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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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Etowah Valley Historical Society
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Cartersville, GA 30120
Phone: 770-606-8862
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