The History Of Atlanta 1782-1910

  • First Written Record Of Standing Peachtree

  • Eli Whitney Invented The Cotton Gin

  • Fort Peachtree Was Built

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    Creeks And Cherokees Forced To Surrender Their Land

  • Atlanta Opened For White Settlement

  • Hardy Ive, First Permanent White Settler

  • Atlanta Was Named Terminus

  • Western And Atlantic Railroad Built From Chattanooga To Atlanta

  • Atlanta's Named Was Changed To Marthasville

  • Atlanta Became Atlanta

  • Oakland Cemetery Opened

  • Civil War

  • General Sherman Destroyed Atlanta

  • All 5 Railroads Were Back In Operation

  • Atlanta Became Georgia's Capital

  • Jacobs Pharmacy Began Selling Coke-A-Cola

  • John S. Pemberton Created Coke-A-Cola

    John S. Pemberton Created Coke-A-Cola
  • Atlanta Had 12 Railroads

  • Coke-A-Cola Company Founded By Asa Candler

    Coke-A-Cola Company Founded By Asa Candler
  • Alonzo Herndon Founded The Atlanta Life Insurance Co.

  • Atlanta Race Riot

    Atlanta Race Riot
  • Atlanta Had 40 Railroad Lines