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| caption = Seal of the City of [[Atlanta]] | | caption = Seal of the City of [[Atlanta]] | ||
| below = See also: [[Timeline of Atlanta]] | | below = See also: [[Timeline of Atlanta]] | ||
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| heading1 = History | | heading1 = History | ||
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| list2title = Before 1820s | | list2title = Before 1820s | ||
| list2 = | | list2 = | ||
; 1762 | ; 1762 | ||
: [[Standing Peachtree]], [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[trading post]] first mentioned | : [[Standing Peachtree]], [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[trading post]] first mentioned | ||
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+ | | list3title = 1820 | ||
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+ | ;1821 | ||
+ | : [[Creek Indians]] cede land that is now [[Metro Atlanta]] | ||
+ | ;1823 | ||
+ | : [[Decatur, Georgia|Decatur]] founded | ||
+ | ; 1826 | ||
+ | : Land lottery to distribute lots in the area which is now Atlanta | ||
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+ | | list4title =1830 | ||
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+ | ; 1830 | ||
+ | :Whitehall Tavern built at today's [[West End, Atlanta|West End]] | ||
+ | ; 1836 | ||
+ | :[[Western and Atlantic Railroad]] approved | ||
+ | ; 1839 | ||
+ | :[[John Thrasher]] builds settlement at terminus | ||
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+ | | list5title =1840 | ||
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+ | ;1842 | ||
+ | :Incorporated as Marthasville;<br>[[Georgia Railroad]] arrives from [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]] | ||
+ | ;1846 | ||
+ | :[[Macon and Western Railroad|Macon & Western RR]] connects Atlanta with port of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] | ||
+ | ;1847 | ||
+ | :Atlanta incorporated | ||
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+ | | list6title =1850 (pop. 2,572) | ||
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+ | ;1850 | ||
+ | :[[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Oakland Cemetery]] founded | ||
+ | ;1851 | ||
+ | :[[Western and Atlantic Railroad|W&A RR]] connects Atlanta to [[Midwestern United States|The Midwest]] | ||
+ | ;1854 | ||
+ | :[[Atlanta and La Grange Railroad]] connects Atlanta towards the southwest; Atlanta becomes rail hub for entire [[Southern United States|South]] | ||
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+ | | list7title =1860 (pop. 9,554) | ||
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+ | ;1861-1865 | ||
+ | :[[American Civil War]] | ||
+ | ;1864 | ||
+ | :[[Atlanta in the American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Atlanta Campaign]], [[Atlanta in the American Civil War|burning of Atlanta]] | ||
+ | ;1865 | ||
+ | :Civil War ends; slaves freed;<br>[[Atlanta University]], 1st Atlanta [[Atlanta University Center|black college]], founded | ||
+ | ;1868 | ||
+ | :Atlanta made state capital | ||
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+ | | list8title =1870 (pop. 21,879) | ||
+ | | list8= | ||
+ | ;1871 | ||
+ | :[[Streetcars in Atlanta|Horse-drawn streetcars]] appear, enabling city expansion | ||
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+ | | list9title =1880 (pop. 37,409) | ||
+ | | list9 | ||
+ | ;1880 | ||
+ | :Atlanta surpasses [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as Georgia's largest city | ||
+ | ;1881 | ||
+ | :[[International Cotton Exposition]] | ||
+ | ;1885 | ||
+ | :[[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] founded | ||
+ | ;1886 | ||
+ | :Atlanta [[Prohibition in the United States|goes "dry"]];<br>[[Coca-Cola]] first sold;<br>[[Henry W. Grady#Journalist|Henry Grady]]'s "[[New South]]" speech in New York City | ||
+ | ;1887 | ||
+ | :[[Piedmont Exposition]];<br>[[Inman Park]], first garden suburb, founded;<br>[[Coca-Cola]] invents the [[coupon]] | ||
+ | ;1889 | ||
+ | :First [[Streetcars in Atlanta|electric streetcars]] enable further expansion of city;<br>[[Georgia State Capitol|State Capitol]] building opens | ||
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