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The Black Community in Roswell During Segregation

Jim Crow laws in the South were state and local laws that mandated “separate but equal” status for African Americans after the Civil War...

Health Issues in Post War Roswell

In Roswell, after World War II, there was an increased awareness of public health issues. Pictured above is the American Red Cross/North...

Christmas in Roswell, Georgia in the 1950s

The local weekly newspaper in the 1950s was the North Fulton Herald. R. D. Manning and his wife, Elizabeth, were the editors for the...

Roswell During World War II

When President Roosevelt declared war in December 1941, the residents of Roswell quickly acted to do their part to help the war effort....

President Roosevelt Visits Roswell in 1905

Bulloch Hall in Roswell, Georgia was the girlhood home of Mittie Bulloch. Mittie married Theodore Roosevelt from New York in 1853. Their...

The Roswell Flames Baseball League: 1930-1946

Roswell was home to a baseball team from the black baseball league known as the Josh Gibson League. Play Ball! Josh Gibson Baseball...

1839's Bookkeeper for the Roswell Manufacturing Company

Roswell Historical Society's archived collection of correspondence letters from Simon Fraser to family members from 1841 to 1898....