Mattie Lee Price, the Forgotten Georgia Wonder – Donna Lee Dicksson
Mattie Lee Price, the Forgotten Georgia Wonder By Donna Lee Dicksson Bartow County’s own Magnetic Wonder “Mattie Lee Price” (1869-1899) of Bartow County, Georgia, was just fourteen when she became the second of the Georgia Wonder girls to come out of Georgia during the winter of 1883–1884.[i] The Georgia [...]
Emerson – Sandy Lusk
Emerson (Formerly Known As “Stegall’s Station”) By Sandy Lusk Early Mining in Emerson (photo courtesy of Georgia Archives) Emerson, originally known as Stegall’s Station, was first established as an agricultural community on land belonging to Emsly Stegall (1812-1888) of Pickens County, South Carolina. Emsly Stegall came to Cass [...]
The Leake Site: The Earthworks – Scot Keith
In the previous installment, the history of the discovery and documentation of the Leake site was presented. In this installment, we examine the earthworks at Leake. While the earthen mounds at Leake are no longer visible on the ground surface, as are those at the spectacular Etowah Mounds located [...]
Colonel Benjamin Hawkins’s 1796 Visit to Cass (Bartow) County – Keith S. Hébert
Note: Colonel Benjamin Hawkins was highly educated and left what is considered to be exemplary manuscripts of his Agent service. He was appointed by George Washington as a French interpreter during the Revolutionary War. Later he was appointed by Congress as Indian Agent to the southern frontier. He served as an early [...]
Bartow Bibliography Resource List – Dr. Keith Herbet, Auburn University
This list is a customized inventory of Bartow works assembled by Dr. Keith Herbert, Auburn University. This collection primarily focuses on documents that hold information about the Civil War and Reconstruction as it relates to Bartow County and northwest Georgia. Primary Sources Manuscripts Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery. [...]
Pleasure Trips to Bartow County’s Saltpeter Cave Following the Civil War – Joel M. Sneed
One can only surmise that in the years following the Civil War the saltpeter cave in Bartow County was a place of curiosity. Certainly, local residents who had enjoyed visits to the cave in earlier times and had been prevented from doing so by the extensive mining operation there began [...]
The Evolution of Schools in Bartow County, Georgia – Elyse Hoganson
The Evolution of Schools in Bartow County, Georgia The First 100 Years Sam Jones Female College and first Cartersville High School until 1953 Elyse Hoganson, Intern Etowah Valley Historical Society Georgia College and State University HIST 4960 Dr. Jessica Wallace July 2016 Supervised by Joe F. Head, [...]
Bartow’s Mining Legacy – Staci Lusk, Intern
Bartow’s Mining Legacy Featuring a Special Tribute to 101 Years of New Riverside Ochre Mining History Staci Lusk, Intern Kennesaw State University Sponsored by: The Etowah Valley Historical Society August 2, 2016 Supervised by: Joe F. Head Bartow’s Mining Legacy Featuring a Special Tribute to 101 Years of New [...]
Etowah’s Camp Foster – Joe F. Head
A Quest to Locate Etowah’s Camp Foster Governor Joe Brown’s Bridge Guard Army By Joe F. Head Long forgotten and faded from the county’s landscape is a former Civil War camp that once existed to guard the Etowah River Bridge. Governor Brown stationed select troops at key bridges to prevent [...]
1903 Gold Dome Court House History – David B. Parker
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 [...]
Prehistoric Etowah Valley Timeline at the Dabbs Dig (Upper Dig) – Savana L. Deems and Terry G. Powis
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 [...]
Where Was Sanfordville? – Sam Graham
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, [...]
2 – The Decision to Abandon Cassville and Fall of Bartow – Joe F. Head
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 [...]
1 – Bartow Burns and an Old Flame Remembered – Joe F. Head
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 [...]
4 – The Civil War in Bartow County, The Battle of Allatoona Pass – Joe Head
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, [...]
General Ormsby – Mitchel-David Dundee
General Ormsby Mitchel The Unknown Mastermind Behind the Great Locomotive Chase By David Dundee Even though I am not a historian but an astronomer I have always been interested in history. Plus I have always had a love of trains. So I stumbled on a story that involves both astronomy [...]
1 – The Civil War Reaches Bartow County – Joe F. Head
The Civil War Reaches Bartow County, Article 1 By Joe F. Head (A Civil War Sesquicentennial Article Series by the Etowah Valley Historical Society in cooperation with the Bartow History Museum) The Civil War first entered Bartow County on April 12, 1862, exactly one year to the day following the [...]
Cartersville’s Lost Furnace – Joe F. Head
Cartersville’s Lost Furnace By Joe F. Head Northwest Georgia and particularly Bartow County became home to a thriving iron furnace industry. Between 1830 and 1900 some dozen stone cupola furnaces were built from Sugar Hill south along Stamp Creek to Allatoona and Emerson Georgia. These furnaces were erected by a [...]
General Pierce Manning Butler Young (1836 – 1896) – Joe F. Head
General Pierce Manning Butler Young (1836 – 1896) Pierce Manning Butler Young was the son of Carolina parents, Dr. Robert Maxwell Young and Caroline Jones both descendants of Revolutionary War patriot families. Pierce was born in South Carolina, but raised in Cass County, Georgia. Dr. Young inherited his father’s South [...]
General William T. Wofford (1824 – 1884) – Joe F. Head
The son of William Hollingsworth Wofford and Nancy M. Tatum William Tatum, Wofford was born June 28, 1823. He had two sisters, Rachel and Martha. The family ancestors were Revolutionary War heroes who had migrated to north Georgia to settle in the Habersham County area. William’s father died when he [...]
5 – The Union Occupation of Bartow County – Trey Gaines
The Union Occupation of Bartow County by Trey Gaines Throughout the summer and fall of 1864, Bartow County experienced firsthand the devastation of the Civil War. Just weeks before, in May, Union and Confederate forces cut a path of destruction through the heart of the county, when over 150,000 troops [...]
6 – Reconstruction Bartow County Following the Civil War – Dr. Keith Hebert
Reconstruction Bartow County Following the Civil War By Dr. Keith Hebert, Assistant Professor, Auburn University At the end of the Civil War, John King, a Bartow County soldier who had served in the 40th Georgia Infantry Regiment and spent the last months of the war in a northern prison camp, [...]
The Dress – Lisa M. Russell
The Dress Lisa M. Russell Rebecca Latimer Felton was sworn in as the first female U.S. Senator on November 21, 1922, only twenty-seven months after the19th Amendment, which gave her the right to vote, was passed. Felton, appointed by a politically motivated governor, served only two days in the Senate. [...]
Some Facts About OAKLAND – Sam Graham
Some Facts About OAKLAND Also known as the “Lewis Place”, the “Armstrong Place”, “Birdwood”, and simply the “Brick House place” & The LOUTHER SPRING Bartow County, Georgia By Sam Graham March 2017 Searching property ownership in Cass County prior to the Civil War is difficult due to the loss of [...]
