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1800s / 1900s / Buildings / Churches

The First United Methodist Church of Cedartown, Georgia

May 24, 2022

“History of Cedartown First United Methodist Church” In 1849 when Daniel C. Roberts came to “Cedar Town” from North Carolina there was not an organized Methodist Church here. […]

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1880s / 1890s / 1900s / 1910s / 1920s / Maps

Sanborn Maps: Main Street

July 26, 2021December 22, 2021

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 […]

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1890s / 1900s / 1910s / 1920s / Maps

Sanborn Maps: Polk County Court House

July 25, 2021

1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1908 1915 1923

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1900s / People

Miss Sara Hightower – Library Pioneer

March 18, 2021May 1, 2021

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 […]

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1900s / 1910s / Churches

Canal Street Methodist Church

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021

The Canal Street Methodist Church was formed in 1900 and situated on Canal Street near South College Street. There are numerous mentions in the Cedartown Standard through 1917, […]

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1890s / 1900s / 1910s / 1920s / 1930s / People

Music History: Ida Cox

February 6, 2020February 1, 2022

  Ida Cox, nee Prather, was a Cedartown-raised vaudeville performer who, along with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, founded the female blues genre. Born in 1888, Ida left […]

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1900s / Newspaper Articles / People / Virtual Tour

Georgia Twins are Born by Caesarean Operation

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019

Mrs. C. H. Wray and Children of Cedartown, GA What was probably the first Caesarean operation, bringing twins into the world, in the history of surgery, was performed […]

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1900s / People / Virtual Tour

Henry Witcher, Cedartown’s Wooden Toy Artist

May 31, 2019May 31, 2019

Rome-News Tribune, 1983 “Like many other good men, Henry Witcher first got his motivation from a woman and a rolling pin. Just not in the customary manner so […]

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1900s / Newspaper Articles

New Name for City Cemetery

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019

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 […]

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