Stockmar Flying S Ranch & Gold Mine http://stockmarflyingsranch.com A Blog of Stories by Carla Smothers Thu, 23 Apr 2020 21:53:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3 Meet Carl Lewis, Part 3 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2019/07/31/meet-carl-lewis-part-3/ http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2019/07/31/meet-carl-lewis-part-3/#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:00:29 +0000 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/?p=1310 Meet Carl Lewis, Part 1 Meet Carl Lewis, Part 2 Meet Carl Lewis, Part 3 This is Part 3 of a newspaper article from 2008, partially quoted, about the history of Carl Lewis at Stockmar Park.   Notice if you will, the following words of praise are from Jeff Reese who in 2008 was the […]

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Meet Carl Lewis, Part 2 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2019/07/30/meet-carl-lewis-part-2/ http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2019/07/30/meet-carl-lewis-part-2/#comments Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:05:43 +0000 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/?p=968 Meet Carl Lewis, Part 1 Meet Carl Lewis, Part 2 This is Part 2 of a newspaper article from 2008, partially quoted, about the history of Carl Lewis at Stockmar Park. You will find the PART 1 link above. CONTINUED FROM PART 1. Stockmar and Lewis spent two years cleaning up the property (at Stockmar Park), building panning troughs, cutting roads […]

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Meet Carl Lewis, Part 1 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2019/07/29/meet-carl-lewis/ http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2019/07/29/meet-carl-lewis/#comments Mon, 29 Jul 2019 19:15:16 +0000 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/?p=655 If you’re “from around here” (meaning Villa Rica, Georgia) you know Carl Lewis. If not, please allow me the pleasure of introducing you to him. My introduction will be, in part, quoted from a 2008 newspaper article written when the Pine Mountain Gold Museum was first opened and Carl was 64 years old. Carl retired […]

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“I think fairies live here…” http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2019/07/28/1436/ http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2019/07/28/1436/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2019 01:34:16 +0000 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/?p=1436 The post “I think fairies live here…” appeared first on Stockmar Flying S Ranch & Gold Mine.

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1965 Stockmar Flying S Ranch Brochure http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2019/01/11/1965-stockmar-flying-s-ranch-brochure/ http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2019/01/11/1965-stockmar-flying-s-ranch-brochure/#respond Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:07:13 +0000 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/?p=636 I remember my parents, Carl and Betty Smothers, attending the Stockmar Flying S Ranch events! I’ll bet you do as well, if you’re “from around here.”

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Villa Rica Mining Heritage Park, “The Dream of Gold.” http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2019/01/07/villa-rica-mining-heritage-park/ http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2019/01/07/villa-rica-mining-heritage-park/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2019 01:32:44 +0000 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/?p=617 In 1999, the graduate students of history, under the direction of Dr. Ann McCleary, Professor of History and Co-Director of the Center for Public History at University of West Georgia, pursued a project called Villa Rica Mining Heritage Park, “The Dream of Gold.” There was a massive amount of time and research undertaken by many […]

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Stockmar Flying S Ranch Fishing Camp Ruins http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2018/09/08/stockmar-flying-s-ranch-fishing-camp-ruins/ http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2018/09/08/stockmar-flying-s-ranch-fishing-camp-ruins/#respond Sun, 09 Sep 2018 02:10:37 +0000 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/?p=528 Carla took these pictures of the old fishing camp ruins on March 4, 2009.  The ruins are still in the woods around Mirror Lake. You can see the signature “T-blocks” which were fabricated at the Stockmar Gold Mine.  The “T-blocks” are on exhibit in the Pine Mountain Gold Museum.  

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Stockmar Family Life in 1946 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2018/09/04/stockmar-family-life/ http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2018/09/04/stockmar-family-life/#respond Tue, 04 Sep 2018 23:54:24 +0000 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/?p=497 Buddy and Vera Stockmar relax with three young boys on the porch of their home near Villa Rica, Georgia, August 11, 1946. “Mr. and Mrs. Stockmar on the porch of their home atop a gold mountain near Villa Rica. The boys are Cammy Candler, Dodger Stockmar and Sonny Counts”–Newspaper caption attached to verso of print. […]

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Take a Moonlight Ride with Mr. Mac and the Flying S Saddle Club in 1952 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2018/04/17/take-a-moonlight-ride-with-mr-mac-and-the-flying-s-saddle-club-in-1952/ http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2018/04/17/take-a-moonlight-ride-with-mr-mac-and-the-flying-s-saddle-club-in-1952/#respond Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:19:37 +0000 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/?p=425 This is the story of the Flying S Saddle Club at its beginning in the Spring of 1952, as written for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, December 7, 1952, by Olive Ann Burns, famous author, who at the time was a staff writer. On a horse hike, the Flying S Saddle Club looks like the original […]

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Mr. Mac Abercrombie and Ray Tyson ~ Beginnings of the Stockmar Flying S Ranch http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2018/04/07/mr-mac-abercrombie/ http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/2018/04/07/mr-mac-abercrombie/#respond Sun, 08 Apr 2018 01:36:15 +0000 http://stockmarflyingsranch.com/?p=254 Folks who have lived in Villa Rica, GA early on added details to this story.  They prefer to remain private, as country folk often do  Most importantly, this is a story about Mr. Mac Abercrombie and Ray Tyson. Around 1952, The Villa Rica Saddle Club started out at Freddie Mae and Ray Tyson’s place in […]

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