[This is an evergreen history article we periodically republish, often with added information] Anyone who consistently follows Cobb County Board of Commissioners meetings or Planning Commission hearings is probably aware…
The Marietta History Center posted the following announcement to the City of Marietta website about its November Pop-In event: The Marietta History Center invites families to join them for their…
Are you looking for a holiday event where craft and artistry is on display, where you are surrounded by model trains, and where a choir presents holiday favorites? The City…
Appropriate to the Halloween season, the William Root House is decorated for a Victorian-era funeral through October. According to the announcement on the City of Marietta website: In the 1850s,…
Get your creative juices flowing and that box of colored chalk at the ready! The Marietta Cobb Museum of Art announced the return of Chalktoberfest, aka the Chalk Art and…
The Marietta History Center has scheduled a special Pop-In event for this month. The Pop-Ins are monthly events for the whole family, featuring crafts and education. On Saturday, September 21,…
William Root House (photo by Larry Felton Johnson) Would you like to sample locally produced craft beer and food from local restaurants while supporting historic preservation? On September 13, several…
Photo: Root House (Larry Felton Johnson) The City of Marietta posted the following announcement to its website about the Root House Harvest Dinner, to be held at the historic William…
Image: section from a Remington ad created around 1914, screenshot from a December 1914 issue of the August Herald from the Georgia Historic Newspapers collection The clatter of typewriters is…
[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…