Judge Jere Fields White
https://youtu.be/F_zGsRSySuE?feature=shared Judge Jere White: My Life and Family History September 8, 2007 Interviewed by David Archer
Martha White
https://youtu.be/xoc_bfTJmNc?feature=shared Martha White: Recalling Her Life and Banking Career March 15, 2008
Harold Wise: My Life in Kingston
https://youtu.be/8BevQ3esG9s?feature=shared Harold Wise: My Life in Kingston March 19, 2011 Interviewed by Earnestine Young Jones
Herschel Wisebram: Cartersville Late 1950’s-2000
https://youtu.be/eHoqeDPtDx4?feature=shared Herschel Wisebram: Cartersville Late 1950's-2000 April 11, 2009 Interviewed by David Archer
Memories of a Beloved Locomotive, From the Last Man Who Drove It (Empire Mill) – David Ibata
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Who Were Mississippian Period Artists and What Was in Their Toolkit? – Riley James
Riley James Practicum in Anthropology Dr. Terry G. Powis May 9, 2022 Introduction The Mississippian Period was a cultural era in the Eastern United States that lasted from around 1000 CE to 1550 CE (Powis et al. 2021). It was characterized by great cultural interconnectedness where art and trade [...]
Mississippian Lithics: Identifying Workshops in the Etowah River Valley – John Tomko
John Tomko Practicum in Anthropology Dr. Terry G. Powis May 9, 2022 Abstract The Mississippian Period refers to the North American Southeast region and dates from AD 1000-1500. It is characterized by its societal organization, form of government, culture, and subsistence practices. Daily life and survival for the Native Americans [...]
The Mysterious Rock Walls of Bartow County – J.B. Tate
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1 Sam Jones Memorial United Methodist Church: Legacy of the Stained Glass Windows – Paige Oglesby
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SPIRITS ON PINE LOG MOUNTAIN: An Appalachian Community in Georgia, 1830-1940 – Dr. Donna Coffee Little
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The Sam Jones Tabernacle – Joe F. Head
The Tabernacle, 1886 – 1933 The Alter Place of Sam Porter Jones’ Old Time Revivals By: Joe F. Head Photo courtesy of the Bartow History Museum Today only a single state historic sign remains as evidence of a legendary tabernacle site that marked Cartersville as once being the [...]
Friendship Cemetery Abandoned, but not Forgotten – Trinity Atkins
Trinity Atkins Today, Friendship-Puckett Cemetery can be found south of Cartersville along Highway 293 and Old River Road near the Etowah River. Joe Head, the Etowah Valley Historical Society Vice President, and EVHS served as the beneficiary for my Eagle Scout Project at this site. Friendship Cemetery - Trinity [...]
Rap Dixon Negro League Standout – Nicholas Sullivan
Rap Dixon The Fight to get Bartow’s Negro Leagues Standout into Cooperstown By Nicholas Sullivan Article was reprinted by permission of the Daily Tribune News. Bartow County has produced plenty of outstanding athletes over the years, but few locals probably are aware that the greatest baseball player to ever call [...]
The Unknown Heroes of the Battle of Allatoona – Joe F. Head
By Joe F. Head According to Mr. Robert White, former station master of the Cartersville Depot, and the late colonel Thomas Spencer, journalist and historian, there are actually two unknown graves in the Allatoona Pass area. Both were originally located by the former track bed, but on opposite sides and [...]
1835 Treaty of New Echota
1835 Treaty of New Echota – Signed in Old Cass County, Georgia A forgotten History of the Cherokee Capitol and Removal in Cass County By Joe F. Head Local Native American history often takes a back seat to the average awareness of Bartow citizens. Perhaps the most well-known event regarding [...]
Rev Sam Jones, Wonder of the Congregations – Rev. Scott W. Shepard, PhD
Rev. Sam P. Jones Wonder of the Congregations By Rev. Scott W. Shepard, PhD Reverend Sam P. Jones Seventy-one years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of a nation, three mothers welcomed three baby boys into the world who would all make front [...]
Emerson’s Elusive Mill – Joe Head
(AKA: Empire Mill, Williford Mill, Milner Mill, Jones Mill and Amelia Mill) By Joe F. Head Formerly located southwest of Emerson, Georgia on Pumpkinvine Creek, is a forgotten grist mill that has eluded local historians for decades regarding its precise location and further confused by the use of multiple names. [...]
Doug’s Place – Joe F. Head
Doug’s Place Emerson, Georgia History and Ownership By Joe F. Head Emerson’s Dinner Bell History and Ownership of Doug’s Place Doug and Melissa Ferguson Mark and Pam Sullins According to the Bartow County Deeds Office, the origin of “Doug’s [...]