<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215</id><updated>2012-01-12T22:29:26.167-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Micajah Clark Dyer</title><subtitle type='html'>Official Website of Georgia's 1874 Pioneer Aviator Micajah Clark Dyer &lt;br&gt;inventor of the 1874 'Apparatus for Navigating the Air', predecessor of the airplane.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>47</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-5037542375991958636</id><published>2012-01-12T21:58:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T22:19:37.667-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Recording of the Clark Dyer Song</title><summary type='text'>


On October 27, 2011, Johnny Carter, owner of the National Recording
Corporation of Rome, Georgia, invited Sylvia Dyer Turnage, to the NRC studio to record the song she had written about the
invention of an airplane by their great, great grand-father, Micajah Clark
Dyer. Sylvia wrote the words and music in 1994, but this is
the first recording of the song.

The ballad recounts the full story of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/5037542375991958636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=5037542375991958636&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/5037542375991958636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/5037542375991958636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2012/01/recording-of-clark-dyer-song.html' title='Recording of the Clark Dyer Song'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--WNPoWMUjlk/Tw-eReWj9KI/AAAAAAAAASE/C-cVxKk-9Dw/s72-c/National+Recording+Studio.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-7099910644728460253</id><published>2012-01-12T21:49:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T21:49:04.739-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Portrait of Clark Dyer by Local Artist Doris Durbin</title><summary type='text'>


Artist Doris Durbin of Blairsville, Georgia, painted the above portrait of Clark Dyer, working from an old image believed to be Clark and his wife, Morena, which was apparently taken in the 1880s and discovered about a year ago in the possession of one of Clark’s great, great granddaughters.


The Micajah Clark Dyer Foundation is placing a copy of Ms. Durbin’s painting in the Union County </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/7099910644728460253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=7099910644728460253&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/7099910644728460253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/7099910644728460253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2012/01/portrait-of-clark-dyer-by-local-artist.html' title='Portrait of Clark Dyer by Local Artist Doris Durbin'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J-2-jyOtVxc/Tw-ZGeTzsLI/AAAAAAAAAR8/qJvJtwR3bS4/s72-c/Clark+Dyer+by+Durbin+2012.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-2839251222372852819</id><published>2011-02-20T21:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-20T21:45:26.200-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Official gazette of the United States Patent Office, Volume 6</title><summary type='text'>Official gazette of the United States Patent Office, Volume 6 By United States Patent Office

Increased digital technology and website improvements have uncovered another discovery in the story of Micajah Clark Dyer. A descendant of MCD sent the foundation the following link, a publication called the Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. It is simply an annual publication with a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/2839251222372852819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=2839251222372852819&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/2839251222372852819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/2839251222372852819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2011/02/official-gazette-of-united-states.html' title='Official gazette of the United States Patent Office, Volume 6'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-5193383493958067639</id><published>2010-09-12T15:56:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T15:59:37.268-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Book "Georgia's Pioneer Aviator, Micajah Clark Dyer " by Sylvia Dyer Turnage</title><summary type='text'>Sylvia Dyer Turnage has donated copies of her new book Georgia's Pioneer Aviator, Micajah Clark Dyer to the Micajah Clark Dyer Foundation. Proceeds from sales go to raise funds for Foundation projects. 

You can preview and order a copy of the book at the following link: http://www.yourbook.com/BookInfo/IP32675-09.asp 

A review of the book by historian Ethelene Dyer Jones (published in the Union</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/5193383493958067639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=5193383493958067639&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/5193383493958067639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/5193383493958067639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2010/09/sylvia-dyer-turnage-has-donated-copies.html' title='Book &quot;Georgia&apos;s Pioneer Aviator,&lt;br&gt; Micajah Clark Dyer &quot; &lt;Br&gt;by Sylvia Dyer Turnage'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/TI0wZztU4jI/AAAAAAAAARs/kG1DdF3XrsI/s72-c/MCDbook.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-2574604541677628019</id><published>2010-07-26T17:05:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-03T21:42:21.211-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Family Dedicates Memorial to Clark Dyer</title><summary type='text'>Family members gather around the Micajah Clark Dyer memorial with Bob Barton of WNC Marble &amp; Granite Works who made the monument from granite manufactured by Eagle Granite Co. of Elberton, Ga.
A monument memorializing Clark Dyer’s invention and flight was dedicated at a special program held in the Choestoe Baptist Church Fellowship Hall on July 17, 2010. The program featured a pictorial and oral </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/2574604541677628019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=2574604541677628019&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/2574604541677628019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/2574604541677628019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2010/07/family-dedicates-memorial-to-clark-dyer.html' title='Family Dedicates Memorial to Clark Dyer'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/TE3c6iMTn7I/AAAAAAAAARQ/Hfy03C0IUk0/s72-c/MemorialDedicationJuly172010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-6608470437689114812</id><published>2010-07-07T09:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-07T09:22:59.074-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Georgia Focus to air story of Clark Dyer’s flight</title><summary type='text'>


John Clark of Georgia News Network with Micajah Clark Dyer’s great-great-granddaughter, Sylvia Dyer Turnage, and her son, Andrew Turnage at the Georgia Focus interview.

“Georgia Focus” a weekly, 28-minute talk show program featuring conversations about matters of statewide importance will air an interview with Sylvia Dyer Turnage and Andrew Turnage conducted by John Clark about the importance</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/6608470437689114812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=6608470437689114812&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/6608470437689114812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/6608470437689114812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2010/07/georgia-focus-to-air-story-of-clark.html' title='Georgia Focus to air story of Clark Dyer’s flight'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/TDR90aasskI/AAAAAAAAARM/wWyrcvilxWk/s72-c/GNNinterview2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-2592988926507160888</id><published>2010-07-07T07:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-07T07:45:10.209-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Micajah Clark Dyer Monument In Place</title><summary type='text'>The monument memorializing Clark Dyer’s invention and flight is now in place and ready for a family dedication ceremony that will take place in connection with the Dyer-Souther Family Reunion on Saturday, July 17th. A special program will be held in the Fellowship Hall at 1:30 p.m. and will be followed by a walk (or drive) to the cemetery for a dedication.

A formal, community-wide dedication </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/2592988926507160888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=2592988926507160888&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/2592988926507160888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/2592988926507160888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2010/07/micajah-clark-dyer-monument-in-place.html' title='Micajah Clark Dyer Monument In Place'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/TDRof69rRWI/AAAAAAAAARE/5_Wl6TaXxUo/s72-c/MCDMonument.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-8403444585745684784</id><published>2010-06-20T22:13:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-07T07:30:08.195-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Monument Delivered</title><summary type='text'> June 15th was an exciting day as a boom-truck rolled up beside the Old Choestoe Baptist Church Cemetery and offloaded an eagerly awaited hunk of marble. It was the arrival of the new monument for Georgia’s pioneer aviation inventor, Micajah Clark Dyer.


We are happy to say that the W.N.C. Marble &amp; Granite Co. did a superb job of engraving the memorial and embedding the original gravestones of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/8403444585745684784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=8403444585745684784&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/8403444585745684784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/8403444585745684784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2010/06/monument-for-clark-dyer.html' title='Monument Delivered'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-6018429526316712758</id><published>2009-12-13T20:53:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T07:25:37.713-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Micajah Clark Dyer Foundation Receives Donation from Descendant</title><summary type='text'>
Kenneth Dyer presents a check for $1,000 to Sylvia Dyer Turnage for the Micajah Clark Dyer gravesite project

The Micajah Clark Dyer Foundation received a generous gift from Kenneth Dyer of Dahlonega. Ken made the gift to assist in restoration of the gravesite and placement of a memorial headstone at the Old Choestoe Church Cemetery to honor Georgia’s pioneer aviator, Micajah Clark Dyer. 

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/6018429526316712758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=6018429526316712758&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/6018429526316712758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/6018429526316712758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2009/12/micajah-clark-dyer-foundation-receives.html' title='Micajah Clark Dyer Foundation Receives Donation from Descendant'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/SyWZVBnxGTI/AAAAAAAAAQc/wBri_0hxB84/s72-c/KenDyerdonation.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-8326870835364122124</id><published>2009-08-03T20:10:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T20:11:13.745-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Micajah Clark Dyer Memorial and Gravesite Restoration Announced</title><summary type='text'>At the Dyer-Souther Reunion held on July 18, 2009, Andrew Turnage gave an update on activities being planned to honor his great-great-great-grandfather, Micajah Clark Dyer. He stated that a non-profit corporation has been formed to further the goals of educating the public about Clark Dyer’s achievements. He provided contact information for the new corporation:

Micajah Clark Dyer Foundation, Inc</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/8326870835364122124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=8326870835364122124&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/8326870835364122124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/8326870835364122124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2009/08/micajah-clark-dyer-memorial-and.html' title='Micajah Clark Dyer Memorial and Gravesite Restoration Announced'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-1121015103289958237</id><published>2009-07-09T19:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-09T19:19:04.944-04:00</updated><title type='text'>2009 Dyer-Souther Reunion - Saturday, July 18</title><summary type='text'>By Ethelene Dyer Jones

This year's reunion will be a time to re-connect with family members near and far, to share some great food and fellowship, to honor those recently deceased from among us and welcome new additions to the family. We will also have the opportunity to learn a little about our many forebears from the time of the Revolution, as well as what is known of their service to the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/1121015103289958237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=1121015103289958237&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/1121015103289958237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/1121015103289958237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2009/07/2009-dyer-souther-reunion-saturday-july.html' title='2009 Dyer-Souther Reunion - Saturday, July 18'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-5597737558651559743</id><published>2009-05-26T07:19:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T11:52:28.410-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Clark Dyer’s Grandson Who Never Told a Lie</title><summary type='text'>-by Sylvia Dyer Turnage

An article published in the April 23, 2009 issue of the Union Sentinel by writer and historian Ethelene Dyer Jones tells about the life of John Andrew Wimpey (1887–1980). Johnny Wimpey was the grandson of Micajah Clark Dyer (1822–1891), who invented a flying machine in the North Georgia mountains during the mid-1800s. 

Mrs. Jones’ article says, “One of John Andrew Wimpey</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/5597737558651559743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=5597737558651559743&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/5597737558651559743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/5597737558651559743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2009/05/clark-dyers-grandson-who-never-told-lie.html' title='Clark Dyer’s Grandson Who Never Told a Lie'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-3445067109608793274</id><published>2009-01-14T06:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-15T06:47:39.717-05:00</updated><title type='text'>UC Playing Cards Feature Clark Dyer's Patent</title><summary type='text'>The Union County Historical Society has produced a deck of playing cards featuring interesting images and pictures from Union County's history on the fifty-six face-sides, with the Old Historical Courthouse pictured on the back of each card.

The King of Clubs in the deck features the front view image from Micajah Clark Dyer’s U. S. Patent for his flying machine granted in 1874. The family of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/3445067109608793274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=3445067109608793274&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/3445067109608793274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/3445067109608793274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2009/01/uc-playing-cards-feature-clark-dyer.html' title='UC Playing Cards Feature Clark Dyer&apos;s Patent'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/SW3iwAgm40I/AAAAAAAAAM0/Tyy7q7Ic_ho/s72-c/MCDplayingcard.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-291719808964419178</id><published>2008-07-27T19:12:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-15T06:46:27.848-05:00</updated><title type='text'>“Legend of Clark Dyer’s Remarkable Flying Machine” displayed at reunion</title><summary type='text'>Standing: Dr. Joseph B. Turner, Charles H. Souther, and Rev. Keith Jones.
Seated: Dr. Eva Nell Wike, Ethelene D. Jones, Dr. Thomas N. Lumsden, and Sylvia D. Turnage
The 2008 annual Dyer-Souther Heritage Association Reunion, held July 19, 2008 at the Choestoe Baptist Church in Blairsville, Georgia, featured a display of books written by family members. Pictured above are family authors who were </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/291719808964419178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=291719808964419178&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/291719808964419178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/291719808964419178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2008/07/legend-of-clark-dyers-remarkable-flying.html' title='“Legend of Clark Dyer’s Remarkable Flying Machine” displayed at reunion'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/SJDNnQAMRpI/AAAAAAAAAIk/s3-DxD8zdIk/s72-Rc/Writers+Dyer+Reunion+2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-1441045221081886519</id><published>2008-07-06T20:52:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-06T20:54:49.030-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dyer-Souther Reunion - July 19 at Choestoe Baptist Church</title><summary type='text'>The 2008 annual Dyer-Souther Heritage Association Reunion will be held Saturday, July 19, 2008 at the Choestoe Baptist Church, Family Life Center, 4455 Choestoe Church Rd., Blairsville, Georgia. Registration begins at 11:00 a.m. The Reunion honors the memory of early settlers to the Choestoe District of Union County--John Souther and Mary "Polly" Combs Souther and Elisha Dyer, Jr. and Elizabeth </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/1441045221081886519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=1441045221081886519&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/1441045221081886519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/1441045221081886519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2008/07/dyer-souther-reunion-july-19-at.html' title='Dyer-Souther Reunion - July 19&lt;br&gt; at Choestoe Baptist Church'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-3386276549624468321</id><published>2008-02-17T16:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-17T16:17:07.864-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Historical Society Museum Presented Timeline Book</title><summary type='text'>Pictured above: Historical Society President Sam Ensley accepts book from great, great grand-daughter Sylvia Dyer Turnage, as Board Member Betty Jane Shuler looks on.The Union County Historical Society has had on display for some time in the Old Courthouse Museum a copy of the 1874 patent granted to Union County’s pioneer aviator, Micajah Clark Dyer. There is also an artist’s sketch and a model </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/3386276549624468321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=3386276549624468321&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/3386276549624468321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/3386276549624468321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2008/02/historical-society-museum-presented.html' title='Historical Society Museum Presented Timeline Book'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/R7ihkShlqJI/AAAAAAAAAFM/Zy4Ww612Sro/s72-c/MCDbinderUCHistoricalSociety.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-5485456270470212200</id><published>2007-09-16T20:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-17T09:29:55.826-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Old Unicoi Trail DAR Hears Lost Piece of History</title><summary type='text'>At the September 8, 2007, meeting of the Old Unicoi Trail Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Hiawassee, Georgia, a piece of history that has never made it to the history books was related.  It was the account of Micajah Clark Dyer’s invention, construction and flight of an “Apparatus for Navigating the Air” long before anyone else succeeded in getting a guided craft </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/5485456270470212200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=5485456270470212200&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/5485456270470212200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/5485456270470212200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2007/09/old-unicoi-trail-dar-hears-lost-piece.html' title='Old Unicoi Trail DAR Hears Lost Piece of History'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/Ru3JOCveSfI/AAAAAAAAAEg/mU4jqBGOPlc/s72-c/DARHiawassee090807.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-1464290338669398407</id><published>2007-08-02T07:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-17T09:30:29.610-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ethelene Dyer Jones RecognizedWith “Flying Machine” Paperweight</title><summary type='text'>At the Annual Dyer-Souther Heritage Association Reunion held on July 14, 2007, at the Choestoe Baptist Church, Highway 180/Micajah Clark Dyer Parkway, Blairsville, Georgia, Historian Ethelene Dyer Jones was presented with a paperweight bearing the image of Clark Dyer’s “flying machine” in recognition of her many years of service as the historian, newsletter editor and organizer of the annual </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/1464290338669398407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=1464290338669398407&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/1464290338669398407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/1464290338669398407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2007/08/ethelene-dyer-jones-recognized-with.html' title='Ethelene Dyer Jones Recognized&lt;br&gt;With “Flying Machine” Paperweight'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/RrHFQIEbjXI/AAAAAAAAAD4/WhmijgH3CAc/s72-c/Ethelene+Receives+Paperweight.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-6551409919486969003</id><published>2007-07-07T19:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-07T19:11:20.888-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dyer-Souther Reunion - July 14 at Choestoe Baptist Church</title><summary type='text'>REMINDERSaturday, July 14, 2007Dyer-Souther ReunionChoestoe Baptist ChurchFamily Life CenterState Hwy. 180 - Micajah Clark Dyer Parkway11:00 AM - Registration12:00 Noon  - Covered dish meal1:00 PM  - Reunion program  Back to Top&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp &amp;nbsp &amp;nbsp  Home</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/6551409919486969003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=6551409919486969003&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/6551409919486969003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/6551409919486969003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2007/07/dyer-souther-reunion-july-14-at.html' title='Dyer-Souther Reunion - July 14&lt;br&gt; at Choestoe Baptist Church'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-5573500423529699615</id><published>2007-05-31T20:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-31T20:36:08.795-04:00</updated><title type='text'>NCSU Extension Learns Georgia May Have Been “First in Flight”</title><summary type='text'>Pictured above: Friends of the NC State University’s Extension Service at 21st International Luncheon on May 16, 2007.Upon invitation by the NC State University’s Extension Service Friends, Sylvia Dyer Turnage presented the story of Clark Dyer’s flying machine at their 21st International Luncheon on May 16, 2007, in Hayesville, NC. The group was very interested to learn about Micajah Clark Dyer’s</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/5573500423529699615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=5573500423529699615&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/5573500423529699615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/5573500423529699615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2007/05/ncsu-learns-georgia-may-have-been-first.html' title='NCSU Extension Learns Georgia&lt;br&gt; May Have Been “First in Flight”'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/Rl9lp7nn6AI/AAAAAAAAABQ/NdjyPsckYxc/s72-c/NCSU_Extension_Serv_Group051607.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-6452780760064649915</id><published>2007-04-29T20:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-10T14:17:11.828-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thousands Viewed Clark Dyer Story on Windstream Channel 4</title><summary type='text'>In mid-March, Windstream Channel 4 kicked off a new program titled “Mountain Trails” which is featuring history and places of interest in the Tri-State mountain area. The first episode of the program covered the entire story of Micajah Clark Dyer’s invention of a flying machine, from the oral legend to the subsequent discovery of his 1874 patent and the newspaper articles in 1875 reporting the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/6452780760064649915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=6452780760064649915&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/6452780760064649915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/6452780760064649915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2007/04/thousands-viewed-clark-dyer-story-on.html' title='Thousands Viewed Clark Dyer Story&lt;br&gt; on Windstream Channel 4'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/RkJnCFJ9AfI/AAAAAAAAABA/bl5w6Zoukic/s72-c/mountain+trails+sign.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-4245127573274822206</id><published>2007-04-05T13:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-07T11:16:50.482-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Autumn Leaves at House of Prayer Hear Clark Dyer Story</title><summary type='text'>The Autumn Leaves group at the House of Prayer Church in Blairsville, Georgia heard the amazing story of Micajah Clark Dyer, Georgia's Pioneer Aviator from Union County, who invented a flying machine which he patented in September 1874. They heard about the eyewitness stories of neighbors who saw him get his machine airborne as he slid down rails he built on Rattlesnake Mountain in the Choestoe </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/4245127573274822206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=4245127573274822206&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/4245127573274822206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/4245127573274822206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2007/04/autumn-leaves-at-house-of-prayer-hear.html' title='Autumn Leaves at House of Prayer&lt;br&gt; Hear Clark Dyer Story'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/RhaAgmil_LI/AAAAAAAAAAw/sUgu3qjhagk/s72-c/AutumnLeaves0407.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-5794762423187998964</id><published>2007-03-18T18:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-18T17:28:00.992-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Clark Dyer Story Airs on Mountain Trails Show Times on Windstream Channel 4</title><summary type='text'>Pictured above: The field owned by Dyer where he flew his aircraft.The first of a series of programs called “Mountain Trails” and featuring the story of Georgia's pioneer aviator, Micajah Clark Dyer, will be shown on Windstream Channel 4 on the dates and at the times listed below.Mondays, March 19 and 26, 2007, at 8:30 p.m.Tuesdays, March 20 and 27, 2007, at 9:00 p.m.Thursdays, March 22 and 29, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/5794762423187998964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=5794762423187998964&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/5794762423187998964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/5794762423187998964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2007/03/clark-dyer-story-airs-on-mountain.html' title='Clark Dyer Story Airs on Mountain Trails&lt;br&gt; Show Times on Windstream Channel 4'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/Rf2sq4o1oJI/AAAAAAAAAAk/sY7XnwhQcXM/s72-c/ch4times031807.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-7885980142711026007</id><published>2007-02-24T17:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-24T18:38:36.937-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Clark Dyer Story to air on Windstream Channel 4</title><summary type='text'>Mark Mote, Director and Editor of Windstream Channel 4, and Cindy Williams, President of Blairsville-Union County Chamber of Commerce, are beginning production of a series of programs on people, places and history of North Georgia.  The first of these programs will feature the story of Union County’s pioneer aviator, Micajah Clark Dyer, whose airplane design was patented in 1874.While Mark filmed</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/7885980142711026007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=7885980142711026007&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/7885980142711026007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/7885980142711026007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2007/02/clark-dyer-story-to-air-on-windstream.html' title='Clark Dyer Story to air on&lt;br&gt; Windstream Channel 4'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_QJkmfbFEGjo/ReC4NakAbBI/AAAAAAAAAAU/8bd4aPJCDhQ/s72-c/Ch4_Interview22Feb2007.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-117054481996503325</id><published>2007-02-03T17:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-03T18:20:19.976-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Clark Dyer Postage StampDisplayed in Union County Courthouse</title><summary type='text'>Union County Commissioner Lamar Paris hangs a display of the 39-cent U. S. Postage stamp honoring Union County pioneer inventor Micajah Clark DyerA sheet of U. S. Postage stamps featuring one of the drawings of Micajah Clark Dyer’s aircraft., taken from the patent he obtained from the U. S. Patent &amp; Trademark Office on September 1, 1874, is now hanging in the Union County Courthouse. Dyer lived </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/117054481996503325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=117054481996503325&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/117054481996503325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/117054481996503325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2007/02/clark-dyer-postage-stampdisplayed-in.html' title='Clark Dyer Postage Stamp&lt;br&gt;Displayed in Union County Courthouse'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-116787803473857974</id><published>2007-01-02T21:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-10T20:21:39.216-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Morning Glory Circle at First United Methodist Church in Blairsville hear Clark Dyer Story</title><summary type='text'>The Morning Glory Circle at First United Methodist Church in Blairsville, Georgia was very excited and amazed to hear the story of Micajah Clark Dyer’s invention of a flying machine here in the Choestoe District of Union County way back in 1874, years before anyone else had succeeded in getting a controlled vessel airborne. Sylvia Dyer Turnage, great-great granddaughter of Clark Dyer, was the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/116787803473857974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=116787803473857974&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/116787803473857974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/116787803473857974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2007/01/morning-glory-circle-at-first-united.html' title='Morning Glory Circle at First United Methodist Church in Blairsville hear Clark Dyer Story'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-116787724785355217</id><published>2006-12-24T20:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-03T21:26:00.833-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Early Clark Dyer Story Source reprinted for Christmas</title><summary type='text'>Many thanks from the Dyer Family to Ethelene Dyer Jones, the Dyer-Souther Heritage Association and Tom Hay Printing for the reprinting of the late Watson B. Dyer's 1980 edition of the Dyer Family History book.The book, first printed in 1967, is the first source to document the lineage of Micajah Clark Dyer and chronicle parts of the story of his flying machine, handed down by Dyer oral </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/116787724785355217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=116787724785355217&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/116787724785355217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/116787724785355217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/12/early-clark-dyer-story-source.html' title='Early Clark Dyer Story Source reprinted for Christmas'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-116278053715813690</id><published>2006-10-31T21:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-05T22:36:01.743-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Union County Pioneer Aviator Nominated for Hall of Fame</title><summary type='text'>As reported by the The Mountain Chronicle, November 01, 2006 by Sylvia Turnage  To view the source site for this and more news articles on Micajah Clark Dyer, click here.Micajah Clark Dyer (1822-1891) has been nominated for induction into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame at Dobbins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia. The nomination is based on Dyer's invention of an "Apparatus for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/116278053715813690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=116278053715813690&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/116278053715813690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/116278053715813690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/11/union-county-pioneer-aviator-nominated.html' title='Union County Pioneer Aviator&lt;br&gt; Nominated for Hall of Fame'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-116206775713142277</id><published>2006-10-28T16:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-28T16:47:45.920-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Postage Stamp to Honor Inventor Micajah Clark Dyer</title><summary type='text'>A new 39-cent U.S. postage stamp has been printed to honor Macajah Clark Dyer for his invention of an “Apparatus for Navigating the Air.”  The stamp shows the front view of Dyer’s flying ship as depicted in U.S. Patent, No. 154,654 issued to him on September 1, 1874.Clark Dyer designed, patented, built and flew his machine in Union County, Blairsville, Georgia, during the late 1800’s, decades </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/116206775713142277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=116206775713142277&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/116206775713142277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/116206775713142277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/10/postage-stamp-to-honor-inventor.html' title='Postage Stamp to Honor Inventor Micajah Clark Dyer'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115944607866545985</id><published>2006-09-26T16:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-28T08:21:18.666-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Clark Dyer Story Keeps Flying Along</title><summary type='text'>Pictured above:  Sylvia Dyer Turnage speaking to the White County Rotary Club on Sept. 26, 2006Upon invitation by the White County Rotary Club, Sylvia Dyer Turnage presented the story of Clark Dyer’s flying machine at a meeting on September 26, 2006, in Cleveland, Georgia.  In her PowerPoint presentation, she emphasized the innovative features of this pioneer mountain man’s design: a power source</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115944607866545985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115944607866545985&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115944607866545985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115944607866545985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/09/clark-dyer-story-keeps-flying-along.html' title='The Clark Dyer Story Keeps Flying Along'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115944594334887200</id><published>2006-09-23T13:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-28T08:19:03.360-04:00</updated><title type='text'>DAR introduced to Clark Dyer's flying machine</title><summary type='text'>Pictured above: The Presenters at the DAR meeting in Blairsville on Sept. 23, 2006On September 23, 2006, Sylvia Dyer Turnage introduced The Old Unicoi Trail Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to a piece of history that most of them had never heard of, the invention of a “flying machine” by Micajah Clark Dyer in the Choestoe District of Union County.  She showed them a copy of his</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115944594334887200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115944594334887200&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115944594334887200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115944594334887200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/09/dar-introduced-to-clark-dyers-flying.html' title='DAR introduced to Clark Dyer&apos;s flying machine'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115876499434062425</id><published>2006-09-15T10:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-20T11:18:18.656-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pioneer Aviator Waits 132 Years for Honor</title><summary type='text'>As published in 400 Edition magazine, Mountain Lore and Legends section, September/October 2006 by Sylvia Dyer Turnage  To view the source site for this and more news articles on Micajah Clark Dyer, click here.You shouldn’t discount the truth of old legends that get passed down, as I recently discovered afresh. Sometimes, evidence to support a folk tale can pop up at a time and place you least </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115876499434062425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115876499434062425&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115876499434062425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115876499434062425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/09/pioneer-aviator-waits-132-years-for.html' title='Pioneer Aviator Waits 132 Years for Honor'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115792891118909475</id><published>2006-09-03T13:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-10T18:58:25.996-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Clark Dyer display at Mountain Marketplace Heritage Festival</title><summary type='text'>Pictured above: Jean Oakley and Sylvia Dyer Turnage with the Micajah Clark Dyer flying machine exhibit at the festival.Exhibits showcasing Micajah Clark Dyer’s flying machine were  on display at the Mountain Marketplace Heritage Festival in Blairsville, Georgia on September 2-3, 2006.  The annual festival is a community outreach event of the Union County Historical Society featuring mountain </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115792891118909475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115792891118909475&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115792891118909475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115792891118909475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/09/clark-dyer-display-at-mountain.html' title='Clark Dyer display at Mountain Marketplace&lt;br&gt; Heritage Festival'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115671705194736818</id><published>2006-08-25T11:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-27T19:52:50.880-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Who Was Micajah Clark Dyer?</title><summary type='text'>Who was Micajah Clark Dyer?  Everyone knows the answer to that question, right?  While Union County and much of Georgia were recently introduced to the 1800's inventor and aviator, not everyone knows. Thousands of visitors come to Union County each year from across the country and around the world. Would they know who Micajah Clark Dyer was when they drive down the parkway named for him?Clark's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115671705194736818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115671705194736818&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115671705194736818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115671705194736818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/08/who-was-micajah-clark-dyer.html' title='Who Was Micajah Clark Dyer?'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115638349480469607</id><published>2006-08-17T16:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-27T18:54:15.890-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Paris proclaimed Sept. 1, 2006  Micajah Clark Dyer Day</title><summary type='text'>As reported by the North Georgia News, August 23, 2006 covering the monthly County Meeting by Janice Boling  To view the source site for this and more news articles on Micajah Clark Dyer, click here.The story of Micajah Clark Dyer and his inventions, particularly his flying machine, is an amazing one that was kept alive through Dyer family oral tradition until 2004 when, thanks to the modern </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115638349480469607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115638349480469607&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115638349480469607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115638349480469607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/08/paris-proclaimed-sept-1-2006-micajah.html' title='Paris proclaimed Sept. 1, 2006 &lt;br&gt; Micajah Clark Dyer Day'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115542502948367971</id><published>2006-08-12T19:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-12T19:23:49.496-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Aviator flies to fame</title><summary type='text'>As reported by The Times, August 12, 2006 Front Page Local News by Rick Lavender  To view the source site for this and more news articles on Micajah Clark Dyer, click here.Micajah Clark Dyer Jr. may land in the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame, whether he flew or not. Howard "Mac" McWhorter, chairman emeritus for the aviation hall's board of directors, said this week the Union County settler has </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115542502948367971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115542502948367971&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115542502948367971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115542502948367971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/08/aviator-flies-to-fame.html' title='Aviator flies to fame'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115489655412716075</id><published>2006-08-06T23:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-09T07:49:48.823-04:00</updated><title type='text'>One man's 'Apparatus for navigating the air'</title><summary type='text'>As reported by the Gainesville Times, Rick LavenderLocal News, August 06, 2006  To view the source site for this and more news articles on Micajah Clark Dyer, click here.No one knows what convinced Micajah Clark Dyer Jr. he could fly more than a century ago. But many descendants of this Union County mountain man are convinced he did. In a boat-like craft built before "airplane" was a word and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115489655412716075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115489655412716075&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115489655412716075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115489655412716075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/08/one-mans-apparatus-for-navigating-air.html' title='One man&apos;s &apos;Apparatus for navigating the air&apos;'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115512412151573328</id><published>2006-08-06T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-09T09:48:59.833-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Blairsville family reflects on ancestor's legend of flight</title><summary type='text'>As reported by the Associated Press syndicated from the article by Rick Lavender in the Gainesville Times, Front Page Local News, August 06, 2006  To view the source site for this and more news articles on Micajah Clark Dyer, click here.GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP), August 06, 2006-- On a hazy summer day, a plane buzzed high over the green mountains in Union County.Someone once told Sylvia Dyer Turnage,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115512412151573328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115512412151573328&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115512412151573328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115512412151573328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/08/blairsville-family-reflects-on.html' title='Blairsville family reflects on ancestor&apos;s legend of flight'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115512622386603326</id><published>2006-07-20T08:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-09T08:53:42.823-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Post-reunion reflections</title><summary type='text'>As reported by the Union Sentinel July 20, 2006 by Ethelene Dyer Jones  To view the source site for this and more news articles on Micajah Clark Dyer, click here.Last week's column looked forward to the Dyer-Souther Heritage Association annual reunion held on Saturday, July 15, 2006. We anticipate it each year with great joy, knowing that we will meet more kin that hear about it and make their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115512622386603326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115512622386603326&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115512622386603326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115512622386603326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/07/post-reunion-reflections.html' title='Post-reunion reflections'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115333627068412760</id><published>2006-07-17T06:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T13:23:30.090-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Micajah Clark Dyer Parkway - Signs placed</title><summary type='text'>The Georgia Department of Transportation unveiled the new Micajah Clark Dyer Parkway signs posted on Georgia Highway 180 from the intersection at U.S. Highway 129 to Georgia Highway 180 Spur at the Towns County line. By early this morning, the sign used at the official ceremony at Choestoe Baptist Church was placed at the intersection of Georgia Highway 180 at Georgia Highway 348, the "Richard B.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115333627068412760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115333627068412760&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115333627068412760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115333627068412760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/07/micajah-clark-dyer-parkway-signs.html' title='Micajah Clark Dyer Parkway - Signs placed'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115369557970292766</id><published>2006-07-15T18:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T13:26:45.786-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Relatives honor 'a genius'</title><summary type='text'>As reported front page by the Union SentinelJuly 20, 2006 front page by Joan Crothers.   To view the source site for this and more news articles on Micajah Clark Dyer, click here.Micajah Clark Dyer was finally getting the due he deserved as relatives and friends gathered at the Choestoe Baptist Church on Saturday, July 15. The beautiful Fellowship Hall was filled to capacity with an estimated 300</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115369557970292766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115369557970292766&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115369557970292766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115369557970292766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/07/relatives-honor-genius.html' title='Relatives honor &apos;a genius&apos;'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115202339660654770</id><published>2006-07-04T10:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T13:20:54.440-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Highway Name to Honor 1874 Flying Machine Inventor Micajah Clark Dyer</title><summary type='text'>There will be a dedication service for the naming of Micajah Clark Dyer Parkway on Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. at the Choestoe Baptist Church Family Life Center south of Blairsville, Georgia. The Parkway is being named to honor Mr. Dyer for his invention of a flying machine, for which he was granted a United States Patent in 1874. The portion of Georgia Highway 180 to be named is from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115202339660654770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115202339660654770&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115202339660654770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115202339660654770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/07/highway-name-to-honor-1874-flying.html' title='Highway Name to Honor 1874 Flying Machine Inventor Micajah Clark Dyer'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115334871805851890</id><published>2006-05-31T10:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T13:20:18.410-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue Honors Micajah Clark Dyer at Capitol</title><summary type='text'>As reported front page by the Union Sentinel, June 15, 2006:  To view the source site for this and more news articles on Micajah Clark Dyer, click here.A group of Dyers from Georgia, Alabama and Florida journeyed to the Capitol on May 31 to meet with Governor Sonny Perdue for official recognition of their ancestor, Micajah Clark Dyer, who invented a "flying machine" in the North Georgia mountains</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115334871805851890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115334871805851890&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115334871805851890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115334871805851890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/05/georgia-governor-sonny-perdue-honors.html' title='Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue Honors Micajah Clark Dyer at Capitol'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115552094613763301</id><published>2006-05-18T04:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-13T22:02:26.150-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Highlights of Aviation History</title><summary type='text'>As reported by the Union Sentinel, August 06, 2006 Front Page by Ethelene Dyer Jones  To view the source site for this and more news articles on Micajah Clark Dyer, click here.Thanks to Union County Representative, the Honorable Charles F. Jenkins, Highway 180 will soon be designated the Micajah Clark Dyer Parkway. The resolution which has passed the Georgia House and Senate will receive Governor</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115552094613763301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115552094613763301&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115552094613763301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115552094613763301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2006/05/highlights-of-aviation-history.html' title='Highlights of Aviation History'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115506302889141253</id><published>2004-01-01T14:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-13T22:30:23.870-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Wright Brothers Craft Came After Clark Dyer's Flying Machine</title><summary type='text'>As reported by the Union Sentinel, January 1, 2004 by Ethelene Dyer Jones  To view the source site for this and more news articles on Micajah Clark Dyer, click here.On December 17, 2003, America stood poised to see a reproduction of the Wright Brothers’ flying machine lift from Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.  It was in commemoration of one hundred years of flight, 1903-2003.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/feeds/115506302889141253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30643215&amp;postID=115506302889141253&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115506302889141253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30643215/posts/default/115506302889141253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://micajahclarkdyer.blogspot.com/2004/01/wright-brothers-craft-came-after-clark.html' title='The Wright Brothers Craft Came After Clark Dyer&apos;s Flying Machine'/><author><name>Andrew Turnage</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643215.post-115490963626368433</id><published>2001-01-02T13:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T09:52:42.186-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Terms of Use</title><summary type='text'>TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USEPLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE.1. 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