Sanborn Maps: Main Street
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
Category: 1920s
Sanborn Maps: Polk County Court House
1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1908 1915 1923
History of the Music Lover’s Club
by Mrs. Louise Houseal Parks In October 1923 several women met and organized a club known as the Music Lover’s Club, the purpose to further musical interest through the cultural arts. Two meetings were held each month; one to present programs, the other a choral practice. Mrs. Frank Browne was the first president and charter […]
Music History: Ida Cox
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 home at an early age to pursue her singing career. “Wild women Don’t Have the Blues” is her most popular and covered tune, yet in the 1920’s […]