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Legendary Locals of Rome

By Rome Area History Museum

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2014
ISBN
9781439648674, 9781467101714, 2014934524
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
17 MB (18146395 bytes)
Series
Legendary Locals
Pages
128\0
Time added
2022-12-21 05:54:12
Biography & Autobiography / Historical; History /

Description

In 1834, three men chanced to meet at a spring near where the Oostanaula and Etowah converge to form the Coosa River. Looking at the freshwater spring surrounded by healthy hardwood, they mused that this would make a good place for a community. They got together with two other landowners in the area and decided to start a town. And, of course, they wanted a name for it. Following the democratic process still honored by citizens today, they each chose their favorite names, such as Pittsburg, Warsaw, and Hillsboro. The name drawn was Rome. If the last name had been drawn, which was Hamburg, the town would be full of "Hamburgers" instead of the Romans that reside there today.

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