Georgia Historic Newspapers

Photo from 1914 newspaper with group of Atlanta boosters meeting in Chattanooga about Dixie Highway project

History July 5, 2026

The automobile in Cobb County: The history of the Dixie Highway

By Larry Felton Johnson [This an evergreen article that we periodically republish as our readership grows, with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the…

History June 15, 2026

1885: a train disaster in Mableton

[This is an evergreen article that we occasionally expand and republish as we discover more information on the topic] Train disasters were significant events in the 19th through the early…

History May 2, 2026

A grave robbery in Cobb County: 1879

[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…

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

History March 27, 2026

1899 Letter Reveals Harsh Road Conditions in Cobb County

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…

History, Railroads February 17, 2026

1837: Report to the Governor of Georgia on plans for Western & Atlantic Railroad

[This is an evergreen article that we schedule for updating, improving and republishing periodically. It originally appeared on July 5, 2025] The origins of metro Atlanta, in particular the cities…

Section of 1833 map showing original shape of Cobb County (retrieved from http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hmap/id:hmap1833t3copy3 at the UGA libraries -- public domain)

Community, History December 21, 2025

This day in Cobb history, Dec 21, 1825: planning the removal of the Creek and Cherokee

By Larry Felton Johnson In 1825, Cobb County did not yet exist. Cobb was part of the Cherokee Nation, the land north and west of the Chattahoochee River. The Creek…

Silhouette of a cannon on wheels beside a pyramid of cannon balls

History December 14, 2025

The beginnings of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

By Larry Felton Johnson Last month we published a article that included a reprint of a dispatch from the Civil War battlefront at Kennesaw Mountain (click here to visit that…

Acworth December 3, 2025

In 1906, an Acworth dairy farm had most productive cow in U.S.

By Larry Felton Johnson Even if I weren’t periodically using newspapers from past decades and centuries to put together articles on the history of Cobb County, I’d browse the Georgia…

Mableton November 27, 2025

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…

Pencil drawing of a 19th or early 20th-Century street car on rails

Acworth November 18, 2025

Snippets from Acworth history: electricity and gold mining

The Courier makes frequent use of the Georgia Historic Newspaper database housed at the University of Georgia for articles on local history. In browsing around this morning, I decided to…

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Health & Wellness July 8, 2026

Patients Face a Thicket of Red Tape Trying To Maintain Consistent Health Coverage

This article by Renuka Rayasam first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Jul 8, 2026 By the time Derion Blackman collapsed in front of a Dollar General in…

Government & Politics, State Government July 8, 2026

Georgia utility regulators greenlight probe into data center costs

by Alander Rocha, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 7, 2026 The Georgia Public Service Commission approved an investigation into whether Georgia…

Government & Politics, National Government July 8, 2026

DOJ can’t subpoena Fulton County election workers’ information, Trump-appointed judge rules

by Maya Homan, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 7, 2026 A federal judge has quashed a subpoena from the U.S. Department…

Health & Wellness July 8, 2026

Ivermectin isn’t a cancer miracle drug, but influencers claim otherwise – here’s how to avoid sprinting past scientific evidence

by Dannell D. Boatman, West Virginia University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Though researchers have been studying the animal deworming drug ivermectin for decades, there…

Environment July 8, 2026

Fertilizers carry a hidden cost for soil’s crucial microbes – using less as prices rise might pay off for farms in unexpected ways

by Esther Ndumi Ngumbi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Across North America, in places such as Illinois, Iowa and Texas, farmers…