North Georgians Recall Deadly Dynamite Bombing 50 Years Ago

In 1967, Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox, accompanied by newsmen and police officers in Jefferson, Georgia, looks at the car in which Jackson County Solicitor General Floyd Hoard died when a dynamite explosion ripped the vehicle apart.

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On an early morning 50 years ago, Jackson County Solicitor General Floyd Hoard walked out of his Jefferson home, climbed into his Ford Galaxy, turned the ignition, and died when dynamite blew the car into

Hoard became the victim of an angry, vengeful bootlegger.

The 50th anniversary of the most notorious crime in Jackson County history is being observed Monday.