A history of Ringgold,
since 1846
Postcards, papers and photographs of Ringgold from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Ringgold was founded in 1846 and incorporated as a city in 1847. It was named after Samuel Ringgold, a hero of the Battle of Palo Alto in the Mexican–American War.
Ringgold is where The General locomotive stopped during the Great Locomotive Chase on April 12, 1862. Ringgold is also home to the historic Ringgold Depot, which still contains bullet marks from the Civil War.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Ringgold’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHeadquarters of Gen. Geo. H. Thom…, 1861: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Ringgold, decade by decade
6 historic places in Ringgold
6 places in Ringgold are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1977Whitman-Anderson House
Listed 1978Ringgold Depot
Listed 1979Stone Church
Listed 1992Ringgold Commercial Historic District
Listed 2006Catoosa County Courthouse
Listed 2011Ringgold Gap BattlefieldThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Headquarters of Gen. Geo. H. Thomas (1861) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.