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History August 9, 2024

Cobb Public Libraries highlight the expansion of the Georgia Historic Newspapers digital collection

Regular readers of the Cobb County Courier know that we often heavily use the Georgia Historic Newspapers website as a source for our history articles. Examples of our articles that…

Austell January 22, 2025

Incorporation of Austell Georgia — September 1885

This is an evergreen article we republish occasionally, often expanded with added material. It began as part of a series called Cobb County history through documents The article reprints the…

From the Editor August 16, 2024

What was advertising like in 19th-century Cobb County newspapers?

Even before I became a journalist, old newspapers and magazines fascinated me. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, I’d visit the Carnegie Library in downtown Atlanta and scroll through…

An image of the front page of the Marietta Helicon, a 19th Century Cobb County newspaper

Cobb County March 30, 2024

Cobb County’s two earliest newspapers: the Marietta Advocate and the Marietta Helicon

by Larry Felton Johnson [This is an updated and expanded version of an article we published last December] I have a fascination with old newspapers. As a journalist, examining the…

Smyrna April 5, 2025

A glimpse into Smyrna’s early 20th century dairy industry

By Larry Felton Johnson Regular readers of the Cobb County Courier know that we often heavily cite the Georgia Historic Newspapers website in our history articles. Examples of our articles…

An image of an ad for the Powder Springs Hotel from an early 19th century newspaper. The text of the ad is in the accompanying article

Powder Springs April 3, 2025

Powder Springs was incorporated not just one time: but three times

By Larry Felton Johnson The cliche “you learn something new every day” applies doubly to me, because I spend a little time every day just trying to learn new facts…

Powder Springs February 24, 2025

Powder Springs History: a 1907 train wreck

[This is an evergreen article, first published in the Courier in May of 2024] Trains played a very important part in Cobb County’s history, and the county still has active…

History February 16, 2025

How Veterans Memorial Highway got its start

[This article is part of an ongoing project of resurrecting evergreen articles from the Cobb County Courier’s stacks, and expanding them with newly discovered information] By Larry Felton Johnson We…

A cartoon drawing of a rooster, two hens, two chicks, and a hatchling along with a drawing of a chicken coop.

Smyrna February 2, 2025

1911 — when Smyrna had more chickens than people, and when Belmont meant Belmont Farms

[This is an evergreen article that we periodically edit, expand and republish, about the history of Cobb County and its cities. This one is about the thriving poultry industry that…

An automobile ad from the first decade of the 20th century

History February 1, 2025

A high school student comments on Cobb County’s roads: in 1899

by Larry Felton Johnson [This is an evergreen article that we occasionally expand and republish as we discover more information on the topic] In the March 2, 1899 issue of…

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Health Care April 8, 2025

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