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Category: 1880s

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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Rockmart – A New Bank to be Established

January 4, 2019
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| 1880s, Newspaper Articles, Rockmart

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 and pressed brick, and are working away on Beasley & Hoge’s handsome brick store. Mr. W. L. Ferguson has purchased the “Alliance Store” and will do a […]

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