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Tragedy Strikes — The Flood of 1977

During the early morning hours of November 6, 1977, after five days of almost continual rain, the dam that impounded the waters of Kelly Barnes Lake [located above the Toccoa Falls College campus] burst, and 176 million gallons of water surged through the campus below in the space of a few minutes. Most of the […]

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“I have never once taken up a collection for the school,” says Dr. Forrest. “I have always depended upon prayer as an answer to all of our problems.” So Toccoa Falls . . . is endowed by prayer and supported by prayer—the prayers of thousand of alumni, all over the world, and the prayers of the students who gather each night, in a group to ask God’s help and guidance before going to be.”
by Dr. Richard A. Forrest, Taken from an article that appeared in The Atlanta Constitutionon June 3, 1946 Taken from an article that appeared in The Atlanta Constitutionon June 3, 1946