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History of Haralson County
Haralson County was created out of Carroll and Polk Counties in 1856. It was named after Major General Hugh A. Haralson of Lagrange. He was also a part of the Georgia General Assembly and the U.S. congress. Haralson County is Georgia's 113th county and it covers 282 square miles. The economy of the county primarily consisted of gold mining but as the mines were exhausted residents began farming. The main farming crops were cotton and lumber. Haralson County has four cities they are Buchanan, Tallapoosa, Bremen, and Waco. Buchanan was established on December 22, 1857. Buchanan was called Pierceville but there was already a town with that name, so when President James Buchanan took office the town was renamed. The courthouse was built in 1891 in the Queen Ann style; the courthouse clock was added in 1897. Tallapoosa was incorporated in 1860 it got its name from the nearby Tallapoosa River. Tallapoosa is susposed to mean Golden River by the Creek Indians. The town was called many names like Pine Grove, Pineville, and Possum Snout. After the town was established it began to thrive and was known as "The Yankee City under a Southern Sun". Tallapoosa was also called Possum Snout by the gold miners who looked for valuable metals in the Tallapoosa River. Tallapoosa had natural advantages like its beauty and the railroad that came in the 1880's. A man from Connecticut named Ralph L. Spencer made the Tallapoosa Land Mining and Manufacturing Company in 1887. Spencer also set up the first municipal electric company and the water works company. Ralph Spencer was also the main investor for the glassware factory in town. Bremen was the third estalbished city of Haralson County it was estalished in 1883. Between the time of the 1940's and the 1990's the town was known as the "Clothing Center" of the south because of its flourishing clothing industry. Bremen got its name from a local railroad station and a German seaport town with the same name. Where Bremen was located with the Chattanooga, Rome, Columbus Railroad, and the Georgia Pacific Railway it appealed to other manufacturing industries. Waco the last city of Haralson County was established in 1885. Waco was known first as Dean and then Wacoville. Waco used to be the center for shipment of cotton and lumber.