Prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Black patrons were restricted to one half of the Gem Theatre’s balcony (the right side). They were required to enter through a separate door on 7th Street and were not allowed to purchase concessions or use . . . — — Map (db m300228) HM
When the City of Etowah was established in 1906, there was no official "Etowah Fire Department." That is until 1913, when the first paid Fire Department was established under the leadership of Mr. J.A. Leath. By the early 1920s the first Etowah . . . — — Map (db m299467) HM
Addison, Earl M. • Aderhold, William J. • Akin, Robert F. • Aldridge, Ray H. • Ammons, David F. • Atkins, Leon O. • Ballew, Charles E. Jr. • Barnes, Robert H. • Bazemore, Curtis A. • Bearfield, Carl E. • Beaty, Clarence A. • Belcher, Homer F. • . . . — — Map (db m231277) WM
The Louisville and Nashville (L&N) built Etowah between 1904 and 1906 as division headquarters for its new Cincinnati to Atlanta line. Workers were transferred from other L&N facilities or recruited from nearby farming communities, other states, and . . . — — Map (db m109275) HM
With an $8,000.00 grant from the Carnegie Corporation, founded by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1911, the Etowah Carnegie Library was approved for construction in 1915. Built on
property purchased from the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, it is . . . — — Map (db m299465) HM
Dedicated to these who made the
supreme sacrifice in WWII
Adams, Wallace I. • Amburgey, Lawrence M. • Anderson, Vernell • Arden, Dexter C. • Armstrong, Joel T. • Atchley, Robert J. • Bates, James W. • Bayless, Lawrence • Bohannon, Jackson . . . — — Map (db m178016) WM
1906 “The Largest Building in Etowah”
O.L Davis constructed this two-story brick building (at the time, the largest in town) for his general store and J.N Lewis’s clothing shop.
1918 The Crescent becomes the Gem
Georgia-based . . . — — Map (db m300226) HM
1970s Return to Local Ownership
In 1971, the Murphy family ended their long tenure as operators of the Gem Drug Company. Lester Averette purchased the drugstore and, three years later, the Gem Theatre. Film screens continued throughout the . . . — — Map (db m300230) HM
In 1902 as the L&N Railroad brought new industry to the east side of McMinn County, Etowah, a new boomtown was born. As thousands of people were arriving in this new frontier, so came the need for services. Entrepreneurs and investors descended . . . — — Map (db m299468) HM
Restoring the Gem Theater’s decorative elements has been both challenging and rewarding. For example, when Charles Munn, former director of the Etowah Arts Commission, set out to reproduce the auditorium’s long-since-removed light fixtures, he . . . — — Map (db m300229) HM
In 1902, the L&N Railroad was searching for a location between Atlanta and Knoxville to build their Southern Division Headquarters on a new, more direct route between the two cities. This new line would bypass the mountainous area of the Hiwassee . . . — — Map (db m120191) HM
The Treaty of 1805 between the United States and the Cherokee Nation established the Old Federal Road. The road extended from the Tellico Blockhouse on the Little Tennessee River to the towns of Madisonville and Columbus, Tennessee. This route . . . — — Map (db m178011) HM
In memory of
Col. R.J. Meigs •
Thos. Cantrell •
Isaac Lane •
Wm. Peters •
S. Benson McNabb•
John Rainey •
Max Rector •
Chas. Carter •
S. Eldridge •
Benj. Brown •
B. Cochran •
Gov. Jos. McMinn •
Isaac Newman •
John . . . — — Map (db m181286) WM
This monument perpetuates the memory of our beloved countrymen, members of Company L, 117th Infantry, and others who served in the World War from the Third District of McMinn County, who, true to the instincts of their birth, faithful to the . . . — — Map (db m120471) WM
