A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by Georgia Film Works asking about the town of Zirkle.
I may not know a whole lot, but I do know since 2007 I have visited and taken many pictures of Zirkle. It has been one, if not one of my favorite places to photograph on the Little Satilla River for a number of reasons.
I love the rugged and raggedness of the old steel dam that has been in place since 1918. I can only imagine what it was like to have lived in this town of around 300 peo-ple about 100 years ago.
I am intrigued by the history of the place since the first time I saw it. It’s sad to say that I have probably hauled off several truck loads of trash people have left behind.
This part of it still makes me mad, but I continue on. With me trying to find out all of the history I can about Zirkle, I have met a couple of Zirkle family members.
I know about where most of the town was located. One of the first things David Luke and James Sauls with Georgia Film Works asked me about was the cemetery location.
I can't find it. That is one thing we think the Zirkle family has a right to have to get a little bit of their history back.
If we can locate the Zirkle Cemetery, even though pretty much every thing else is gone, that should give the family some type of closure to their history.
I met with David and James Sunday at Zirkle with their film crew. They filmed us doing a documentary on the town.
I have always been behind the camera. They said I did good in front of it this time.
They even asked with my knowledge of Zirkle, if I would be the executive producer of the “LOST TOWN OF ZIRKLE”.
• Wayne Morgan is freelance wildlife photographer and author.
