The Fine Address (1900) Delivered by Mr. Swayne at the Fourth of July Celebration, Opera House (Cedartown Standard, July 5, 1900) We are told that all over the […]
Schools by District in 1910
As shown on the 1910 Hudgins Map. MOUNTAIN HOME Mountain Home School CEDAR CREEK Friendship School OREDELL Oredell School Priors School (col.) Etna School AKE Akelawn School HARMONY […]
1832 Gold Lottery
The land that is now Polk County was included on the 1832 Gold Lottery, which was the 7th of 8 land lotteries of Georgia. You can find the […]
Cedartown Directory 1900
[This is published on the first page of the January 4, 1900 Cedartown Standard.] CITY OFFICERS Mayor, L. S. Ledbetter Mayor pro tem., T. H. Adams Clerk, J. […]
History of Aragon, GA
[article from NWGA Historical Quarterly] Aragon is located in the foothills of Northwest Georgia which is in the East Polk county area. In the 1800’s this area was […]
The Standard’s Farewell to 1921
Good-Bye, ‘21 This is the last week of 1921, and next Sunday morning ushers in a new year—one that promises to be an improvement in material things over […]
1880s / Newspaper Articles / Rockmart
Rockmart – A New Bank to be Established
ROCKMART NEWS A New Bank to be Established There–Other Notes Clay Bros. are making some very fine brick on Col. Dever’s property, in Rockmart. They make both rough […]
1900s / Newspaper Articles
New Name for City Cemetery
GREENWOOD CEMETERY New Name Given to Our City Cemetery By the Ladies’ Cemetery Association, Help Them Beautify It The final resting place of the dead should be a […]
1830s / Native Americans
Chief Collard and the Cherokee
Chief Collard lived peacefully in Cedar Town among white settlers until the Cherokee Indians were rounded up and driven from northwest Georgia in 1838. Later Collard and his […]
1830s / Newspaper Articles
Location of Charlie Town
Below is a newspaper article about Charlie/Char’le/Charlee/Charley Town. For a detailed history, visit http://trailofthetrail.blogspot.com/2009/11/newly-revised-site-report-for-cedartown.html. Some observations of an old residenter, Editor Advertiser: Please allow me space in your […]