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Remembering Cedar Hill

February 1, 2022
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| People, Schools

Article by Janice Dobbins Laster The Georgia Legislature granted a charter for a public school system in Cedartown during the 1886-1887 session. Subsequently, the first school for blacks opened January 25, 1888. The three-room school house was located on Gordon Street, now North Main Street, and was comprised of grades 1-8. The first principal of […]

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Tales by Old Timer

August 15, 2021
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| Books

Tales by Old Timer by Ralph Jordan, compiled and edited by Pamela Hudson Old Timer Writes Again “Kick up your heels, nostalgia lovers, Old Timer’s back again!” William Ralph Jordan (1906-1976) retired from Goodyear. He wrote for The Cedartown Standard, The Wingfoot Clan, and Southern Outdoorsman Magazine. This book is available in our gift shop […]

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The History of the Wayside Inn

July 27, 2021
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| Buildings, Clubs

The Wayside Inn was built in 1920 by the Adamson family and was used by the employees of the Cedartown Cotton and Export Company as a community center and clubhouse. The building was damaged by fire in 1926, but was soon repaired. When built originally the Cedartown Inn was designed to be a replica of […]

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Sanborn Maps: Main Street

July 26, 2021
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| 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, Maps

This is the block on the west side of Main Street, from what is now Bussey’s Florist to the (empty) Cobb’s Corner building at West Avenue. 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1908 1915 1923

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Sanborn Maps: Polk County Court House

July 25, 2021
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1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1908 1915 1923

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Loom

April 30, 2021
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| Virtual Tour

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Miss Sara Hightower – Library Pioneer

March 18, 2021
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| 1900s, People

Sara Hightower, the helpful and smiling “little lady,” pioneered library science in Floyd and Polk counties. She is acknowledged to have ushered in a new era when she devised the concept of the bookmobile in the late 1940s. From that effort, which saw trucks carting books to gas stations, rural stores, and farmers’ homes, grew […]

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Cedartown Public Schools

March 17, 2021
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* Article written in 1950 * In 1887, the Georgia Legislature passed a bill providing for public schools in Polk County. At that time Polk County’s representatives were Dr. D. M. Russell in the legislature and Judge Charlie Janes in the senate. Prior to this time there had been only private schools in Cedartown. Mrs. […]

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Asa Prior

March 17, 2021
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| 1800s, People

After the Georgia land lottery of 1832 large numbers of white settlers had begun to move in and take over the lands of the Cherokee Indians. Some of the richest farm land – Paulding County’s Cedar Valley – was drawing the adventurous and ambitious to the area. By the time that the U.S. Army had […]

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James K. Polk

March 17, 2021
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| 1800s, People

Very little attention is given it seems to James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States, and the man for whom Polk County, Georgia is named. Maybe it was because of the manner in which he graciously performed his duties. One historian said of him: “He was the least conspicuous man who had ever […]

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