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Miscellany
Atlanta - Article by Hubner in the 1800's depicting
Atlanta and the Civil War era.
Railroads - Map of Railroads during the time of
1800's.
The railroads played an important part in the growth of Georgia, especially in
the Atlanta and surrounding areas. The making of Atlanta was due mainly to
the railroad and to the ease of access and its "halfway around the country"
middle point. Much family history follows the railroad, families
followed the railroad paths to get to Georgia, if you are searching for your
family, and they have lost their way, search along the railroad paths, you just
might catch up to them, although a hundred of so years too late.
Remember that:
Atlanta asked for the Capitol when it was only six years old.
In 1819 a steamboat began to ply from Milledgeville to Darien. Just two years
earlier the first ocean steamer to cross the Atlantic had sailed from Savannah.
It was owned by Savannah citizens. At this later period, of which we write
(1825-1840), a system of state canals was under serious consideration. One was
attempted to connect the Altamaha and the Ogeechee. It didn't prove a success.
Then it was that their attention turned to railroads.
In 1826 Wilson Lumpkin surveyed a route from Milledgeville to Chattanooga for
a railroad to be operated by mule power. Steam locomotion came a few years
later, and in 1836 and 1837 the work of building the "Central of Georgia"
and the "Georgia" railroads was vigorously begun. The main object of both
projects was to connect the uplands of GA with the deep water ports (Ocean).
[(C. H. 1926)]
The cities fathers of the first decade were active and progressive.
They sent a committee to Milledgeville to ask for the State Capitol. About
the same time they bought the present capitol square, built a city hall, took
$100,000 stock in a railroad and established a Board of Health and a fair
ground.
Mr. Peter's sold Land lots 15 and 16 to Richard Peter's (Oct. 15, 1845) for
$175.00 (2 acres). On November 12, 1845 Mr. Peters sold those lots
extending along the railroad from Whitehall to Forsyth Street to the GA
Railway. The railway company then ran stage coaches from Atlanta to
various parts of GA and AL and used a part of this land for stables for its
horses. [W. G. C. (1934) /bpp]
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