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Field Notes

That Time The Navy Tested Explosives at Arabia Lake

That Time The Navy Tested Explosives at Arabia Lake

Published: May 8, 2025   |   Author: Sasha Johnson   |   Category: Featured, Field Notes   |   No Comments

Rock quarrying seems to not have been the only source of explosions at Arabia Mountain… Many sites around the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area have been used for more than […]

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All About That “Red Stuff” – Diamorpha At Arabia

All About That “Red Stuff” – Diamorpha At Arabia

Published: Apr 21, 2025   |   Author: Sasha Johnson   |   Category: Field Notes   |   No Comments

The illusive red succulent returns this spring with its white flowery bloom. What do we know about it and why is it so rare? Each spring in the Heritage Area, […]

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Volunteers Of Arabia: James Madison University Students Beautify The NHA

Volunteers Of Arabia: James Madison University Students Beautify The NHA

Published: Apr 16, 2025   |   Author: Emily Allen and Sara Buie   |   Category: Field Notes   |   No Comments

Check out this photo Field Note by 2 James Madison University students who spent the week of March 16, 2025 volunteering at the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area. Spring break […]

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Women’s History Month: Q&A With Master Angler Evonne Blythers

Women’s History Month: Q&A With Master Angler Evonne Blythers

Published: Mar 31, 2025   |   Author: Jeff Dingler   |   Category: Field Notes   |   No Comments

A Junior Angler Coordinator for the Arabia Alliance, Evonne Blythers talks about her upbringing in rural Indiana, the Junior Ranger Angler Program, and her love of historic bridge builder Horace King! […]

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Flannery O’Connor’s Connection To The Monastery Of The Holy Spirit

Flannery O’Connor’s Connection To The Monastery Of The Holy Spirit

Published: Mar 25, 2025   |   Author: Jeff Dingler   |   Category: Field Notes   |   No Comments

On the Georgia author’s 100th birthday, we look at how Flannery O’Connor discovered the Monastery, and how some of her famous peacocks wound up there. March 25th this year marks […]

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An American Reflection On Black History Month

An American Reflection On Black History Month

Published: Feb 28, 2025   |   Author: Brigette Jones   |   Category: Field Notes   |   No Comments

The Arabia Alliance’s Assistant Executive Director and resident Historian Brigette Jones reflects on the significance of Black History Month on the eve of the United States’ 250th. National Heritage Areas […]

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Black History Month: Arabia Mountain’s Naturalist & Ranger Shaundon Moore

Black History Month: Arabia Mountain’s Naturalist & Ranger Shaundon Moore

Published: Feb 26, 2025   |   Author: Sasha Johnson   |   Category: Field Notes   |   No Comments

Born and raised in neighboring Ellenwood, Georgia, Moore spent much of his childhood outdoors. With an insatiable passion for nature, he soon realized that this was something he would be […]

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Black History Month: Bruce Street Alum Mae Frances Anderson

Black History Month: Bruce Street Alum Mae Frances Anderson

Published: Feb 18, 2025   |   Author: Jeff Dingler   |   Category: Field Notes   |   No Comments

Anderson is the last living member of the Bruce Street School graduating class of 1950 and her grandmother Frances Branham was a third-grade teacher at the school.  At 90, Mae […]

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How Ed Alexander Saved Alexander Lake

How Ed Alexander Saved Alexander Lake

Published: Jan 28, 2025   |   Author: Jeff Dingler   |   Category: Field Notes   |   No Comments

A revered landscape architect who designed the children’s garden in the White House, Alexander was also a passionate preservationist who convinced others to protect local green spaces Anyone who’s visited […]

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Remembering Arabia Mountain Trailblazer Tyrone Burkette

Remembering Arabia Mountain Trailblazer Tyrone Burkette

Published: Jan 3, 2025   |   Author: Jeff Dingler   |   Category: Field Notes   |   No Comments

The popular Arabia Mountain ranger and trail guide was a renaissance man who was also a pastor, educator, college president and model train enthusiast. The Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area […]

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Hidden Figures: Moses Green, The Monastery’s Celebrated Mason

Hidden Figures: Moses Green, The Monastery’s Celebrated Mason

Published: Dec 17, 2024   |   Author: Jeff Dingler   |   Category: Field Notes   |   No Comments

Visitors to the Monastery of the Holy Spirit (MoHS) may not know the name Moses Green, but his work abounds throughout the Monastery grounds. If you see brick on brick, […]

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Uncovering Civil War History In The NHA

Uncovering Civil War History In The NHA

Published: Nov 18, 2024   |   Author: Jeff Dingler   |   Category: Field Notes   |   No Comments

The National Heritage Area contains some fascinating Civil War history from skirmishes at Flat Rock during the Battle of Atlanta to experiencing the destruction of William Sherman’s March to the […]

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