Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Cohutta Wilderness in News, 1974 - 1977, Chatsworth Times, Murray County, Georgia

Notes on Cohutta Wilderness area, with citizens speaking out against the designation of lands as a wilderness area.

Source:
The Chatsworth Times, Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia
January 1974 through 11 August 1977
From microfilm reproduced by University of Georgia Libraries Photographic Services; presented to library by Friends of the Library, June 16, 1998.

Brief summary of selected articles:

Volume 89, No. 17

(Date unknown, not noted): Page 1: Gilmer County Commissioner is against the Cohutta Wilderness Act, for financial economic reasons.

Volume 89, No. 19

May 9, 1974, page 4 (noted; no details; not even sure if this relates to the Wilderness Act or to another project being researched at the time).

June 6, 1974 (page not noted): Big story of Jaycees against Cohutta Wilderness Act.

Volume 89, No. 21:

May 23, 1974, page 1 (my note just says "Chats Times against.")

May 30, 1974, page 1, Jaycees fighting wilderness.

May 23, 1974, page 4: Motorcycles prohibited in Chattahoochee National Forest. Bank riding is a problem.

Volume 89, No. 24 

June 20, 1974, page 1: Wilderness protest; turnout of 500 people.

Noted: Volume 29 has a similar story or story of interest.

This was just my page of scribbled notes from a single microfilm search for articles on The Cohutta Wilderness Act. This may or may not be a complete or correct list of articles on the subject from the searched film.





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