the history of atl 1782-1917 By Atticus is the best duuh 1782 BCE standing peach-tree: first written record 1814 fort peach-tree was built 1818 removal of creek and cherokee began 1821 ATL opened for white settlement 1833 hardy ivy was first tpermanent settler 1837 western and atlantic railroad bulit from chattanooga to atl 1837 ATL named Terminus 1838 trail of tears 1843 ATL named changed to marthasville 1844 ATL became ATL 1850 Oakland cemetery. opened 1860 Civil war 1864 sherman destroyed ATL 1865 All railroads back in operation 1868 ATl became the capital 1886 Atl journal founded henry grady 1886 john s. pemberton created coca cola Jacobs pharmacy began selling coca cola 1890 ATL had 12 railroads 1892 coca cola company founded by asa candler 1905 Alonzo Herndon founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Co. 1906 Atlanta Race Riot 1910 ATL had 40 railroad lines 1913 The Trial of Leo Frank 1917 Fire destroys the northeast section of ATL 1925 Candler Field opened as first Airport
