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First Written Record of Standing Peachtree
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
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Fort Peachtree was built
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Creeks and Cherokees forced to surrender their land
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Atlanta opened for white settlement
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Hardy Ivy, first permanent white settler
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Western and Atlantic Railroad was built from Chattanooga to Atlanta
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Atlanta was named Terminus because the Railroads ended in Atlanta
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Atlanta changed names to Marthasville
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Atlanta changes its name to Atlanta
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Oakland Cemetery opened
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Civil War
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Sherman Burned down Atlanta
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All 5 railroads rebuilt and in operation
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Atlanta became the capital of Georgia
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John S. Pemberton created Coca Cola
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Jacobs Pharmacy began to sell Coca Cola
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Atlanta had 12 Railroads
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Coca Cola Company founded by Asa Candler
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Alonzo Herndon founded then Atlanta Life Insurance Co.
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Atlanta Race Riot
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Atlanta had 40 railroad lines
