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tured at this place for the Georgia Raih'oad Company, and pro- 

 nounced by able judges to be very superior. Connected with 

 this establishment is aflour-mill four stories high, built of granite, 

 having four run of stones, and can turn out per day 250 barrels 

 of flour. The iron ore is procured about three or four miles 

 from the works. 



AUatoona iron works, on the south side of Etowah river, 

 owned by Lother & Stovall. 



Earle's iron works on Stamp creek. 



Mounds. — On the plantation of Capt. Tumblin, on the 

 north side of the Etowah river, is a very remarkable mound, 

 the height of which is 75 feet, and the circumference at the 

 base 1114 feet. A large quantity of pottery and other re- 

 mains of antiquity have been found here, differing very much 

 from those commonly found in other mounds. 



Original Settlers. — Among the early settlers are Mr. 

 McAdams, Mr. Lowrie, Capt. Tumblin, and Mr. Johnson. 



Name. — Few men now living have rendered more valuable 

 semces to their country, than the distinguished gentleman after 

 whom this county received its name. Lewis Cass was born in 

 Exeter, New Hampshire, Oct. 9, 1782, and received his educa- 

 tion at Exeter Academy. He went to Ohio, then the northwest- 

 ern territory, in 1799, and settled in Marietta, where he studied 

 law, and after the usual period was admitted to the bar, and com- 

 menced practice amidst the difficulties and privations of a new 

 country. In 1806 he was elected a member of the Ohio Legisla- 

 ture, and in 1807 was appointed Marshal of Ohio. In 1812 he 

 volunteered under a requisition from the President, and was 

 elected Colonel of one of the regiments of Ohio volunteers. Gen- 

 eral Hull assumed the command of the army of which Cass's 

 regiment made a part, at Dayton, and from thence he marched 

 to Detroit. The incidents of that campaign make a part of the 

 history of the country. Col. Cass was surrendered a prisoner 

 of war with the rest of the army, and returned to Ohio, where 

 after a short time he was released from his parole, and in the 

 spring of 1813 was appointed a Brigadier General in the army 

 of the United States. He served with Gen. Harrison during 

 the whole of his northwestern campaign, and was at the battle 

 of the Thames. In October, 1813, he was appointed Govern- 



