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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSPI_old-zion-heritage-museum_Marietta-GA.html
Zion Baptist Church was organized in 1866 by 88 former slaves who left First Baptist Church. The first worship place was a brush arbor. Next a small wooden structure was built which was destroyed by fire. In 1888, the present structure was built. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMI6_bell-bomber-b-29-plant_Marietta-GA.html
A plan to help lift rural Cobb County out of the Great Depression by building a commercial airport changed course when America entered WWII and Marietta was chosen as the location for a new aircraft assembly plant. Wartime necessity had rival comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMI1_georgia-military-institute_Marietta-GA.html
Opened in 1851 on a 110-acre campus, the Institute had a 4-year curriculum modeled after West Point. The cadet lifestyle was strict. Students attended classes all day followed by an hour-long drill, dress parades at sunset and evenings spent study…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMCA_coats-clark-thread-mill_Austell-GA.html
In 1931 Clark Thread Company opened a spinning mill here, giving the local economy a boost during the Great Depression with the creation of approximately 650 new jobs. Baled cotton was spun into unfinished thread that was then shipped to a finishi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMC9_clarkdale-historic-district_Austell-GA.html
Clarkdale is significant as an intact industrial village, locally called a mill village. Built according to a master plan for the employees of Clark Thread Company, it evolved into a self-contained community with commercial, social and recreationa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMBU_gen-o-o-howards-headquarters_Marietta-GA.html
Following the withdrawal of Johnston's forces, from the Mud Creek ~ Brushy Mtn. line, June 19, to the final one, which included Kennesaw Mtn., Howard's 4th A. C. [US] moved E. from Hardee's salient [CS].
Astride this, the Burnt Hickory rd., th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMBF_hightower-etowah-trail_Stone-Mountain-GA.html
Hightower (Etowah) Trail, one of the best marked Indian Trails in Georgia, was a much used crossover between two of the noted Trading Paths radiating from Augusta. Recognized as a former boundary between Cherokee and Creek lands, a part of it beca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMBE_hightower-trail_Roswell-GA.html
Already a well-established route in the 1700s, the Hightower Trail was a major Indian thoroughfare and part of a network of trails connecting Augusta with the Etowah River area and Alabama. The path crossed the Chattahoochee River at a shallow for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMB9_site-of-the-dickson-house_Kennesaw-GA.html
Late in the day General Butterfield's division of the Federal XX Army Corps fought past the Dickson House intending to assault the Confederate entrenchments at Gilgal Church, 300 yards south of this point near the intersection of Acworth-Due West …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMB8_historic-dickson-house_Marietta-GA.html
Facing demolition, this house was relocated here in 2005 from its original site on the battlefield at Gilgal Church in west Cobb County. On 1864 military maps, it was referred to as the "Dixon House". The house was damaged by artillery and rifle f…