- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Mark Anthony Cooper's Iron Works historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Bartow County
Iron-works--Georgia--Emerson
Biography--19th century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, Emerson, 34.12704, -84.75549
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located on the Old River Road off U.S. 41 in Emerson
Text of marker: "MARK ANTHONY COOPER'S IRON WORKS. These ruins of an old iron furnace built by Moses Stroup are all that remain of Cooper's Iron Works, developed by Mark Anthony Cooper, pioneer industrialist, politician, and farmer. Cooper was born in 1800 near Powelton, Ga. Graduating from S.C. College (now the University of S.C.) in 1819, he was admitted to the bar in 1821 and opened a law office in Eatonton. A member of the Ga. Legislature in 1855, he later served in the 26th Congress, filled a vacancy in the 27th, and was reelected to the 28th. Resigning to run for Governor in 1843, Cooper was defeated by George W. Crawford and retired from politics. Cooper bought an interest in the furnace then owned by Stroup, and in 1847 he and Leroy M. Wiley bought Stroup out. Cooper's plants, including a nail factory, rolling-mill, and flour mill, were destroyed by Sherman's army. Cooper and Stroup were incorporators of the Etowah Railroad, completed to the rolling-mill in 1858. A yard engine of this road, the "Yonah", was involved in the famous chase of the "General" in April, 1862. Cooper, the first president of the Ga. Agricultural Society, a trustee of Mercer University, the University of Ga., and the Cherokee Baptist College, died in 1885 at his home, "Glen Holly". 008-50 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1962" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_mark-anthony-coopers-iron-works
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_mark-anthony-coopers-iron-works
- 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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