Traveling
History
through
by Hayden Deslich and Adrian Aguliar
(Interview by Hayden Deslich)
my beloved teacher, Mrs. Phillips, I wouldn’t know
about this. I wouldn’t be able to do this article without
the help of Adrian Aguilar, who helped me transcribe
and write it. It is an amazing story-how it was a sen-
sation to the towns from Cornelia, Georgia to Frank-
lin, North Carolina, and how it was a disappointment
when it left the “little” towns of North Georgia.
I previously worked at the Rabun Gap Nacoochee
School Railroad Museum, telling the story of the Tal-
lulah Falls Railway to visitors of the museum. I worked
there for about four years, I first started the job with
a man named Dess Oliver. Dess knew my family for
probably 20 years before I came along. My family no-
ticed that I was getting interested in trains and every-
thing; so, they took me down to the museum, I met
Dess, and then the relationship grew from there. In
2015, Dess passed away, so the school offered me a
position working part-time, on the weekends, and
special events for the museum. I (have) been helping
off and on since then.
Josh Scott is a
well-educated nineteen year old, who has
a heart for the past. When we first sat down to discuss
the Tallulah Falls Railroad, we “cracked” open two so-
das, because there was a lot of information to be dis-
cussed. Josh Scott works at the Tallulah Falls Railway
Museum in Rabun Gap to give people the history of
the railroad. It all started with a man named Dess Oli-
ver who passed his knowledge down to Scott. Without
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