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Nicknames of Atlanta. "Chicago of the South". "Convention City of Dixie Land". An 1859 industrial journal was among the first to note nicknames for Atlanta, Georgia: [1] An orator claimed for it the signification of "a city among the hills " while a writer has declared that it was the opposite of "rus in urbe" ("country in the city") and ...
Antebellum Atlanta: State Square and the first Union Station. The history of Atlanta dates back to 1836, when Georgia decided to build a railroad to the U.S. Midwest and a location was chosen to be the line's terminus. The stake marking the founding of "Terminus" was driven into the ground in 1837 (called the Zero Mile Post). In 1839, homes and ...
e. The history of Georgia in the United States of America spans pre-Columbian time to the present-day U.S. state of Georgia. The area was inhabited by Native American tribes for thousands of years. A modest Spanish presence was established in the late 16th century, mostly centered on Catholic missions.
Dec 7: Gen. W. P. Howard sends his report to Governor Brown on the destruction of Atlanta. [9]: 182–185 [10]: 407–412 1865 Civil War ends; slaves freed. Atlanta University, first Atlanta black college, founded. 1867 - Young Men's Library Association founded. [11] 1868 Atlanta becomes Georgia state capital. [1]
Freaknik was a sprawling street party throughout Atlanta from 1983 to 1999. The three-day event held in April was created by Black college students (Morehouse and Spelman colleges) from the DC ...
Cartoonito (also known as Cartoonito on Cartoon Network) is a programming block that airs on weekday mornings. It premiered on September 13, 2021, on Cartoon Network, and a dedicated section on the streaming service Max. Cartoonito targets a preschool audience around 2 to 6 years old. [1] Cartoonito marks the first dedicated preschool block on ...
The period between 1259 and 1330 was marked by the struggle of the Georgians against the Mongol Ilkhanate for full independence. The first anti-Mongol uprising started in 1259 under the leadership of King David Narin who in fact waged his war for almost thirty years. The Anti-Mongol strife went on under the Kings Demeter II (1270–1289) and ...
The first two known Jewish settlers, Jacob Haas and Henry Levi, opened a store together in 1846. [1] By 1850, 10% of Atlanta stores were run by Jews, who only made up 1% of the population [3] and largely worked in retail, especially in the sale of clothing and dry goods. Many early Jewish settlers, however, did not end up settling permanently ...