Acworth’s early 20th Century Anti-Saloon League
By Larry Felton Johnson Unless you were an organized crime figure, the attempt at imposing prohibition on a national scale in the early 20th century was a dismal failure. If…
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Nuggets from history: attempts at gold mining in Cobb County
Snippets from Acworth history: electricity and gold mining
Slavery’s brutal reality shocked Northerners before the Civil War − and is being whitewashed today by the White House
1885: a train disaster in Mableton
The incorporation of Austell, Georgia in September 1885
Beginning of the 20th Century: the automobile begins its rapid rise to dominate the roads of Cobb County
Marietta in 1847: Mr. Root’s special elixir’s could cure ANYTHING!
