A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . Coosa took with forty red-skins brave,Louis Bravo shot old Mateos at entrance to the cave. Silvestre, Villalobos fared to Chisca, seeking gold;They stalked back in a week or so, in rags, downcast and Soto asked for 30 squaws to join his hapless chief wrote out a double cross on Oostanaula sand. Away they trudged to Cosa next—no Eldorado found,But poisoned dart of Cherokee put Spaniards in the heart kept Soto on th
A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . Coosa took with forty red-skins brave,Louis Bravo shot old Mateos at entrance to the cave. Silvestre, Villalobos fared to Chisca, seeking gold;They stalked back in a week or so, in rags, downcast and Soto asked for 30 squaws to join his hapless chief wrote out a double cross on Oostanaula sand. Away they trudged to Cosa next—no Eldorado found,But poisoned dart of Cherokee put Spaniards in the heart kept Soto on the mark to cop the king some dough;Neglected Bella languished still a thousand miles below. At last DeSoto crossed a stream full dark and deep and with tha fever in his blood one day he up and died;His bones found welcome resting place beneath the waters cold,But never did he sip content from Midas cup of gold. The faithful Isabella, too, explored the other shoreWith broken heart still full of love for Soto possibly both might have lived a hundred years and nine,If Soto in his frenzied quest had penned her just a line!. RoMt cou«.r v^c-ot 568 A History of Rome and Floyd County ROME IN 1934—A DREAM. Oh, noble Roman, let us trip to good year Thirty-four,Which witnesseth 100 years have gone on here Rome became a husky babe and now is called a town;Up goes the curtain on a scene of passing great renown: One hundred thousand folks there be and happily resideFor quite a distance round the clock within our limits wide;Fair Chattanooga keeps an eye on Romes expanding chest,Atlanta girds her loins to fight, and so do all the rest. In every ward we have a park where children play and grow —Red-blooded life is everywhere: the folks arent dying so!The sextons looking for a job as keeper of the logThat tells how Romans live and love but slip no mortal cog. The city swimming pool is built, the market owns its home;Things generally are looking up in
Size: 3204px × 780px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookidhistoryofrom, bookyear1922
