Rabun County Historical Society

Rabun County Historical Society The mission of the Rabun County Historical Society is to preserve, collect, organize and disseminate information about Rabun County’s past.

1920 photo of boat on Lake Rabun used to haul barges with building materials for the dams & power plant on Lake Burton &...
08/31/2026

1920 photo of boat on Lake Rabun used to haul barges with building materials for the dams & power plant on Lake Burton & Seed.

Preparing to weave wool cloth from local sheep. Keeping sheep used to be much more common than now. Sheep provided wool ...
08/31/2026

Preparing to weave wool cloth from local sheep. Keeping sheep used to be much more common than now. Sheep provided wool for clothing as well as meat for the family table. Anyone know who this lady is ?

Rosie Justus Kilby (Rachel) churning butter on the porch of her house. She and her husband, Henry Kilby, had a farm on P...
08/31/2026

Rosie Justus Kilby (Rachel) churning butter on the porch of her house. She and her husband, Henry Kilby, had a farm on Patterson Gap in the Persimmon area. Their home is on the National Registry of Historic Places. It is one of the earliest surviving farm houses in Rabun County from the late 1800's. It never had electricity, running water or telephone as long as they lived there. In the 1800's just about every home had a milk cow which provided milk & butter products for the family.

1961 winners of essay for the Soil Conservation Service , from the Rabun County High School. Names below picture.
08/31/2026

1961 winners of essay for the Soil Conservation Service , from the Rabun County High School. Names below picture.

Mr & Mrs J R Brooks, 1969-70 Rabun County's Outstanding Conservation Farm family.
08/29/2026

Mr & Mrs J R Brooks, 1969-70 Rabun County's Outstanding Conservation Farm family.

Here is another photo view of the York House boarding house. The York House started as a family farm house. After the Ta...
08/29/2026

Here is another photo view of the York House boarding house. The York House started as a family farm house. After the Tallulah Falls Railroad ran northward near their home, the family started taking in passengers as boarders and they kept adding to the home. This building is now on the National Registry of Historic Places and is used now to house employees of the Edwards Inn in Highlands NC. No date shown, lotsa people on the porches.

2 ladies from the farm families at Rabun Gap Nacoochee School, working on learning new methods of food preparation and c...
08/29/2026

2 ladies from the farm families at Rabun Gap Nacoochee School, working on learning new methods of food preparation and cooking. See Dixie Crystals sugar, Campbell soup, Snowdrift shortening. Mrs Lon & Mrs Marlor Taylor.

1952 staff at the Rabun County Health Department. Venice Dickerson on the left bottom, top row middle is Josephine Brewe...
08/29/2026

1952 staff at the Rabun County Health Department. Venice Dickerson on the left bottom, top row middle is Josephine Brewer & right of her I think is Jo Dotson. Can anyone help with names ? Great ladies doing a great service to our county !

08/28/2026

Notice: The Rabun County Historical Society posts photos and writings from Rabun County History from up to 200 years ago. Some of these items may be found upsetting or offensive to some individuals. We endeavor to present historical items that are accurate & unbiased. Societal norms have changed considerably in the past 200 years and actions that were considered legal and common are now not so.

Stekoa Falls water fall about 3 miles South of Clayton on private property. Note the person standing on the rock below t...
08/28/2026

Stekoa Falls water fall about 3 miles South of Clayton on private property. Note the person standing on the rock below the falls. Postcard published by Dover & Green, postmarked 1922.

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81 North Church Street
Clayton, GA
30525

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