Todd DeFeo, Author at Sightseers' Delight

The Downtown Arrow

March 14, 2007 Todd DeFeo

The Downtown Arrow ground to a halt as it approached the crossing with a major freight artery.

I think it’s fair to judge the success of a trip by how sad you are to go home. I think this as I stand on a bus that will take me across the tarmac of Florence’s airport to the airplane that is waiting for me. And, I don’t want to go home, but go home I must.

That’s a Unique Name, Tell Me More

January 16, 2007 Todd DeFeo

Take the north Georgia cities of Winder or Jefferson for example. Winder was Jug Tavern until the city was renamed after a railroad man – John L. Winder – who is credited with bringing the Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railway to town. Jefferson, once named Thomoccoggan, was named in honor of President Thomas Jefferson.

Ford among best of the Boy Scouts

January 7, 2007 Todd DeFeo

History likely will remember Gerald Ford as the president who pardoned Richard Nixon. But, Ford’s greatest accomplishment may be one he attained long before reaching the White House: He made the rank of Eagle Scout.

ABH: Mother’s life: Drugs and crime

January 6, 2007 Todd DeFeo

Woman faces charges in slayings of her children

ABH: Slain kids’ mom sought

January 5, 2007 Todd DeFeo

Investigators say the mother of two slain children was in the home when they were stabbed to death, but authorities are stopping short of calling her a suspect in their murders.

ABH: Renovation of old hotel in the works

January 4, 2007 Todd DeFeo

By the end of the year, officials hope the interior of an historic granite hotel located in downtown Winder will be removed and replaced with a new steel structure.

The Death of a Dictator

December 30, 2006 Todd DeFeo

No matter where one stands politically, the world just witnessed an historic event: The death of Saddam Hussein. Saddam was tried, convicted and sentenced to death in an Iraqi judicial system. He met his fate, the hangman’s noose, just before dawn Iraqi time. The issue of Iraq has arguably become the most polarizing issues in recent United States history. Without a doubt, all sides of the political spectrum will try to use the death of