The History Of Atlanta 1782-1910 By Tigerdre25 1782 First Written Record Of Standing Peachtree 1793 Eli Whitney Invented The Cotton Gin 1814 Fort Peachtree Was Built Period: 1818 to 1838 Creeks And Cherokees Forced To Surrender Their Land 1821 Atlanta Opened For White Settlement 1833 Hardy Ive, First Permanent White Settler 1837 Atlanta Was Named Terminus 1837 Western And Atlantic Railroad Built From Chattanooga To Atlanta 1843 Atlanta's Named Was Changed To Marthasville 1844 Atlanta Became Atlanta 1850 Oakland Cemetery Opened 1860 Civil War 1864 General Sherman Destroyed Atlanta 1865 All 5 Railroads Were Back In Operation 1868 Atlanta Became Georgia's Capital 1886 Jacobs Pharmacy Began Selling Coke-A-Cola 1886 John S. Pemberton Created Coke-A-Cola 1890 Atlanta Had 12 Railroads 1892 Coke-A-Cola Company Founded By Asa Candler 1905 Alonzo Herndon Founded The Atlanta Life Insurance Co. 1906 Atlanta Race Riot 1910 Atlanta Had 40 Railroad Lines
