Cooper Iron Works

When I was growing up this was a part of the Etowah and Stamp Creek Area of Bartow County Georgia. Today it is mostly no trespass or keep out.

The Allatoona Dam Area was closed in 2001 after 9.11 so no pictures can be made from this area of the Dam. This is the area where the engineers who built the dam made their headquarters.

During the civil up rising of the 1860's the plantation owner had a good business going making ammo and other iron products, for the rebels and was destroyed during that time. According to the family historian, quite a few of our relatives worked for this owner.

Today only a chimney stands as a reminder to those times and a great picnic area was built so you could enjoy the area. You can even walk down to the river and skip stones and see little fish know as minnows. Fish bait, Daddy called them. The frogs are many and recalls the story of Dad and Mom and a lot of the family going hunting for bullfrogs and they laughed every time they told the story of how you chase the monsters down.

The tree is a mimosa, a friend of mine said his son called it a firecracker tree because of the blossoms look like explosions.