Interviews
John S. Lupold, Professor and Author
"John S. Lupold is a professor of history at Columbus State University." (Lupold, John S. and French Jr., Thomas L. Bridging Deep South Rivers, 2004)
"Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of an Archive: John S. Lupold of Columbus and Thomas L. French, Jr of Columbus wrote Bridging Deep South Rivers: The Life and Legend of Horace King, which is the first major biography of the man who rose from slavery to become a master bridge builder. The authors separate fact from legend as they carefully document King's life...The book contains an astonishing amount of previously unpublished information and makes a significant contribution to the history to the American South in general and to African-American History in particular." (GHRAB Award Winners, 2005) |
Thomas L. French, Jr., Founder, Surveyor, Architect and Author
"Thomas L. French Jr., a surveyor and landscape architect based in Columbus, Georgia, is the foremost authority on Georgia's covered bridges." (Lupold, John S. and French Jr., Thomas L. Bridging Deep South Rivers, 2004)
"During fifty years of professional experience, Mr. French has acquired a vast amount of knowledge in the fields of landscape architecture, recreational design and urban planning. Since the firm's establishment in 1959, Mr. French has designed numerous facilities covering parks and recreation, educational, institutional, commercial, and residential development. In addition to the breadth of knowledge and maturity acquired during forty years of practice, Mr. French brings special expertise in the areas of development, planning, site planning, historic preservation and recreation planning." (French & Associates: Landscape Architects, 2009) |
Jeanne Cyriaque, African American Programs Coordinator, DNR
"Mrs. Cyriaque is the African American Program Coordinator at the Georgia Department of Natural Resources: Historic Preservation Division. Since 2000, Mrs. Cyriaque has served as Staff Liaison to the Georgia African American Historic Preservation Network and is the Editor of Reflections, the publication that features the preservation of Georgia’s African American historic resources and cultural heritage. The story of Horace King and his sons are an important element in any discussion of historic bridges in Georgia." (Cyriaque, Jeanne. Personal correspondence, May 12, 2014)
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Tom C. Lenard, Filmmaker
"Tom Lenard is a filmmaker with many film, TV and documentary titles in his body of work, including "Horace: The Bridge Builder King." He has won the Houston International Film Festival Award and the Charleston International Film Festival Award. LINK TO (copy and paste the following link, without the end quote): Tom Lenard's documentary "HORACE: THE BRIDGE BUILDER KING": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qQWPX3oaNU" (Lenard, Tom. Personal Correspondence, May 18, 2014).
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Faye Gibbons, Author
"Writer and Elmore County resident Faye Gibbons (1938- ) has been publishing children's books and young adult novels since the early 1980s. Her stories focus on rural life in the South and are inspired by her upbringing in northern Georgia. Gibbons was awarded the Georgia Author of the Year Award for Children's Literature in 1983. In 2002...she also published Horace King: Bridges to Freedom, the life story of former slave and engineer and bridge builder Horace King." (Spell, Carrie. Encyclopedia of Alabama, 2013)
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