Monthly Archives: December 2016

4 – The Civil War in Bartow County, The Battle of Allatoona Pass – Joe Head

2024-02-26T13:48:48-05:00

The Civil War in Bartow County The Battle of Allatoona Pass   By: Joe Head (A Civil War Sesquicentennial Article Series by the Etowah Valley Historical Society in cooperation with the Bartow History Museum) Bartow experienced a scattered patchwork of guerrilla raids, skirmishes, [...]

4 – The Civil War in Bartow County, The Battle of Allatoona Pass – Joe Head2024-02-26T13:48:48-05:00

1 – Bartow Burns and an Old Flame Remembered – Joe F. Head

2024-02-26T13:48:10-05:00

Bartow Burns and an Old Flame Remembered (A Civil War Sesquicentennial Article Series by the Etowah Valley Historical Society in cooperation with the Bartow History Museum)  Contrary to popular belief not all of Bartow was burned and not all of the burning was done by Union forces. Perhaps the greatest [...]

1 – Bartow Burns and an Old Flame Remembered – Joe F. Head2024-02-26T13:48:10-05:00

2 – The Decision to Abandon Cassville and Fall of Bartow – Joe F. Head

2024-02-26T13:49:20-05:00

The Decision to Abandon Cassville and Fall of Bartow By Joe F. Head (A Civil War Sesquicentennial Article Series by the Etowah Valley Historical Society in cooperation with the Bartow History Museum) As the war moved into north Bartow County, records show Confederate General Joseph Johnston retreating from Resaca. His [...]

2 – The Decision to Abandon Cassville and Fall of Bartow – Joe F. Head2024-02-26T13:49:20-05:00

Where Was Sanfordville? – Sam Graham

2024-01-26T16:59:15-05:00

Where Was Sanfordville? By Sam Graham U.S. Postal records show that on June 21, 1831, a post office was established “Sandfordville”, Gwinnett County, Georgia, and that John Dawson was appointed postmaster.[i]   In August of that year (1831) the Savannah Georgian reported that a post office had been established at “Sandfordsville, [...]

Where Was Sanfordville? – Sam Graham2024-01-26T16:59:15-05:00

Prehistoric Etowah Valley Timeline at the Dabbs Dig (Upper Dig) – Savana L. Deems and Terry G. Powis

2024-01-29T15:30:57-05:00

Examining the Prehistoric Etowah Valley Timeline at the Dabbs Site, Bartow County, GA Through Ceramic and Radiocarbon Dating Savana L. Deems (Kennesaw State University) Terry G. Powis (Kennesaw State University) Introduction The Dabbs Site is located two miles (3.25 kilometers) northwest of the Etowah Indian Mounds on the second terrace [...]

Prehistoric Etowah Valley Timeline at the Dabbs Dig (Upper Dig) – Savana L. Deems and Terry G. Powis2024-01-29T15:30:57-05:00

1903 Gold Dome Court House History – David B. Parker

2024-01-26T17:13:14-05:00

The Cornerstone of Bartow County’s History: Historic Identity from the Gold Dome 1903 Court House Time Capsule by David B. Parker Kennesaw State University     On April 21, 1902, six hundred people gathered on the corner of Erwin and Market Streets in Cartersville, Georgia, to observe the laying of [...]

1903 Gold Dome Court House History – David B. Parker2024-01-26T17:13:14-05:00

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