cherokee County Historical Society

Written and compiled by Lisa Hillhouse Tressler, Women’s Work showcases the history of Cherokee County textiles. The volume was published to accompany a 2015 exhibit by the Cherokee County Historical Society that presented these textiles for viewing. John Brooke and Sherree Sawyer, who stopped by to show museum representatives woven coverlets made by their ancestors in the late 1800s using thread from Fincher Mill in Waleska, inspired the exhibit. Skills used to produce these textiles included spinning, dying, weaving, sewing, quilting, embroidery, tatting, crochet, knitting, and leather work. The exhibit even includes a hat and purse made from corn husks.

Women’s Work– A Survey of Handmade Textiles from Cherokee County, Georgia is a publication of the Cherokee County Historical Society. The Historical Society is the caretaker for important artifacts and documents pertaining to Cherokee County history.

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Modern Cronies

by Kenneth H. Wheeler

Modern Cronies: Southern Industrialism from Gold Rush to Convict Labor, 1829–1894 traces how various industrialists, thrown together by the effects of the southern gold rush, shaped the development of the southeastern United States. Existing historical scholarship treats the gold rush as a self-contained blip that—aside from the horrors of Cherokee Removal (admittedly no small thing) and a supply of miners to California in 1849—had no other widespread effects. In fact the southern gold rush was a significant force in regional and national history.

The pressure for Cherokee Removal brought by the gold rush opened the path of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, the catalyst for the development of both Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tennessee. This book explains the network of associations and interconnections across the varied industries in a way that newly interprets the development of the southeastern United States.

Dr. Kenneth Wheeler is a local history professor at Reinhart University. He spent years writing his latest publication using archival resources from across our region. The book is published by the University of Georgia Press.

Kristy’s Runway

by Judy McDonough

Fashion designer Kristy Tanner has snagged the opportunity of a lifetime: competing during Fashion Week for a chance to work with her favorite designer. Between her recent promotion and her handsome boyfriend, Matteo “Runway” DeLuka, all her dreams are about to come true.

But two pink lines—the ones she thought she’d see only after an impressive wedding—put a shocking kink in her plans. To make matters worse, she inadvertently provokes the one person who could destroy everything.

Runway’s elite surveillance company has been hired to help bring down a manipulative tyrant who has dirt on every VIP in Beverly Hills. When he realizes the threat is his ex and she’s working directly with Kristy, he knows he must risk betraying the woman he loves to protect her. Can Runway complete his mission in time to keep Kristy safe? Will all the secrets and lies tear them apart forever?

Judy McDonough is originally from Arkansas and has a deep love for the South. After moving to various states with her family, she and her spouse settled in Cherokee County with their three sons. Judy is also the author of The Bayou Secrets Saga, a collection of three paranormal romance novels.

People ~Partnerships ~Possibilities

For twenty years, the Cherokee FOCUS collaborative has been bringing diverse skills, expertise, and resources to the table to identify and meet the needs of our youth and families. In connecting the wide range of resources of our private and public sector, community leaders, parents and youth, we can fill gaps in services and meet needs otherwise neglected. Our members design programs and initiatives that support our neighbors through a means that could not be met by any one agency, business, or individual.

Some of the Cherokee FOCUS initiatives and programs include: • Drug Free Cherokee • Cherokee Youth Works • Cherokee County Youth Council • Cherokee Suicide Prevention Coalition • Community Resource Guide

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Drug Free Cherokee has been a major initiative of media Cherokee FOCUS since 2004. youth Community members that make up this coalition, strategically plan and promote ways to prevent alcohol and substance misuse among the youth in our community. parents schools businesses healthcare You can be a part of this vital work with your time, talent, passion civic groups or donations, and make a difference in the lives of others. law enforcement caring individuals Want to be part of the solution? local government Join us and get in FOCUS. youth-serving organizations For more information, visit substance abuse professionals DrugFreeCherokee.org local, state, & national partners

According to data provided by middle and high school students about themselves, the age of onset for alcohol use in Cherokee County is age 13. Professional counselors in our community are reporting an increase number of psychosis cases in youth in our community as a result of cannabis use. Be a part of the solution.