- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Town of Cassville historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Bartow County
Cities and towns--Georgia--Cassville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, Cassville, 34.24482, -84.85216
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Old square in Cassville on Cassville Rd.
Text of marker: "TOWN OF CASSVILLE. In this valley was once situated the proud town of Cassville, begun in July, 1833, as the seat of justice for Cass County and soon the center of trade and travel in the region recently comprising the Cherokee Nation. Both the county and town were named in honor of Gen. Lewis Cass, Michigan statesman and Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Andrew Jackson. A decade after its founding Cassville lost its preeminence as a trading center due to the location of the state-owned Western and Atlantic railroad two miles west of its limits. It continued to flourish however, and in 1860 was a community of some 1300 persons. Two four-year colleges located here and its newspaper, The Cassville Standard, gave weight to its claims of being the educational and cultural center for all northern Georgia. In 1861 the name of the county was changed by action of the Georgia Legislature to Bartow in memory of Gen. Francis S. Bartow, a native Georgian killed at the First Battle of Manassas, and the name of the town became Manassas. The entire town was destroyed by fire Nov. 5, 1864 at the hands of the Fifth Ohio Cavalry. Only three houses and three churches were left standing. So complete was the destruction that no rebuilding of the town was attempted. 008-17 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1952" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_town-of-cassville
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_town-of-cassville
- 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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