Getting to Know Cobb County

And One of the Best in the Country In This Issue: A Tour of MariettaWhen you read the name of the Marietta location that we’re highlighting in this section of our newsletter this month, you might wonder why we haven’t featured it before! That said, better late than never to highlight one of my favorite restaurants in town, and one of the best diners in the country, the Marietta Diner.The Marietta Diner was ... Read More

The Tale of the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art A Tour of MariettaArt comes in all shapes, sizes, styles, and colors and gives the viewer something to contemplate and adore just through the simple act of looking. Luckily for us here in Marietta, the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art gives everyone a chance to admire historic paintings, as well as make some of their own. However, the building housing the museum wasn’t ... Read More

The Proud History of the Marietta Fire MuseumIn the early days of Marietta, fire safety was left in the hands of volunteers. The city relied on bucket brigades, which were teams of volunteers who would pass buckets of water hand-to-hand from a water source to the fire to fight any blazes. After a massive fire in 1854 destroyed most of Marietta Square, it was clear the town needed more serious fire protection. ... Read More

House Time’s Long GoneIn August of 1839, a Philadelphian merchant named William Root moved south to Georgia. Root was one of Marietta’s founding citizens and opened the town’s first drug store. After marrying Hannah Remer Simpson in 1840, Root built his family home on the corner of present-day Church and Lemon streets. Today, this house is the oldest wood-frame house still standing in Marietta.A Tour of ... Read More

Memories Are Made at Earl and Rachel Smith Strand TheatreOn Sept. 24, 1935, all of Marietta came out to the premiere of “Top Hat,” a film starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. The town gathered at The Strand Theatre in Marietta Square, a brand-new art deco movie palace. With seating for 1000, as well as heating and air conditioning, The Strand was the most modern theatre outside of Atlanta.Despite the ... Read More

Echoes of the Past"To the 3000 soldiers in this cemetery, from every Southern State, who fell on Georgia soil, in defense of Georgia rights and Georgia homes."–Inscription on a monument in Marietta Confederate CemeteryIn September of 1863, Dr. William H. Miller, a Confederate surgeon from Kentucky, became the first person to be buried in the Marietta Confederate Cemetery. The cemetery was established as a ... Read More

What Happened to Marietta’s Open Container District?Early this past spring, Marietta was abuzz with the prospect of approving an open-container district in Marietta Square. Open-container districts, often referred to as entertainment districts, allow patrons of legal drinking age to carry open alcoholic drinks from restaurants within a designated area. Now we’re nearing the end of 2019 and open adult beverages ... Read More

The Most Haunted Place in MariettaThe South is full of ghosts. Countless bloody battles during the Civil War caused the spirits of soldiers from both sides to be trapped in limbo forever. At least, that’s what the stories say. But even the most hardened skeptic will have a hard time not believing the stories when visiting Marietta’s most haunted building, Kennesaw House.Built in 1845, Kennesaw House is one ... Read More

A Tour of MariettaWhen Spanish explorers were first making their way through North America in 1567, they heard a tale of a far-off mountain: “Very high, shining when the sun set like a fire.” These stories would bring them to the magnificent Stone Mountain in what would one day become Georgia.Standing at 1,686 feet above sea level, Stone Mountain has been called the largest piece of exposed granite in the ... Read More