Great Locomotive Chase 150th Anniversary – Donny Maddox
https://youtu.be/j4SN326Ze1o?feature=shared by Donny Maddox I went to the Southern Museum of Locomotive History for the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Great Locomotive Chase in 1862. The Great Locomotive Chase was such a compelling story it spawned a couple of movies and a few books. The event turned out [...]
Protecting Your Valuable Books and Documents
While some books and documents may be of obvious value, others may not readily appear so. Personal letters, family histories, children's art and school work, and other family memorabilia are a few of the items often overlooked when assigning value to private collections. Ultimately, it is up to the owner [...]
The Yonah Blows Again – Joe F. Head
The Yonah Blows Again By Joe F. Head Those familiar with the April 12, 1862, Great Locomotive Chase know that the first of the three locomotives used to chase the General was the Yonah, a native American name assigned to the ninth engine put into service on the W&A RR. [...]
What’s Happening @ EVHS
EVHS is excited to announce the launch of a new venue to accommodate family friendly events. This will be called the EVHS Family Field Trip Event Series designed to visit historic locations not commonly available to the pubic without special permission. Sites include, but not limited to: Ladds Mountain hike, [...]
The Legend of Chain Gang Hill – Joe F. Head
The Legend of Chain Gang Hill A childhood memory re-ignites interest in Bartow’s forgotten Chain Gang Camp By: Joe F. Head Often family stories and legends fascinate children about the “old days.” They are spellbound with stories about ghosts, myths and fairy tales. One such family story kindled keen interest [...]
The Heart of the Chase – Joe Head
The Heart of the Chase The Great Locomotive Chase in Bartow County By: Joe F. Head The General On April 12, 1862 Bartow County was first introduced to the American Civil War when the famed locomotive, The General raced through the county commandeered by Union Spies on a [...]
The Great Locomotive Chase Sesquicentennial Celebration – Joe Head
The Great Locomotive Chase Sesquicentennial Celebration It might be argued that the Great Locomotive Chase” of April 12, 1862 was the first intrusion of the American Civil War onto Georgia soil, the first certainly into Bartow County. It was the earliest event of a prolonged struggle between the north and [...]
KINGSTON HISTORY: The ROME RAILROAD “Y” – Larry Posey
KINGSTON HISTORY: The ROME RAILROAD "Y" by Larry Posey © 2016 After passing the attractive “Welcome to Historic Kingston” banner and entering this bucolic and rural village, visitors often ask “Where is the history.” Indeed one must mix a robust imagination with historical facts and folklore to appreciate the unfolding [...]
Asa G. Candler – Joe F. Head
Asa G. Candler Cartersville’s Surprising Connections to the Coca Cola Empire By: Joe F. Head 1851 - 1929 Few people from Bartow County know that Asa Griggs Candler, founder of the Coca Cola Empire, once lived in Cartersville where he learned his skill to become a pharmacist. Lucy [...]
Uriah Stephens Kingston’s Voice of Resistance – Joe F. Head
Uriah Stephens Kingston’s Voice of Resistance The Great Locomotive Chase Sesquicentennial Celebration by: Joe F. Head Copyright 2012 It might be argued that the Great Locomotive Chase” of April 12, 1862 was the first intrusion of the American Civil War onto Georgia soil, the first certainly into Bartow [...]
The Last Family Foundry – Joe F. Head
The Last Family Foundry A Look at Bartow’s Early Foundry Era By Joe F. Head Although no longer standing, perhaps the last remnant of the “Bartow Foundry Era” was the Cartersville Casting and Machine Company previously located at 148 and 155 Cassville Road. This property is described in Deed [...]
Cartersville’s Railroad Car Manufacturing Age – Joe F. Head
A Possible Discovery to Cartersville’s Post War Reconstruction By Joe F. Head Following the Civil War, Cartersville, for a short time, pulled itself back on track with a railroad manufacturing economy. Little known to today’s citizens of Cartersville and Bartow County is a long forgotten industry that thrived in the [...]
Leake Mounds Site Article Series – Scot Keith
The Archaeology and History of the Leake Site: A Prehistoric Ceremonial Center in the Etowah River Valley This article series is dedicated to the archaeological details, history, and significance of the Leake Mounds and several related archaeological sites in Bartow County. While most people in Bartow County know of the [...]
If you don’t eat it, I will (A Civil War Episode) -David Archer
Pierce Young was a young West Point cadet in 1861, from Cartersville, Georgia. His roommate, George Armstrong Custer was a Yankee. They were best friends; but their worlds were different. When the South suceded from the Union, Pierce followed his state, Custer followed the Union. Both soon became Generals but [...]
Pioneer Citizen Recalled 1851 Cartersville – David G. Archer
In an article published in The Tribune News in 1929, Judge John Henry Wikle wrote of his recollections of Cartersville as a child, a young lawyer, and an elder. Judge Wikle was born July 24, 1847 and died May 10, 1930. He served three terms as Mayor of Cartersville between [...]
The Etowah Indian Mounds and General William T. Sherman – David Archer
Seeking gold in 1540, Spanish explorer Desoto came through Bartow County. Along the Etowah River was an Indian village around a group of earthen mounds. Soon afterwards the population was decimated with diseases to which they had no immunity. The village and mounds were abandoned. In the mid 1700's the [...]
Service To State and Country Is Legendary In Bartow County – David G. Archer
Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia is the home of former Georgia Governor Joe Frank Harris (1981-1989) and Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Benham. Leadership and vision is a tradition. Former Cartersville Mayor John W. Dent, while serving as President of the Georgia Marble Company and President of the Georgia Chamber [...]
Some History of Cartersville – David Archer
One story is that Cartersville, Georgia was originally named for Farish Carter in 1846 as a jest. Col. Carter never lived here, but frequently traveled through visiting plantations he owned in different parts of the State. Originally from middle Georgia, he had acquired vast acreage in Northwest Georgia after the [...]
Etowah River Historic Sites in Bartow County, Georgia – David G. Archer
By: David G. Archer Allatoona Dam – Congress authorized in 1941; construction delayed by WW2; construction started in 1946; and completed in 1950. Etowah Village – site of Cooper’s Iron Works and sizable town; Iron Works purchased by Confederate Government around 1863; Town and Iron Works destroyed by Sherman’s [...]
Sam Jones, Columnist (Feb. 23, 2003) – Dr. David Parker
“Bill Arp” (Charles Henry Smith) was the most famous columnist to come out of Cartersville. His weekly pieces in the Atlanta Constitution, syndicated to hundreds of newspapers, made him one of the South’s most popular writers a century ago. Last year in this space, we wrote about Rebecca Felton, who, [...]
Sam Jones in Palestine (May 18, 2003) – Dr. David Parker
eBay, the online auction company, recently had an interesting item for sale: a postcard of the Cartersville depot from about a hundred years ago. Of the dozens of Cartersville postcards I’ve seen, this is my favorite. It shows the depot, of course, but also the city park that used to [...]
Pretty Boy Floyd (July 13, 2003) – Dr. David Parker
The big bank robbery in Cartersville this past week reminded me of something that happened in Bartow County back on February 3, 1904. No, not another bank robbery. On that day, a baby was born near Adairsville to Walter and Mamie Floyd. They named him Charles Arthur. Later he would [...]
Rebecca Felton, Columnist (March 31, 2002) – Dr. David Parker
Last week, in a column on Marilu Munford, I mentioned her grandfather, Charles Henry Smith, who as “Bill Arp” wrote a weekly column for the Atlanta Constitution from 1878 to 1903. Bill Arp was extremely popular. In fact, it’s possible that for a few years in the 1880s he was [...]
Emerson’s Forgotten Train Wreck – Joe F. Head
The Midnight Collision of the Chiefton and Senator By Joe F. Head The Great Train Wreck of Sunday, September 1863, may be more of Emerson’s exclusive claim to Civil War railroad fame than the celebrated 1862, Great Locomotive Chase that once raced through the old iron ore mining community. [...]
