A few days later, Young and many of her friends took off their aprons, laid down their hoes and rode over to the county ... the Alabama River at Miller's Ferry, just south of Gee's Bend.

The Vernon County Museum and History Center is now on its springtime hours. Stop by anytime Monday through Friday between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., or by appointment.

From railroad tycoons to golden fields, the origins of each county’s name reveal the region’s political, cultural and ...

Georgia’s highest court is weighing in on a fight over special protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee ...