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Staff reports
The city of Kennesaw, which shares its name with the
mountain at its southern border, is Cobb’s third largest
town, after Marietta and Smyrna.
The community started with small towns that were
established when the Western and Atlantic Railroad laid
20 miles of track stretching from Terminus (Atlanta) to
Cartersville by 1846. The worker shanties led to the area
being called “Big Shanty.”
During the Civil War, it became a training camp for
Confederate soldiers because of its accessibility to the
railroad and fresh water.
A famous event in the city’s history is the Great
Locomotive Chase, in which James Andrews and a group
of Union raiders commandeered The General in Big
Shanty in 1862. William Fuller, the conductor, chased
down the train in another locomotive, recovering it
north of Ringgold.
After it fell to Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s
troops in 1864, Kennesaw became a supply base, hospital
and headquarters for the Union. The area was on its way
to recovery when it was incorporated as Kennesaw in
1887.
The city is also well known for its gun law. In 1982,
city officials unanimously passed a law requiring every
head of household to own a firearm and ammunition,
but police do not enforce this law and there are no
consequences for residents who do not own a gun.
The city is governed by the mayor and five-member
council. It has a population of about 34,000.
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