History

Smyrna City Hall in article about Smyrna millage rate

Smyrna August 15, 2025

1872: The incorporation of Smyrna

This is an evergreen article that we republish periodically, often with updates as we do further research. Earlier in August, we published an article from the Friends of Smyrna Library…

History August 15, 2025

William Grady Bagby, one of the last depression-era bandits

[Editor’s note: This is an evergreen article I frequently resurrect and rework as our readership increases, because the Bagby brothers were a fascinating throwback to Depression-era roving bandits, and they…

William Marchione with hands in pockets, speaking

Smyrna August 7, 2025

Marchione: Smyrna did not have a functioning government in its earliest years

The following article was submitted by Friends of the Smyrna Library: Historian and author William P. Marchione sought to dispel a series of myths that have long surrounded the city’s…

History August 5, 2025

Plantation tourism, memory and the uneasy economics of heritage in the American South

by Betsy Pudliner, University of Wisconsin-Stout, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The American South – and the nation more broadly – continues to wrestle with…

History August 1, 2025

“Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in William T. Sherman’s Army”, presented at four Cobb libraries

The Cobb County Public Library distributed the following press release about a talk by a historian on Black soldiers who served in the U.S. Army during the Civil War: Historian…

History August 1, 2025

The beach wasn’t always a vacation destination – for the ancient Greeks, it was a scary place

by Marie-Claire Beaulieu, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Many of us are heading to the beach to bask in the sun and unwind…

History July 26, 2025

A grave robbery in Cobb County: 1879

[We occasionally update and republish our evergreen history articles. This article first appeared in the Courier in November 23, 2023 In the original version of the article we stated we…

Railroads July 5, 2025

1837: Report to the Governor of Georgia on plans for Western & Atlantic Railroad

The origins of metro Atlanta, in particular the cities of Atlanta and Marietta, are closely tied to the development of the Western and Atlantic Railroad in the early 19th century….

History June 11, 2025

Marietta in 1847: Mr. Root could cure ANYTHING!

By Larry Felton Johnson The William Root House is a landmark in Marietta, an antebellum house near Marietta Square, built by druggist and merchant William Root. Root moved to Marietta…

Railroads June 8, 2025

1840: Report from Marietta on progress of Western & Atlantic Railroad

By Larry Felton Johnson The Western & Atlantic Railroad played a large role in the development of what became metro Atlanta. It was formed to build a state-owned railroad from…

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