A Bulloch Hall lecture series on the history of Roswell and Georgia in the 19th Century starts this week with a conversation on James Stephens Bulloch, an early settler and the maternal grandfather of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Author Connie Huddleston discusses her book, James Stephens Bulloch: Aristocratic Southern Gentleman at 7 p.m. Thursday. Huddleston wrote the biography after researching documents from the time period, letters and newspapers.
More lecture highlights this spring include Northside historian Clarke Otten discussing Issac Roberts, a railroad engineer and operator of the line that extended from Roswell to Chamblee. Trains ran along the railroad from 1881-1920. The Isaac Roberts House is located in Sandy Springs and on the National Register of Historic Places.
Industrialist John Fletcher Hanson, who helped to establish Georgia Tech is the topic of another lecture in the series. For a complete list, visit bullochhall.org.
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