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Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA
"Atlanta, at-lan'ta, a flourishing city, capital of Georgia, and seat of justice of Fulton co., is situated on an elevated ridge dividing the waters of the Chattahoochee River from the rivers that flow into the Atlantic, at an altitude of 1100 feet above the level of the sea. It has a remarkably healthy and equable climate, the mean annual temperature being about 60° Fahrenheit, with a cool and salubrious atmosphere. Its latitude is 33°44'58"N, longitude 84° 30' W. from Greenwich. It is 7 miles S.E. of the Chattahoochee River, Seven railroads converge at Atlanta, mostly trunk lines, and leading from such important cities as Augusta, 171 miles distant; Knoxville, Tenn., 204 miles; Savannah, 294 miles; Chattanooga, 152 miles; Charlotte, N.C., 268 miles; Columbus, 290 miles; Athens, 67 miles; Marietta, 20 miles, &c. Atlanta has an extensive and rapidly increasing trade. The amount of goods sold by jobbers annually is valued at about $50,000,000; bales of cotton received and marketed about 300,000. A very large trade is carried on in horses and mules, and the tobacco trade is the largest south of Richmond. There are 15 banks, with an aggregate capital of $3,817,051...
Pop. in 1850, 2572; in 1860, 9551; in 1870, 21,879; in 1880, 37,409; in 1890, 65,533."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
"Atlanta, at-lan'ta, a flourishing city, capital of Georgia, and seat of justice of Fulton co., is situated on an elevated ridge dividing the waters of the Chattahoochee River from the rivers that flow into the Atlantic, at an altitude of 1100 feet above the level of the sea. It has a remarkably healthy and equable climate, the mean annual temperature being about 60° Fahrenheit, with a cool and salubrious atmosphere. Its latitude is 33°44'58"N, longitude 84° 30' W. from Greenwich. It is 7 miles S.E. of the Chattahoochee River, Seven railroads converge at Atlanta, mostly trunk lines, and leading from such important cities as Augusta, 171 miles distant; Knoxville, Tenn., 204 miles; Savannah, 294 miles; Chattanooga, 152 miles; Charlotte, N.C., 268 miles; Columbus, 290 miles; Athens, 67 miles; Marietta, 20 miles, &c. Atlanta has an extensive and rapidly increasing trade. The amount of goods sold by jobbers annually is valued at about $50,000,000; bales of cotton received and marketed about 300,000. A very large trade is carried on in horses and mules, and the tobacco trade is the largest south of Richmond. There are 15 banks, with an aggregate capital of $3,817,051...
Pop. in 1850, 2572; in 1860, 9551; in 1870, 21,879; in 1880, 37,409; in 1890, 65,533."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
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- 1843 - Atlanta, Georgia founded
Originally known as Marthasville, Georgia.
www.wikipedia.org - 1864 - September 2 - Union General William T Sherman captures and burns Atlanta
historyorb.com - 1868 - Atlanta became capital
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1868 advertisement
Herring & Leyden
Clothing House
The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
July 5, 1868- January 6, 1884 - The temperature dipped to one degree below zero at Atlanta, GA. It marked the final day of a severe arctic outbreak in the South and Midwest
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1885 - A FATAL WRECK. FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GEORGIA RAILROAD. FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED OR FATALLY INJURED. A TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 15. - One of the most terrible railroad accidents ever known in Georgia, occurred last night at midnight, fifteen miles from this c...Read MORE...- 1885 - Atlanta, GA Blasting Powder Explosion, Nov 1885. Blown to Atoms.
Atlanta, Ga., November 5. – Two colored men, Wm. KENNEBREAD and Phil JOHNSON, well-diggers, were blown to atoms yesterday by an explosion of blasting ...Read MORE... - 1886 - May 8 - Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine)
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May 8, 1886 - 1886 - March 29 - Atlanta, GA, was drenched with a record 7.36 inches of rain in 24 hours.
The Weather Channel - 1889 - January 15 - The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
historyorb.com 
Klok-Lax
The Swift-Specific Company
Atlanta, Georgia
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada
Atlanta Ga. Atlanta Terminal Station- 1894 - March 12 – For the first time, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles.
www.wikipedia.org
March 12, 1894 - 1898 - July 23 - A two hour thunderstorm deluged Atlanta, GA, with 4.32 inches of rain.
More than a foot of water flooded Union Depot. Many street car motors burned out while trying to run through flooded streets. It grew so dark before ...Read MORE... - 1906 - September 22 - Race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21
historyorb.com - 1907 - FIRE THREATENED AN ATLANTA BLOCK. Considerable Damage by Flames in Business Section.
Atlanta, Ga., April 2. – Fire started in Durand’s restaurant at 11 East Alabama street early this morning, gutted the upstairs portion of the restaura...Read MORE... - 1907 - FREQUENT FIRES IN AN ATLANTA HOTEL
Atlanta, Ga., May 3. - (Special) - A mysterious fire in the Arlington hotel at Marietta and Cone streets at 1 o'clock this morning as a result of whic...Read MORE... 
A. K. Hawkes Company glasses
found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida
New Fulton County Court House, Atlanta, Ga.- 1916
Atlanta, at-lan'ta, a city, capital of Georgia, and seat of justice of Fulton co., is situated on an elevated ridge dividing the waters of the Chattah...Read MORE... - 1917 - May 21 - The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 takes place.
Fire In Atlanta Razes 100 Blocks; Loss $2,000,000
Wide Residence Area in Northeast Swept by Flames Starting in Storage Building.
Soldiers Called To ...Read MORE... - 1932 - May 4 - Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary
historyorb.com - 1936 - THREE ARE DEAD, DOZEN INJURED IN ATLANTA FIRE.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 20. - At least three persons were killed, a dozen injured, and $200,000 property damage was caused yesterday by a fire that raged t...Read MORE... - 1938 - May 16 - 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta Ga)
historyorb.com - 1939 - December 15 - "Gone With the Wind" premieres in Atlanta
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The Napsonian School
Napsonian School (formerly North Ave. Presbyterian) from Ponce de Leon Ave. The picture shows from left to right the Library with High School at rear, the Administration and Elementary School Building, and the Dormitory. This ... Read MORE...- 1946 - December 7 - Fire at Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, kills 119
historyorb.com - 1949 - 'Gone With the Wind' Author Hit by Taxi
ATLANTA, Aug. 11. (AP) - A speeding taxicab struck and severely injured Margaret Mitchell Thursday night in front of a theater.
The author of the c...Read MORE... - 1960 - October 19 - Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested at an Atlanta sit-in.
http://www.independentsentinel.com/ - 1968 - April 9 - Martin Luther King Jr, buried in Atlanta
historyorb.com - 1971 - FOUR FIREMEN ARE KILLED IN BLAST.
Atlanta, Ga. (AP) - Four firemen were killed when an explosion ripped through a burning downtown restaurant, trapping them in a basement inferno as th...Read MORE... - 1978 - LOEW'S TOP THREE FLOORS MOSTLY DESTROYED IN FIRE.
Atlanta (AP) - Flames billowed Monday where Hollywood's spotlight's once played on the ornate facade of LOEW'S Grand Theater, the site of the glamorou...Read MORE...
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1868 advertisement
Herring & Leyden
Clothing House
The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
July 5, 1868
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Atlanta Ga. Atlanta Terminal Station
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Klok-Lax
The Swift-Specific Company
Atlanta, Georgia
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
A. K. Hawkes Company glasses
found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
New Fulton County Court House, Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
 from Ponce de Leon Ave. The picture shows from left to right the Library with High School at rear, the Administration and Elementary School Building, and the Dormitory. This Christian Preparatory School offers training for girls and boys through the sixth grade and for girls only in Junior and Senior High School)
The Napsonian School
Napsonian School (formerly North Ave. Presbyterian) from Ponce de Leon Ave. The picture shows from left to right the Library with High School at rear, the Administration and Elementary School Building, and the Dormitory. This ... Read MORE...
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1843 - Atlanta, Georgia founded
Originally known as Marthasville, Georgia. www.wikipedia.org
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1864 - September 2 - Union General William T Sherman captures and burns Atlanta
historyorb.com
-
1868 - Atlanta became capital
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ gatimeln.htm
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January 6, 1884 - The temperature dipped to one degree below zero at Atlanta, GA. It marked the final day of a severe arctic outbreak in the South and Midwest
WeatherForYou.com
-
1885 - Atlanta, GA Blasting Powder Explosion, Nov 1885. Blown to Atoms.
Atlanta, Ga., November 5. – Two colored men, Wm. KENNEBREAD and Phil JOHNSON, well-diggers, were blown to atoms yesterday by an explosion of blasting ... Read MORE...
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1885 - A FATAL WRECK. FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GEORGIA RAILROAD. FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED OR FATALLY INJURED. A TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 15. - One of the most terrible railroad accidents ever known in Georgia, occurred last night at midnight, fifteen miles from this c... Read MORE...
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1886 - March 29 - Atlanta, GA, was drenched with a record 7.36 inches of rain in 24 hours.
The Weather Channel
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1886 - May 8 - Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine)
historyorb.com
May 8, 1886
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1889 - January 15 - The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
historyorb.com
-
1894 - March 12 – For the first time, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles.
www.wikipedia.org
March 12, 1894
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1898 - July 23 - A two hour thunderstorm deluged Atlanta, GA, with 4.32 inches of rain.
More than a foot of water flooded Union Depot. Many street car motors burned out while trying to run through flooded streets. It grew so dark before ... Read MORE...
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1906 - September 22 - Race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21
historyorb.com
-
1907 - FIRE THREATENED AN ATLANTA BLOCK. Considerable Damage by Flames in Business Section.
Atlanta, Ga., April 2. – Fire started in Durand’s restaurant at 11 East Alabama street early this morning, gutted the upstairs portion of the restaura... Read MORE...
-
1907 - FREQUENT FIRES IN AN ATLANTA HOTEL
Atlanta, Ga., May 3. - (Special) - A mysterious fire in the Arlington hotel at Marietta and Cone streets at 1 o'clock this morning as a result of whic... Read MORE...
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1916
Atlanta, at-lan'ta, a city, capital of Georgia, and seat of justice of Fulton co., is situated on an elevated ridge dividing the waters of the Chattah... Read MORE...
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1917 - May 21 - The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 takes place.
Fire In Atlanta Razes 100 Blocks; Loss $2,000,000
Wide Residence Area in Northeast Swept by Flames Starting in Storage Building.
Soldiers Called To ... Read MORE...
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1932 - May 4 - Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary
historyorb.com
-
1936 - THREE ARE DEAD, DOZEN INJURED IN ATLANTA FIRE.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 20. - At least three persons were killed, a dozen injured, and $200,000 property damage was caused yesterday by a fire that raged t... Read MORE...
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1938 - May 16 - 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta Ga)
historyorb.com
-
1939 - December 15 - "Gone With the Wind" premieres in Atlanta
historyorb.com
-
1946 - December 7 - Fire at Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, kills 119
historyorb.com
-
1949 - 'Gone With the Wind' Author Hit by Taxi
ATLANTA, Aug. 11. (AP) - A speeding taxicab struck and severely injured Margaret Mitchell Thursday night in front of a theater.
The author of the c... Read MORE...
-
1960 - October 19 - Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested at an Atlanta sit-in.
http://www.independentsentinel.com/
-
1968 - April 9 - Martin Luther King Jr, buried in Atlanta
historyorb.com
-
1971 - FOUR FIREMEN ARE KILLED IN BLAST.
Atlanta, Ga. (AP) - Four firemen were killed when an explosion ripped through a burning downtown restaurant, trapping them in a basement inferno as th... Read MORE...
-
1978 - LOEW'S TOP THREE FLOORS MOSTLY DESTROYED IN FIRE.
Atlanta (AP) - Flames billowed Monday where Hollywood's spotlight's once played on the ornate facade of LOEW'S Grand Theater, the site of the glamorou... Read MORE...
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