Celebrate the natural beauty and wonder of North Georgia this summer with the Northeast Georgia History Center Chautauqua series “Appalachian Wanderers”. Our series this year features character performances of two very different sorts of wanderers: one, renowned Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, who in his work A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf waxes poetic describing Georgia’s Appalachian Mountains and Gainesville, and the other, Gainesville’s own social activist Helen Dortch Longstreet (widow of Gen. James Longstreet), who fought passionately to protect Tallulah Falls and Gorge from exploitation. Each presentation includes preshow entertainment featuring performances by Atlanta Historic Dance of popular dance contemporary with the times Muir and Longstreet speak from, while the performances are followed by in-character and out of character Q&A.

Join us this summer for inspiration, education, and entertainment with “Appalachian Wanderers” – and then pick a mountain, river, stream, or trail and go enjoy Georgia’s natural beauty firsthand!

John Muir Performance - June 28 at 7pm & June 29 at 1pm

• June 28th Tickets

• June 29th Tickets

Helen Dortch Longstreet Performance – July 26 at 7pm & July 27 at 1pm

• July 26th Tickets

• July 27th Tickets

322 Academy Street NE
Gainesville, GA 30501