Oh, Christmas Tree
Students at the old Unity School meet with Santa around a Christmas Tree, 1949. Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert celebrate around a Christmas tree in 1848. Images like this prompted a craze [...]
One Donation – Three Stories
Troup County Archives has received, from the estate of Dr. Leland Madison Park, this portrait of Dr. Thomas Randolph Lamar, by noted Georgia artist John Maier. Leland Park never resided in LaGrange but, over the years, he [...]
The Smell of Smoke: Court Records from Before the Fire
Local photographer Stanley Hutchinson had a studio less than a block from the courthouse, enabling him to capture numerous photographs of the building as it burned in 1936. TCA Collections. On Thursday, November 5, 1936, [...]
Outbreak: A Brief History of Pandemics
With masks over their faces, members of the American Red Cross remove a victim of the Spanish Flu from a home in St. Louis, MO, one of the first cities struck by the virus. Courtesy St. [...]
Job Requirement for 21st Century Archivist: Must read cursive writing!
“There’s an app for that.” Does that statement intimidate you? Probably not, if you are a millennial or younger. If your timeline is a lengthy one; if you remember where you were when Kennedy was assassinated; if [...]
Railways, Founding Fathers, & Ticking Clocks: The Legacy of Daylight Saving Time
Map featuring William F. Allen's proposal in 1883 for the introduction of Standard Railway Time. The clocks show the time which the railways of the same color on the map should adopt. The person responsible for [...]
The Fall of Deer
LaGrange Daily News article clipping discusses the deer population in Troup County It’s autumn, and our woodlands are resplendent with yellow, gold, and red – and fluorescent orange. Yes, it’s deer season. The people of [...]
The Gridiron: the History of Football
We southerners have long loved our football, especially the SEC. But did you know that many cultures, including ancient Europeans, the early Romans, and even Native Americans, played games similar to modern American football? The Ancient Greeks [...]
Troup County Press
The Monday, November 14, 1791 issue of the National Gazette. Image courtesy of Library of Congress Fake News, partisan reporting, selective publishing. Is this just a product of modern times or has the press always [...]
Photography in our History: Troup County’s Photographers
This panoramic image was taken by Snelson Davis at a picnic of the Dixie Cotton mills employees with their families on July 5, 1927. TCA Collections Recognizing that photographs are an integral part of our [...]
