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Now one of Australia’s best-known tourist attractions, this hauntingly beautiful former convict site has a dark history.

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This decision provoked outrage in Georgia. On August 16, 1915, Frank was abducted from his cell at the Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville, driven to Marietta and lynched the next day.

John was born on April 29, 1935, in Iowa City, IA, the son of Howard and Mary (Patterson) Douglas. He was a 1953 graduate of City High School and attended The University of Iowa.

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