Historical Marker

A Bench By The Road

Cartersville · Bartow County · Erected 2020

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A Toni Morrison Society memorial bench remembering the enslaved men, women, and children who built the W&A Railroad and depot from the 1840s, and the convict-leased laborers forced to rebuild it after the Civil War.

About this site

A Bench By The Road is a historical marker in Cartersville, Bartow County, erected in 2020. It is one of 139 historical markers documented in Bartow County, among 265 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.1662, -84.7961 near Cartersville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Been Working on the Railroad (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Pathways to Freedom: A Story in Every Stitch, Grand Theater, and The Heart of the Chase.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 34.1662, -84.7961 · Cartersville, Bartow County

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