- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Etowah Valley Plantation historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Bartow County
Plantations--Georgia--Cartersville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, Cartersville, 34.16533, -84.80231
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Locatedon Hwy. 113 west of Cartersville near end of runway at Cartersville Airport
Text of marker: "ETOWAH VALLEY PLANTATION. On this site from 1844-1879 stood the plantation of Maj. John Sharpe Rowland and Frances Lewis Rowland. The plantation comprised some 2,500 acres. Rowland's Ferry was located just northeast of here at the mouth of Pettit's Creek. The Rowlands also owned Rowland Springs which was approximately 9.5 miles northeast of here. It was the most exclusive resort in the State of Georgia in the mid 19th century. John Rowland was a veteran of the War of 1812 and served as Superintendent of the Western & Atlantic Railroad from 1861-1863. Frances Rowland was an accomplished spinner and weaver who received many awards for her work. Both were generous philanthropists, and assisted the hospitals and needy families of the Confederacy during the Civil War. The family cemetery lies on the hilltop above, and the plantation manse stood approximately 300 feet southwest of the cemetery. ETOWAH VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_etowah-valley-plantation
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_etowah-valley-plantation
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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