- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Edward Dalton White, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, ca. 1895]
- Date of Original:
- 1895
- Subject:
- Business--Georgia--Dalton
Portraits--Georgia--Dalton - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, 34.80561, -84.96722
United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, Dalton, 34.7698, -84.97022 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Dalton, ca. 1895. Edward Dalton White. He was a native of Massachusetts. He was the representative of a New England real estate syndicate that bought up much of the land that is now Dalton. However, at that time the community was known as Cross Plains. It was on the Western & Atlantic Railroad. In 1847 the town was incorporated as Dalton. Mr. White was responsible for laying out the town. He set aside land for schools, churches, parks, public buildings.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_wtf027
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:wtf027
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
-
