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Photo Gallery: Friendship Monument
Tribute on Monument marker text:
This monument is erected by Mark A. Cooper, Proprietor at
Etowah, as a Grateful tribute to the Friendship and Liberality of those
whose names are hereon inscribed, which prompted them to aid him in the
prosecution and development of the interests at Etowah.
(see other side)
Engraved by S.A. Cox, Jr., 1859
<other side: 38 Names on Monument (not listed here)>
Friendship Monument marker text:
The nearby marble shaft has the unique distinction of having been erected by
a debtor in honor of his creditors. Losses during the panic of 1857 forced
Mark A. Cooper, proprietor of the Etowah Iron Works, to offer this property
for sale to satisfy a $100,000 debt. Thirty-eight friends signed notes
totaling that amount to save the enterprise.
When the debt was repaid in 1860, Cooper erected this monument on which the
names of his benefactors are inscribed.
008-51 Georgia Historical Commission 1963
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