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First Written Record of Standing Peachtree
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
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Fort Peachtree was built
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Creeks and Cherokees forced to surrender their land
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Atlanta opened for white settlement
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Hardy Ivy, first permanent white settler
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Western and Atlantic Railroad built from Chattanooga to Atlanta
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Atlanta named Terminus
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Atlanta named changed to Marthasville
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Atlanta became Atlanta
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Oakland Cementery opened
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Civil War
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Sherman destroyed Atlanta
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All five railroads back in operation
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Atlanta became the capital
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`John S. Pemberton created Coca Cola
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Jacobs Pharmacy began selling Coca Cola
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Atlanta had 12 railroad lines
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Coca Cola Company founded by Asa Candler
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Alonzo Herndon founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Co.
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Atlanta Race Riot
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Atlanta had 40 railroad lines
