The History of Atlanta 1782 - 1917 By gaius.ariail@howardstudent.org 1782 Standing Peachtree: first written record 1814 Fort Peachtree was built 1818 Removal of Creek and Cherokee began. 1821 Atlanta opened for white settlement 1833 Hardy Ivy was the first permanent settler 1837 Western and Atlantic Railroad built from Chattanooga to Atlanta 1837 Atlanta named Terminus 1838 Trail of Tears 1843 Atlanta changed it's name to Marthasville 1844 Atlanta becomes Atlanta 1850 Oakland cemetery was opened 1860 Civil war starts 1864 Sherman destroys Atlanta 1865 All five railroads back in operation. 1868 Atlanta becomes the capital of Georgia 1883 Atlanta journal founded Henry Grady 1886 John S. Pemberton created Coca Cola 1886 Jacobs pharmacy began selling Coca Cola 1890 Atlanta had twelve railroad lines. 1892 Coca Cola Company founded by Asa Candler 1905 Alonzo Herndon founded the Atlanta life insurance. 1906 Atlanta race riot 1910 Atlanta had 40 railroad lines 1913 The Trail of Leo Frank 1917 Fire destroys the northeast section of Atlanta 1925 Candler Field opened as first airport.
