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Jennie Eldredge, Smyrna History Museum manager (photo by Haisten WIllis)

Smyrna August 6, 2019

Reworked Smyrna History Museum set to open this fall

Everything changes over time, including museums dedicated to preserving history. The first Smyrna history museum opened in 1939, and 80 years later the newest iteration will celebrate a grand opening…

Smyrna City Hall in article about Smyrna millage rate

Smyrna July 20, 2019

Want to help preserve Smyrna history? Here’s a way

If you are interested in helping preserve and document the history of Smyrna, Georgia, and have documents, photographs, or other objects from Smyrna’s past, there is a way you can…

Puzzles Games and Quizzes March 17, 2019

Cobb County history quiz

We’re going to start periodically running quizzes, and as an experiment put together a little quiz on Cobb County history, starting with the early years. The questions and answers were…

Cobb County Parks May 5, 2017

Park near Discovery Boulevard and the Chattahoochee would bring Civil War history to life

It can be hard to believe with so many subdivisions, wide highways, high-rises and now a Major League Baseball stadium operating near the Chattahoochee River, but southeast Cobb County was…

Atlanta Diversity, Atlanta History, Opinion December 25, 2016

Atlanta history, race relations, and tolerance — A Christmas Editorial Comment

Leave it to me to be the Grinch. This morning I rolled out of bed and decided to publish a quick feel-good Christmas message. Since Atlanta history is a life-long…

Smyrna July 7, 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…

Government & Politics July 7, 2025

One ‘big, beautiful’ reason why Republicans in Congress just can’t quit Donald Trump

by Charlie Hunt, Boise State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic…

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….

Man and woman handing out flags on a parade route

Marietta July 5, 2025

Cobb’s local Lions Clubs distribute flags at Marietta Independence Day parade

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs highlighted the Lions Clubs’ distribution of flags at Marietta’s Independence Day parade: The Cobb County Lions Clubs had a wonderful time handing out approximately 6,000…

Marietta July 5, 2025

Report with photos from Marietta’s Independence Day parade

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report with photos from Marietta‘s annual Independence Day parade: Everyone in attendance had a fantastic time celebrating our Independence Day at The…

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