Monday, October 31, 2011

Federal 15th Corps

DIRECTIONS:  N 33°59.173 W 084°35.067    When leaving the Visitor Center at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park go Right on Stilesboro then left on Old 41. Located just across the railroad tracks on the left.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Summers House

DIRECTIONS:  N 34°00.680 W 084°36.414    South of Kennesaw on Old Highway 41 across the street from McCollum Airport.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Kennesaw Depot

Built in 1908 by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. Currently houses several displays of local history.
DIRECTIONS:  34.023249,-84.614586     Located in downtown Kennesaw just off the corner of Cherokee Street and Main Street. Across the street from the Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Moon's Station



DIRECTIONS:  N 34°03.098 W 084°36.911    From downtown Kennesaw take Moon Station Road north to Jiles Road. Go Right to Baker Road and go Left. Location is ahead on the Left.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Gen. Leonidas Polk's Headquarters

Hardage House

DIRECTIONS:  N 33°57.839 W 084°36.446    From Barrett Parkway heading East on Burnt Hickory Road. On left and near intersection with Hardage Trace NW.

Kennesaw Spur

DIRECTIONS:  N 33°57.789 W 084°35.534    From Barrett Parkway heading East on Burnt Hickory Road. Just past Old Mountain Road on the right. Inside Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. 

Friday, October 21, 2011

4th Corps Posted Along the River

LOCATION: N 33°52.199 W 084°27.344     Just North of the exit to the West Palisades area of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area on Cobb Parkway (Hwy 41).

Akers Mill

Akers Mill is located in the West Palisades Area of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. The first 2 pictures were taken in 2003 prior to the building of the Rottenwood Creek/Bob Callan Trails. The last picture was taken towards the mill location from the Trail.
Akers Mill from 2003

Akers Mill from 2003

On the Bob Callan/Rottenwood Creek Trail headed towards Akers Mill

Looking towards Akers Mill from the Rottenwood Creek Trail. 
LOCATION: N 33°53.169   W 084°27.246     West Palisades Area of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Vinings Pavilion

Vinings was the ideal spot for the Western & Atlantic railroad to build an open air recreation hall in 1864, on the corner of Mountain Street and Ranch Road. It was a popular destination for young couples who would come from Atlanta by train or carriage to picnic and dance away the day until the early 1900s.
In the mid-1940's Hardy Pace's great-great granddaughter Earle Carter Smith bought the Pavilion. Windows were added and the Pavilion served as home to Atlanta's finest antique dealers until the Vinings Historic Preservation Society rescued it from destruction in 1995. In 1996, the Pavilion was moved to its current location alongside the Pace House. (Information from Vinings Historic Preservation Society)

LOCATION: N 33°51.997   W 084°27.864  Located in downtown Vinings.

Hardy Pace's House


This historic house was built with the remains of the 17-room antebellum home of Vinings founder Hardy Pace. The house served as General Sherman's temporary headquarters where he planned the siege of Atlanta. Hardy's son, Solomon Pace, returned home after the Civil War to find the home in ruins. Sometime between 1865 and 1874, Solomon painstakingly rebuilt the home—albeit more modestly—from doors, windows and remnants of several small cabins that survived the fire of the main house. (Information from Vinings Historic Preservation Society)

LOCATION: N 33°51.997   W 084°27.864  Located in downtown Vinings.

4th Corps at Vinings Station


LOCATION: 33.865991  -84.468403  On Paces Ferry Road in downtown Vinings at intersection with railroad tracks. 

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Big Shanty Spring




LOCATION: 34.022751    -84.61693    In downtown Kennesaw on Watts Drive behind City Hall.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Camp McDonald

LOCATION: N 34°01.097 W 084°37.137 On the the West side of Cobb Parkway in Kennesaw headed north towards Acworth.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Glover Park



LOCATION: 33.952743  -84.549612  Downtown Marietta. 

Cobb County

LOCATION: 33.952439   -84.549627  Downtown Marietta just outside Glover Park on the South side.

Glover Machine Works Locomotive



LOCATION: 33.953038    -84.551339    In downtown Marietta on Mill Street across the tracks from the Marietta Welcome Center.

Marietta Museum of History





LOCATION: 33.952687 -84.551037    Located near Marietta Square off Mill Street beside railroad tracks and Marietta Welcome Center.

Cherokee Indian Trail Tree



LOCATION: 33.967797   -84.563355    From Kennesaw Mountain take Kennesaw Avenue South. Turn right on St. Annes Road just past Tower Road. The tree is a short distance down on the left. 

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Memorial Park - Kennesaw





DIRECTIONS: N 34°01.426 W 084°36.908     Located in downtown Kennesaw at the intersection of Main Street and Cherokee Street.

Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History





LOCATION: 34.023596    -84.614358    Located in downtown Kennesaw just off the corner of Cherokee Street and Main Street.