Memories of a Beloved Locomotive, From the Last Man Who Drove It (Empire Mill) – David Ibata
Lara Jeanneret2024-01-29T15:46:39-05:00Click here to view / download pdf of this article.
Dicksie Bradley Bandy: Leader in the Transformation of a Cottage Tufting Industry to Carpet Manufacturing – Susan Gilmore
Debbie Head2024-01-29T15:44:06-05:00By Susan Gilmore In 1993, Dicksie Orline Bradley Bandy was honored, posthumously, by the Georgia Women of Achievement (GWA). The GWA goal is to “honor the many inspirational and courageous female trailblazers” in Geogia. Dicksie is, to this day, the only woman listed with the GWA as a businesswoman. Her [...]
Historic Train Wrecks of Bartow County – Joe F. Head
Scott Cooper2024-01-30T12:49:33-05:00Historic 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 [...]
Cooking Schools, Canneries and Freezer Lockers – Joe F. Head
Scott Cooper2024-01-29T15:43:45-05:00Ingredients for Cartersville’s Electric Age By: Joe F. Head As early as May 3, 1900 Cartersville entrepreneurs had launched their first Canning Factory to benefit its citizens. Additionally, an icehouse, freezer locker, two canning factories and local cooking schools were all made possible by electricity. As years followed the community [...]
The History and Development of the Railroads of Bartow County – Giovanni Martino
Scott Cooper2024-01-29T15:43:14-05:00Etowah Station, W&A RR Etowah River Bridge The History and Development of the Railroads of Bartow County By Giovanni Martino Bartow County, formerly Cass County, owes much of its success to the early construction of a state-owned railroad built between Atlanta and Chattanooga known as the Western and [...]
Cartersville’s Lost Furnace – Joe F. Head
Scott Cooper2024-01-29T15:42:47-05:00Cartersville’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 [...]
Cartersville’s Railroad Car Manufacturing Age – Joe F. Head
JHead2024-01-29T15:42:33-05:00A 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 [...]
The Last Family Foundry – Joe F. Head
JHead2024-01-29T15:42:07-05:00The 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 [...]
