Author: Lillie R. McMichenPublisher:
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Category : Dallas (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
History and Roots of New Hope First Baptist Church
Author: Lillie R. McMichenPublisher:
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Category : Dallas (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Powder Springs
Author: Lauretta HannonPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738517230
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The City of Powder Springs, Georgia, was originally incorporated as Springville in 1838 in the lands of two Cherokee Indian chiefs. The town's name was changed to Powder Springs in 1859, and it has known many roles since then: resort and health spa, Civil War encampment, railroad town, and agricultural center. Past residents include a lively cast of characters including Confederate spies, businessmen, school children, ladies of leisure, ministers, and moonshiners. Celebrating the everyday folk as well as the gentry, the photographs within this volume--depicting families, churches, sports teams, and downtown businesses--reveal a close-knit town of hard-working.
History of the First Baptist Church, Waycross, Georgia, 1882-1982
Author: Robert Latimer HurstPublisher:
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Category : Waycross (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
A Brief History of Smyrna, Georgia
Author: William P. MarchionePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 162584025X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The dynamic city of Smyrna, Georgia, situated a scant fifteen miles northwest of Atlanta, has a fascinating history. In July 1864, two significant battles were fought within the confines of present-day Smyrna as General Sherman's Federal juggernaut converged on the "Gateway City" of Atlanta. The town was incorporated in 1872 with a population of fewer than three hundred residents and high expectations that rapid suburban development would ensue. It was the coming to the area of the aeronautics industry in the post-World War II period that finally generated sustained growth. Then, in the 1990s, the city reinvented itself through an aggressive urban renewal program spearheaded by its dynamic mayor, Max Bacon, and a progressive-minded city council. Join author William P. Marchione, PhD, as he recounts the fascinating history that created Smyrna.
One Hundred Fifty Years of History, First Baptist Church, 100 Broad Street, LaGrange, Georgia, 1828-1978
Author: Grady FowlerPublisher:
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians
Author: Lucian Lamar KnightPublisher:
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
A History of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia ...
Author: George Magruder BatteyPublisher:
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Category : Floyd County (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
A History of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America
Author: George Magruder BatteyPublisher:
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Category : Floyd County (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
The Place of New Beginnings
Author: James E. PelhamPublisher:
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Category : Albany (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Cobb County
Author: Rebecca Nash PadenPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738541648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Cobb County was a wilderness of virgin forests and unspoiled vistas inhabited by the Creek and Cherokee Indians when the first settlers began arriving in the early 1800s. Farms, railroads, booming trade, new houses, schools and churches, and industrial development soon marked the area. After the state land lottery in 1832, wagonloads of people poured into the new county, encroaching on American Indian lands. The federal government's removal of the Native Americans, construction of the state-owned railroad, and the Civil War greatly affected Cobb County in the 1800s. Reconstruction and the Great Depression forced a severe economic downturn on the entire South, and the area lagged behind the rest of the nation until after World War II. Unprecedented growth in the last half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st has boosted Cobb's economic stance and its place as the fourth largest county in Georgia.