One of FDR’s favorite places to relax and picnic was Dowdell’s Knob, the mountain’s highest ... Roosevelt State Park. 2970 Ga. 190, Pine Mountain. 706-663-4858, www.gastateparks.org /FDR.

On the morning of Feb. 28, 1990, passersby found Paul McKeen Jr. dying from a head injury beside Georgia Highway 190 in Meriwether County, near Dowdell’s Knob. Initially, he was thought to have ...