Mark Anthony Cooper's Iron Works

Historical marker location:

Cartersville, Georgia

( Marker is on Old River Road, 2.5 miles east of Joe Frank Harris Parkway (U.S. 41), on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1962

Georgia was the site of the first European settlement in what is now the United States. In 1565, the Spanish established a settlement on St. Simons Island, which is now part of Georgia.