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The 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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ATL opened for white seettlement
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Hardy Ivy, first permanent white settler
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Western and Atlantic Railroad built from Chattanooga to ATL
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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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Civil War
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Sherman destroyed ATL
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All 5 railroads back in operation
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ATL 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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ATL 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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ATL had 40 railroad lines
