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 [...]
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 [...]
Editor-in-Chief, Vogue Magazine, 1952-62. By Debbie Head, March 2021 (The inspiration for this article came while looking through the EVHS website for Women's History Month ideas. There was a one-sentence description containing the name Jessica Daves indicating her position as editor of Vogue. I wanted to know more. In April [...]
Entradas and Exchange: De Soto, Etowah, and Patterns of Early European-Mississippian Trade By Matthew Gramling Hernando DeSoto The importance of exchange to the survival of Hernando De Soto’s entrada into the US southern interior cannot be understated.[1] As De Soto’s army marched through the diverse and dynamic world of [...]
By Krys King Based on King’s interview with Eddie Lee Wilkins on November 15, 2018. Eddie Lee Wilkins, a six feet ten inch soft spoken man, brings to mind, “gentle giant” both physically and in character. His focus in life is to inspire youth to be their best. He credits [...]
[1] The Memory of the Great Locomotive Chase from Atlanta to Chattanooga Nikolas Kekel Abstract The Great Locomotive Chase is a prominent feature of the interpretive landscape in North Georgia. This paper examines the cause of the Chase’s popularity as well as how public historians have used the Chase [...]
Amidst the Holly and Pine: Memories and the Meaning of Christmas in Bartow County By Matthew Gramling When one thinks of the Christmas season a host of memories tend to flood the mind. Usually we are drawn to a nostalgic remembrance of those traditions which have a particularly special [...]
A Public Health Crisis in Antebellum Bartow County By Matthew Gramling For three months in the spring of 1849, pestilence and panic gripped antebellum Bartow County. Smallpox had broken out at the Etowah Iron Works and threatened to infect the entire county unless swift action was taken to contain [...]
By Joel Sneed Bringing to Light Early Burials in Bartow County Salt Peter Cave Entrance - Photo by Linda Pye Evidence of Native American usage has been found in twelve Bartow County caves or in the area immediately adjacent to the cave entrance. Artifacts dating from the Archaic to the [...]
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 [...]
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