The Atlanta Area of Georgia
COBB~DeKALB~FULTON Counties
NEW 64 PAGE BOOKLET
Early
days in the Atlanta, Georgia, area are recalled through a mixture
of colorful tales and factual data in this spiral-bound booklet reprinted
from two rare books: the Rev. George White's Historical
Collections of Georgia and Georgia,
a Guide to Its Towns and Countryside, a WPA publication. The
booklet is printed one-sided on 60# paper with the print enlarged for
easier reading. A sheet of vinyl protects the three color front cover.
Besides Atlanta, the book includes the
present or past communities of Marietta, Acworth, Powder Springs,
Roswell, Kenesaw Town, Alatoona, Sweet Water Old Town, Buffalo Fish
Town, Decatur and Campbellton.
Excerpts
from White's book covers the development of this area until shortly
before its publication date of 1854. Fulton
County, formed in 1853, was not included. However, we have
included White's observations on Campbell County, which merged
with Fulton in 1932. Excerpts from the WPA book,
give a nostalgic view from a mid 20th Century vantage
point.
Among
the many and diverse topics in the booklet are:
the Georgia Military Institute; the Water-Cure Establishment near
Kenesaw Mountain; Denmead's (flour) Mill, Marietta Tannery, Rosewell
Mfg. Co. and other businesses; Chattahoochee land; Illnesses; Instances
of Longevity (including William Suttles, who died at age 108); Early
Settlers; First Grand Jurors of Campbell and Cobb counties;
an unusually sobering punishment; Atlanta businesses
in 1854; extract from Atlanta's Census of 1850; Stone Mountain;
a small map of 1940 Atlanta; How Railroads built Atlanta (White
Hall to Terminus to Marthasville to Atlanta); Atlanta in the War
Between the States; the Burning of Atlanta by Sherman's army; Reconstruction
Headquarters in atlanta; Unveiling of the Benjamin Hill statue in
1886; When Atlanta became Georgia's Capital; the International Cotton
Exposition of 1881 and the Cotton States and International Exposition
in 1895; Atlanta in World War I; The Central Expressway; Points
of Interest, including Five Points, the Old Lamppost, the Atlanta
Division of the University of Georgia, Henry Grady Monument, the
State Capitol, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta University (started
in a boxcar), Emory University, Morehouse College, Spelman College,
Morris Brown College, Clark College, Georgia Institute of Technology,
the Cyclorama of the Battle of Atlanta painted in 1886, and
"The Texas" involved in the dramatic Civil War Railroad
chase known as Andrews Raid; Kennesaw National Monument Battlefield
Park, the Alice McLellan Birney Memorial; the Marietta National
Cemetery; Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Agnes Scott College in
Decatur; and numerous other bits of history and trivia.
Illustrations include
Dr. Cox's Water-Cure Establishment; Stone Mountain; Rich's Bridge
over Forsyth Street in Atlanta; and Five Points at Night in Atlanta.
Wouldn't this make a unique gift?
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