What good are these without proof
Holy crap, I didn't realize that's where the airport is as well.
History of Rome and Floyd County, Georgia
The first people to live in Northwest Georgia were the Cherokee Indians, who were a peaceful tribe. One of their leaders was Major Ridge, who was a wealthy trader and the owner of a ferry that crossed the Oostanaula River near his home, Chieftains , which today houses a museum. The discovery of gold in Dahlonega in 1828 brought people from the coast eager to search for gold. Gold meant the end of the peaceful life led by the Cherokees in this area. In 1838 the Trail of Tears, led fourteen thousand Cherokees to their new home in the West. More than four thousand of them died before they reached their destination.
Five men who thought they had discovered a peninsula founded Rome in 1834. Their idea was to build a town that would become a trade center using riverboats as the transportation. The men met at Alhambra , the antebellum columned home of Major Philip Hemphill. The house, one of the oldest in Floyd County, was built in 1832. The house still stands and is home to the President of Darlington School . Each of the five men suggested a name for the new town. Legend says they placed the names in a hat and Rome was chosen…
The next year Rome received its charter and the county seat was moved from Livingston to Rome. Rome soon became the main river port between Gadsden, Alabama and Calhoun, Georgia. Boats as large as one hundred and seventy-five feet in length brought cargo, mail and passengers into Rome. In 1839 the Rome Railroad was chartered. By 1860 Rome had a bank, a newspaper, a college, churches, and was a busy hub of trade. During the Civil War Rome was a medical center and wounded from both sides were brought into Rome for treatment. Hospitals were set up in churches and many of the buildings on Broad Street. In May of 1864, Rome fell to the Union Forces under the command of General William T. Sherman. Soldiers of the Union Army occupied Rome until November of that year. When General Sherman and his men departed they set fire to many of the buildings. Those he spared were being used as hospitals.
Rome was rebuilt from the ashes. It is now the medical center of Northwest Georgia. The three rivers, which first attracted the founders now, provide a source of water for drinking, manufacturing, and recreation. Bridges; which had been built across the three rivers made growth easier and the small towns which had grown up across the rivers were annexed into Rome by the early part of the 20th Century. The 1900 Census was 7,291 and in 1910 following the annexation, the population had risen to 12.099.
https://www.romegeorgia.com/history.html
We're not a dynasty though
That's exactly how communism works. First go the bootlickers.