Nuwaubian

The pyramids and other Egyptian-themed accouterments of Dwight York’s Tama-Re complex are long gone, leaving just a bucolic countryside scene alongside Shady Dale Road in the northwest portion of Putnam County. IAN TOCHER/Staff

The pyramids and other Egyptian-themed accouterments of Dwight York’s Tama-Re complex are long gone, leaving just a bucolic countryside scene alongside Shady Dale Road in the northwest portion of Putnam County. IAN TOCHER/Staff

PUTNAM A to Z: N is for Nuwaubian (Part III)

Editor’s note: The symmetry of 52 weeks in a year and 26 letters in our alphabet inspired us here at The Eatonton Messenger to embark on an alphabetical journey of Putnam County every other week this year, looking at something – or someone – unique, significant, unusual, or just plain interesting.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Putnam A to Z: N is for Nuwaubian (Part II)

A to Z Editor’s note: The symmetry of 52 weeks in a year and 26 letters in our alphabet inspired us here at The Eatonton Messenger to embark on an alphabetical journey of Putnam County every other week this year, looking at something – or someone – unique, significant, unusual, or just plain...
At its height in the late 1990s, the Nuwaubian Nation complex covered about 19 acres alongside Putnam County’s Shady Dale Road (top). CONTRIBUTED

At its height in the late 1990s, the Nuwaubian Nation complex covered about 19 acres alongside Putnam County’s Shady Dale Road (top). CONTRIBUTED

PUTNAM A to Z: N is for Nuwaubian (Part I)

Editor’s note: The symmetry of 52 weeks in a year and 26 letters in our alphabet inspired us here at The Eatonton Messenger to embark on an alphabetical journey of Putnam County every other week this year, looking at something – or someone – unique, significant, unusual, or just plain interesting.