Cartersville in Bartow County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Georgia Farm Bureau
Photographed by Mark Parker, May 10, 2025
1. Georgia Farm Bureau Marker, Side One
(Top side)
At this location in 1937 a group of fifty farmers from surrounding counties met to establish what is now known as the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation and began to shape the future of Georgia's number one industry ~ Agriculture.
(North side)
The Georgia Farm Bureau, like any worthwhile organization, was born of a need - the need for a unified voice for legislation and for cooperative marketing of farmers' production.
Although farmers' organizations had failed in the past, Mr. Robert M. Stiles and others believed a farmers' organization controlled by farmers, would succeed. At Mr. Stiles' request, a group of farmers from the seven Northwest Georgia counties of Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gordon, Floyd, Polk and Paulding met on June 17, 1937, here at the Bartow County Courthouse.
The result of this meeting was the formation of the United Georgia Farmers which would later become known as Georgia Farm Bureau.
The Voice of Georgia Farmers
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical date for this entry is June 17, 1937.
Location. 34° 9.943′ N, 84° 47.857′ W.
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Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Flame of Freedom (here, next to this marker); Bartow County Confederate Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Bartow County (within shouting distance of this marker); William Harrell Felton Monument
Photographed by Mark Parker, May 10, 2025
2. Georgia Farm Bureau Marker, Side Two
Also see . . . Georgia Farm Bureau. (Submitted on May 29, 2025.)
Photographed by Mark Parker, May 10, 2025
3. North side of the Georgia Farm Bureau Marker
Photographed by Mark Parker, May 10, 2025
4. Georgia Farm Bureau Marker at the 1903 Bartow County Courthouse
Photographed by Mark Parker, May 10, 2025
5. Georgia Farm Bureau Marker across from Bartow County Annex Building (formerly First Baptist Church)
Credits. This page was last revised on May 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 27, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 108 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 27, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
