The Leon and Rachel Gathany Museum of Natural History

Bear picture taken by Katie Rogers Gathany in Potter County. The bear that we have in the museum is from Potter County, PA. Grandma Florence Rice Gathany was also from Potter County. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php

Tim Gathany, 2nd son of Leon & Rachel Gathany, recently presented to the Tracy Sunrise Rotary Club of Tracy California. The presentation, entitled What’s Your Legacy, focused on the lives of Leon and Rachel Gathany and the development of the Leon & Rachel Gathany Museum of Natural History at Toccoa Falls College. Great entrepreneurs like the Vanderbilt’s, Roosevelt’s, and Dupont’s all were able to leverage their extensive wealth to build monuments that are their legacies to...Continue reading

We were pleased to have a very important and knowledgeable visitor to the Leon and Rachel Gathany Museum of Natural History. Stan Smith came by to view the museum on Saturday and to help us plan some outreach events for the future.

Charles Warren Smith (left) and Leon B Gathany (right) at the Grand Opening of The Leon and Rachel Gathany Museum of Natural History in 2013. Today they are celebrating together in Heaven.

We are so sorry to hear of the passing of Charles Warren Smith, our friend and major contributor to the Museum. Charles Warren Smith was part of a group of men who organized the initial funding of the Museum in the early 2000s with a "Roast" of Leon Gathany at Georgia Baptist Assembly. He will be missed. https://www.acree-davisfh.com/obituar/Charles-Warren-Smith