Early in his career on the baseball diamond he was a man without a position.  Luckily for him, the power emanating from his bat allowed him to hang around the major leagues long enough to settle into the only position he could play reasonably well.  He came from Native American [...]

The Sam Jones Female College - Joe F. Head The college that never came to be, could be said for the Sam Jones Female Academy! Sam Jones Female College and First Cartersville High School, Circa 1950 AKA, Sam Jones College, Sam Jones Female Academy and Sam Jones Female Seminary. Upon [...]

  Corra Harris: Forgotten Contradictions A Historical Analysis Revealed among Personal Letters and Archaeological Finds   Martha Berry (on the left) and Corra Harris (on the right) at In the Valley, 1922   Jordan Gentry Honors Capstone Project, Kennesaw State University Faculty Advisor:                     Dr. Terry Powis EVHS [...]

Personal Letters of Corra Harris   Preface The following is a series of sixteen recently discovered, private letters written by Corra Harris to a close personal friend, Joy Akin of Bartow County. The letters reveal very private feelings and family matters that until this research have not been known to [...]

Some Facts About OAKLAND Also known as the “Lewis Place”, the “Armstrong Place”, “Birdwood”, and simply the “Brick House place” & The LOUTHER SPRING Bartow County, Georgia By Sam Graham   March 2017 Searching property ownership in Cass County prior to the Civil War is difficult due to the loss of [...]

The Dress Lisa M. Russell Rebecca Latimer Felton was sworn in as the first female U.S. Senator on November 21, 1922, only twenty-seven months after the19th Amendment, which gave her the right to vote, was passed. Felton, appointed by a politically motivated governor, served only two days in the Senate. [...]

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, [...]

The Cornerstone of Bartow County’s History: Historic Identity from the Gold Dome 1903 Court House Time Capsule by David B. Parker Kennesaw State University     On April 21, 1902, six hundred people gathered on the corner of Erwin and Market Streets in Cartersville, Georgia, to observe the laying of [...]

  The Evolution of Schools in Bartow County, Georgia The First 100 Years Sam Jones Female College and first Cartersville High School until 1953 Elyse Hoganson, Intern Etowah Valley Historical Society Georgia College and State University HIST 4960 Dr. Jessica Wallace July 2016 Supervised by Joe F. Head, [...]