Dalton

by Thomas Deaton, Myra Owens, Brenda Ownbey, Tammy Poplin, Vanessa Rinkel

Overview

The Cherokees who first occupied this area called northern Georgia their "enchanted land," but the discovery of gold caused a land rush, an illegal treaty of expulsion, and the Trail of Tears. Dalton was created when the Western and Atlantic Railroad was built to connect Atlanta with Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1863, during the Civil War, this small town became a battle scene along Gen. William T. Sherman's march, with both armies occupying the community. After the war, the leading citizens built Crown Cotton Mill and Village to expand the town's economy. In 1895, fifteen-year-old Catherine Evans hand-tufted a bedspread, ushering in the bedspread and tufted carpet bonanzas. With the invention of tufting machines in the 1930s and 1940s, Dalton boomed as carpet companies, supply houses, bedspread lines, and retail outlets brought wealth to the city. At one point, there were more millionaires per capita in Dalton than anywhere in the country. Today Dalton is growing with the help of a diverse Hispanic labor force and continues to be the Carpet Capital of the World.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738567082
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	11/03/2008
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Thomas Deaton holds a doctor of philosophy in history and master's degrees in divinity and geography. He is a professor of social science at Dalton State College, the author of Bedspreads to Broadloom: The Story of the Tufted Carpet Industry, and author/editor of other works on Dalton and Whitfield County. Dr. Brenda Ownbey, Myra Owens, Tammy Poplin, and Vanessa Rinkel are gifted teachers of the C3 at the International Academy at Blue Ridge School, and 220 of their students assisted with this book.