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There were several historic ferries around the metro Atlanta, Georgia area, for which many of its current-day roads are named. Most of the ferries date back to the 1820s and 1830s, when crossing the river was a challenge for Atlantans. An assortment of private ferries carried travelers and loads across the Chattahoochee River and several other smaller rivers providing much needed at that time service.〔Michael Kahn. (Crossing the 'Hooch: Fulton's Ferries, Bridges and Fords ), August 31, 2015〕 After the Civil War, many of them were replaced with bridges, which later became the historic bridges of the Atlanta area. ==Bell's Ferry== Bell's Ferry was a privately-run ferry across the Little River in Cherokee County. This location is now part of a narrow arm of Lake Allatoona, and the present-day Bell’s Ferry Road does cross the Little River. Bells Ferry Road runs from Church Street (former Georgia State Route 3 (SR 3), one block west of former SR 5 on Cherokee Street) in Marietta north to Marietta Street (former SR 5 in Canton). It is an alternative route between the two county seats, departing well west of former SR 5 (which is now renumbered onto Interstate 575). Until 1984, the section of this road from SR 92 at Oak Grove north to Canton was designated as SR 205. Within the city of Marietta, street name signs use the proper "Bell's" rather than "Bells". However, the southernmost end of the road is called Church Street Extension, despite being a turn off of Church Street, and being a straight continuation of Bells Ferry Road. The counter-intuitive name change occurs at an arbitrary place in the road (near Cobb Electric Membership Corporation), instead of at a major intersection like Cobb Parkway. This section was once the main street through the small town of Elizabeth. According to Cherokee County court documents of 1835, James H. Bell operated a ferry across the Etowah River.〔Cherokee County Court Records, 1835; Georgia Archives, Morrow, GA〕 It has been suggested that, since James Bell owned Land Lot 252/21/2 at the time and as it contained both banks of the Etowah, this was the probable location of his ferry. This site is near present day BridgeMill community, northwest of Bells Ferry Rd. and Sixes Rd.〔Larry Vogt. Hidden History of Lake Allatoona: The Sixes, Cherokee Mills, Little River Area. Dautzenlein Publications, 2013〕 In June of 1835, Bell sold the land and ferry.〔Georgia Records and Cherokee Co. Deed Book B, #251〕 In January 1837, Bell purchased Land Lot 478/21/2 on the Etowah and a ferry was established there in 1834 by Jonathan J. Johnson.〔Georgia Records and Cherokee Co. Deed Book C, #110, p.64-65〕 Bell operated this ferry until December 1855, when he sold the property to Samuel Lovinggood, who built a bridge across the Etowah near this location.〔Georgia Records and Cherokee Co. Deed Book O, p.442〕 Land Lot 478 is near present day Victoria Landing on Lake Allatoona. These two Bell's ferry locations account for the Bell's Ferry Rd. between Canton and Marietta, and also for the Bell's Ferry roads found across the Etowah River, running north and west from the Land Lot 478/21/2 ferry site.〔Larry Vogt. Hidden History of Lake Allatoona: The Sixes, Cherokee Mills, Little River Area. Dautzenlein Publications, 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Historic ferries of the Atlanta area」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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