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The headquarters of the system is the Rome-Floyd County Library, located in Rome, Georgia. Patrons of the library receive a PINES library card. This card may be used at any of the 275 libraries affiliated with the program across Georgia, as well as the six branches in the Sara Hightower Regional Library System, and is open to all Georgia residents.
Blossom Hill is a summit in Rome, Georgia. [2] With an elevation of 784 feet (239 m), Blossom Hill is the 901st highest summit in the state of Georgia. [1] It is considered to be one of the Seven Hills of Rome, Georgia. [4] [5] Jackson Hill is located about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the summit. [3]
Due to Rome's forts and iron works, which included the manufacture of cannons, Rome was a significant target during Sherman's march through Georgia to take and destroy Confederate resources. [22] Davis' forces occupied Rome for several months, [ 23 ] making repairs to use the damaged forts and briefly quartering General Sherman.
First Lady buried in Georgia is buried in Myrtle Hill Cemetery. Ellen Axson Wilson, was the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson. Ellen Louise Axson Wilson was the daughter of Reverend S. E. Axson, who was a Presbyterian minister and Margaret Hoyt Axson. She was born in Savannah, Georgia but grew up in Rome. She graduated from the Rome Female ...
The Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area in the U.S. state of Georgia, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one county – Floyd – in Northwest Georgia. As of the 2000 census , the MSA had a population of 90,565 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 96,250).
Gavin Fountain, track and field, Rome City Institute Emma Goodwin, lacrosse, Dartmouth College New football coach at GA: Germantown Academy names new head football coach
Broad Street in downtown Rome, Georgia. The history of Rome, Georgia extends to thousands of years of human settlement by ancient Native Americans. Spanish explorers recorded reaching the area in the later 16th century, and European Americans of the United States founded the city named Rome in 1834, when the residents of the area were still primarily Cherokee, before their removal on the Trail ...
In 1801, Sarah's husband David Hillhouse purchased the town's newspaper, the Washington Gazette, and renamed it the Monitor. [1] When he died just two years later on March 24, 1803, Sarah took over the role as publisher, making her the first woman publisher in Georgia. She immediately took on the management and learned the necessary skills to ...