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New Cave of Historical Importance in Bartow County, Georgia – Joel M. Sneed

2024-01-26T17:33:24-05:00

Joel M. Sneed Joel Sneed at Tate Cave entrance Etowah Valley Historical Society member Sam Graham, with an interest in anything pertaining to the history of the county, became aware of another possible name for Jolley Cave, the name used by cave explorers and as listed in the [...]

New Cave of Historical Importance in Bartow County, Georgia – Joel M. Sneed2024-01-26T17:33:24-05:00

Clay in the Homestead: A Ceramic Analysis of a Middle Mississippian House – Tristen Griffin

2024-01-28T13:11:33-05:00

Student Anthropology Practicum Paper Department of Geography and Anthropology Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia Abstract Very few precontact Native American houses have been fully excavated from the Middle Mississippian period (AD 1200-1375), and even fewer excavations used modern archaeological techniques to uncover them. Recent excavations at a small village named the [...]

Clay in the Homestead: A Ceramic Analysis of a Middle Mississippian House – Tristen Griffin2024-01-28T13:11:33-05:00

Home Sweet Home – Jordan Farkas

2024-01-29T15:35:31-05:00

An Architectural Analysis of Native American HousesDuring the Middle Mississippian Period in the Etowah River Valley By Jordan Farkas ANTH 3397Practicum in AnthropologyDepartment of Geography and AnthropologyKennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia May 12, 2021 Abstract The Mississippian period lasted from AD 1000-1550. It is divided into three different subperiods: Early (AD [...]

Home Sweet Home – Jordan Farkas2024-01-29T15:35:31-05:00

The Abandoned “Paupers Cemetery” Bartow County Poor Farm and Paupers Cemetery – Sanford Chandler, Ed.D.

2024-01-29T16:27:21-05:00

By:  Sanford Chandler, Ed.D. I received a note from Mr. Ronnie Yancey asking for my assistance.  Mr. Yancey was attempting to visit the burial site of one of his relatives in an abandoned cemetery behind Toyo Tire Manufacturing, Company.   He asked if I could assist him in gaining access to [...]

The Abandoned “Paupers Cemetery” Bartow County Poor Farm and Paupers Cemetery – Sanford Chandler, Ed.D.2024-01-29T16:27:21-05:00

The Dark Era of Bartow’s Chain Gang Camps – Joe F. Head

2024-01-29T16:28:41-05:00

By: Joe F. Head Georgia’s chain gang system operated for almost 100 years and in certain instances concealed ghastly conditions that eventually earned it an infamous reputation for hotspots of dark brutality. Unfortunately, Bartow County equally caught high profile attention regarding cruel convict treatment. Periodically, Bartow camps became the epicenter [...]

The Dark Era of Bartow’s Chain Gang Camps – Joe F. Head2024-01-29T16:28:41-05:00

Historic Train Wrecks of Bartow County – Joe F. Head

2024-01-30T12:49:33-05:00

Historic Train Wrecks of Bartow County A look at rail tragedies in the Empire County between the 1840's and 2022 By: Joe F. Head Graphic Courtesy of Michael Vest Among the primary influences that established early Bartow County one must agree that rail history has played a major role in [...]

Historic Train Wrecks of Bartow County – Joe F. Head2024-01-30T12:49:33-05:00

An Efficient Fire Department for the City of Cartersville – Sam Graham

2024-01-29T16:34:44-05:00

Sam Graham This brief paper covers the changes in Cartersville’s fire service from 1867, when there was no fire department, until 1918, when the fire service included a municipal water system, full-time professional firefighters and a motorized engine; the basics of the system which is still in use today. Early [...]

An Efficient Fire Department for the City of Cartersville – Sam Graham2024-01-29T16:34:44-05:00

The Life and Times of Henry Clay Smith – Alexis and Chistopher Mazique

2024-01-29T16:45:04-05:00

A man out of slavery overcoming and achieving the extraordinary. Sponsored By: Etowah Valley Historical Society Date: 8/28/2019 Written By: Alexis MaziqueChistopher Mazique Field Supervisors: Joe F. HeadSam Graham Acknowledgments First and foremost, we are indebted to Mr. Sam Graham who rediscovered Henry Clay Smith. He not only found this [...]

The Life and Times of Henry Clay Smith – Alexis and Chistopher Mazique2024-01-29T16:45:04-05:00

TINSLEY PARK: Cartersville’s First Park and Golf Course – Guy Parmenter

2024-01-29T16:36:33-05:00

The following article was published in The Tribune-News, June 27, 1929, under the title “Local Golf Course Has Important and Noticeable Niche in Sportdom”. As wheels of progress turned their cycles towards greater industry and business for Cartersville and Bartow County, they made an extra revelation in order that sports [...]

TINSLEY PARK: Cartersville’s First Park and Golf Course – Guy Parmenter2024-01-29T16:36:33-05:00

Silent Voices from Salt Peter Cave – Joel M. Sneed

2024-01-26T17:33:02-05:00

Joel M. Sneed Entrance to Kingston Saltpeter Cave (Linda Pye photo)   As a part of our study of Kingston Saltpeter Cave in the 1980s, inscriptions were recorded from the walls of the cave, and these – nearly 500 names, some with dates and other information – were [...]

Silent Voices from Salt Peter Cave – Joel M. Sneed2024-01-26T17:33:02-05:00
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