[This is an evergreen article that we periodically edit, expand and republish, about the history of Cobb County and its cities. This one is about the thriving poultry industry that existed in the Belmont area of Smyrna just after the turn of the last century]
In the early 20th Century, there was a significant amount of poultry-raising in Cobb County. Earlier, we ran an article about a 1907 poultry show that highlighted the extent of chicken and turkey husbandry in the county.
In our continuing research on the Georgia Historic Newspaper site, we found this article from the March 11, 1911 issue of the Atlanta Georgian highlighting Smyrna’s chicken industry, and in particular Belmont Farm…