I have had a love affair with this community dating back to the first time I ventured here in the Sixties which came about when a far-sighted man suggested that Helen was an especial place. He was right.
Dr. Hugh B. Masters was an aficionado of the Chattahoochee and the North Georgia mountains. He was also an aficionado of all things outdoors, everything from wildflowers to the river rocks with which he collected and built a fireplace for his home up on the mountain which was a short distance from downtown Helen.
His home, immersed in natural surroundings, gave him isolation amongst the sights and sounds of nature.