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Jekyll Island: The Club Era
3 November 2023 — by MLivngood in Our Travels & Jekyll Island History Blog I have published a new Jekyll Island History Blog Entry that covers the Jekyll Island Club Era, 1883 to 1947. Click on the larger, bold title below, for a hyperlink that will take you the new entry. Jekyll Island: The Jekyll Island Club…
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Cobb County History: The Bell Bomber Plant
June 27, 2022 — by MLivngood in our A History Trip to Cobb County Georgia blog… It provides an account of the founding of Air Force Plant 6 (originally Government Aircraft Plant 6) — more commonly referred to as ‘The Bomber Plant’ and home to the former Lockheed-Georgia Company, now Lockheed-Martin’s Marietta Site — and…
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Savoy: Overview & Blog Index
July 31, 2022 — by MLivngood in the Savoy Museum Scrapbook Blog, based on what we’ve seen during our numerous visits to view new exhibits at the Savoy, attending special events and what I’ve learned about the vehicles, I combined my enjoyment of automotive history, doing research and writing to create this “digital scrapbook” as my…
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The Establishment of Kennesaw National Battlefield Park
March 6, 2022 by MLivingood in our History Trip to Cobb County Georgia blog… I decided to do some research regarding the Nat’l park where we often times went to hike for exercise and, after retiring I delved into its history. I was quite surprised by many things that are wrongly assumed and passed along…
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Marietta, Then & Now: Down the Rabbit Hole Once Again…
April 20, 2022 by MLivingood at in our History Trip to Cobb County Georgia blog… written at a time when, every once and a while, I would get something on my mind I feel compelled to spend time researching, reading-about and sometimes writing about to capture what I’ve discovered. My blog on the history of…
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Marietta Sanborn Insurance Maps, 1885-1923
April 28, 2022 – by MLivingood on our History Trip to Cobb County Georgia blog. My interest in the old Sanborn Insurance Maps of Marietta, Georgia received something of a “boost” when I did some further searching for ones that were either older or newer than the 1911-year iteration. I found the 1911-edition map was…
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Map of Marietta Georgia, 1911
April 15, 2022 – by MLivingood on our History Trip to Cobb County Georgia blog. I was curious to see where the [Waterstreet] school was located in relation to what is now called the Marietta South Parkway Loop, and recalled seeing a series of Insurance Map images of maps produced in April 1911 by the…
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Kennesaw Mountain NPB: The 1864 Mountain Road & Camp Brumby
March 11, 2022 – by MLivingood in the History Trip to Cobb County Georgia blog, originally created as a collector blog to capture things that warrant documenting and commentary. This a companion piece to my blog entry on Kennesaw National Battlefield Park . However, it really never progressed past the first two ‘chapters’ regarding the…