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An image of the front page of the December 2, 1907 edition of the Atlanta Georgian

Acworth May 20, 2024

1907: A campaign in Acworth to break away from Cobb County

Since Georgia was founded, many cities have been incorporated, and counties have been reconfigured or dissolved. Roswell was once part of Cobb County. The current Fulton County was created first…

Smyrna April 18, 2024

When Smyrna’s speed limit was 8 mph

The June 3, 1909 issue of a now-defunct newspaper called the Atlanta Georgian published the following story about a speed-limit ordinance Smyrna’s city council had recently passed (we’ve included a…

Mableton March 31, 2024

More Cobb History: Bandits captured outside Mableton in 1914 car chase

In 1914 a newspaper called the Atlanta Georgian was owned by William Randolph Hearst. Like most Hearst newspapers, the Georgian placed a high emphasis on sensationalism. Crime and scandal were…

Marietta January 22, 2024

January 22, 1861: the Marietta Advocate reports on secession

The Courier uses the Georgia Historic Newspaper site housed at the University of Georgia to assemble history articles based on contemporary news reports. From the formation of Cobb County in…

a front page of an 1861 edition of the Marietta Advocate

History January 17, 2024

Civil War era Cobb County court clerk absconds with the cash

If we consider the backlog in the Cobb County clerk’s office now scandalous, imagine reader reaction to this brief story from the February 1, 1861, issue of the Marietta Advocate:…

A screenshot of an 1838 ad for the Powder Springs Hotel

Powder Springs December 25, 2023

1838 advertisement for the Powder Springs Hotel

The Courier makes heavy use of the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia when we publish articles about the history of Cobb County and…

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

History December 10, 2023

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

by Larry Felton Johnson In the March 2, 1899 issue of the Marietta Journal (one of the previous names of the Marietta Daily Journal) a letter appeared from a high…

A photo of a 1918 newspaper with the headline Alabama Bound Today: Atlanta to Borden Wheeler

From the Editor December 9, 2023

When automobiles were an adventure: a 1918 excursion through Cobb County

by Larry Felton Johnson Reading old newspapers has always been an interest of mine, and with the development of the Georgia Historic Newspapers website I’ve been like a kid in…

The front page of an 1861 copy of the Marietta Advocate

Marietta December 3, 2023

The Marietta Advocate: the first newspaper in Cobb County (1843)

by Larry Felton Johnson I have a fascination with old newspapers. As a journalist, looking through the changes in form and substance of newspapers through the 19th and 20th centuries…

Marietta December 24, 2024

Marietta’s Bell Bomber plant: 1942-1945

Photo above: a B29 in flight, Public Domain, retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B-29_in_flight.jpg [We expand and republish this evergreen article periodically] In 1942 a small ad appeared in newpapers across Georgia, including…

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