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Chattahoochee RiverLands July 23, 2023

Don’t bury the lede: an episode from Chattahoochee River history

This reworking of an earlier article resulted from our coverage of the Chattahoochee RiverLands project. I determined that since the project spans both sides of the river, in addition to…

Atlanta History, Hollywood Cemetery May 27, 2016

Taylor Delk — Hollywood Cemetery’s Notable Outlaw Resident

This is the fourth installment in a series of articles on the history and current state of Atlanta’s Hollywood Cemetery. In 1904 the notorious Georgia outlaw Taylor Delk was buried…

Atlanta History, Bolton, Hollywood Cemetery, Iceville, Riverside May 24, 2016

Atlanta’s Hollywood Cemetery in 1897 – Insolvency and Streetcar Disputes

This is the second installment of a series on the history and current state of Atlanta’s Hollywood Cemetery. The sky was clear and the temperature pleasant as the crowd gathered…

Atlanta History, Bolton, Hollywood Cemetery, Riverside May 23, 2016

Hollywood Cemetery’s beginnings

This is the first of a series of articles tracing the history of Atlanta’s Hollywood Cemetery. I’ve been fascinated with Hollywood Cemetery for over ten years. It’s a large cemetery…

Bolton, Cobb County, Mableton, Riverside, Whittier Mill Village May 21, 2016

The Bagby brothers – elusive bandits of the Chattahoochee

The man sat in the tree by the banks of the river, waiting patiently. He was thin, with wiry arms, well suited to climbing. He was comfortable in the tree,…

Atlanta History May 20, 2016

The 1952 Atlanta annexations

In 1952 the City of Atlanta tripled in size, annexing areas to the south, west and north. To the west the communities near and along the Chattahoochee River became part…

Atlanta History, Bolton, Iceville May 19, 2016

We all had a fantastic time, except one of us was killed

There is a guideline in journalism: “Don’t bury the lede.” A lede, sometimes spelled “lead”, is the opening of a news story. It’s the part that gets you interested in…

From the Editor August 14, 2015

Welcome to River Edges

River Edges is an online news publication covering both sides of the Chattahoochee on the Cobb County/City of Atlanta border, roughly south and west of I-75. Our area of focus…

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Cobb County October 1, 2023