Carrollton, GA news and local guide

Travel was difficult until the railroad arrived in 1874, and Carrollton stayed largely a frontier town until well after the Civil War. The railroad let farmers ship their cotton to distant markets and helped early water-powered textile mills grow into an industry that kept the town prosperous into the 20th century. By 1900 it had running water, electric lights and telephones, and it began paving its streets in 1918. In 1906 Carrollton was chosen for the Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School, which became West Georgia College in 1934 and is now the University of West Georgia. In May 1964 Robert F. Kennedy came to dedicate the campus's Kennedy Chapel. Sources Wikipedia: Carrollton, Georgia