Column: A few of the movers and shakers who made Gainesville what it is today

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Column: A few of the movers and shakers who made Gainesville what it is today

Johnny Vardeman

Published: Nov 20, 2021, 12:16 AM

It would take a thick book to list all the people down through 200 years who have brought Gainesville to where it is. But let’s list a few in the city’s earlier years.

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Column: Town of Chamblee’s namesake was a Gainesvillian

Johnny Vardeman

For The Times

Published: Mar 6, 2025, 7:28 PM

One might wonder why the town of Chamblee, just outside Atlanta, was named for a Black man from Gainesville, who never lived in Chamblee.

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