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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 peach-tree was built
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creeks and cherokees forced to surrender their land
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ATL 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 ATL ATL named terminus
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ATL name changed to Marthasville
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ATL became Atlanta
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Oakland cemetery opened
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ALL 5 railroads back in operation
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civil war
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Sherman destroyed ATL
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ATL became the capital
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John S. Pemberton created coco cola Jacobs pharmacy began selling coco cola
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ATL had 12 railroad lines
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Coco Cola Company found by Asa Candler
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Alonzo Herndon founded the Atlanta life insurance Co.
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race riot
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ATL had 40 railroad lines
