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    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...
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  • The Atlanta History Center is a history museum and research center located in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. The Museum was founded in 1926...
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    Atlanta (/ætˈlæntə/ at-LAN-tə) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, and a portion of the...
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    as of 2020. Atlanta was established in 1872 with the building of the Texas and Pacific Railway and was named for Atlanta, Georgia, former home of many...
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    February 14, 1855. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta has a total area of 1.268 square miles (3.28 km2), of which 1.26 square miles (3.26 km2) (or 99.37%)...
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    Atlanta is a city in Cowley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 168. Atlanta was founded in 1885. The...
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  • This article details the history of the Atlanta Braves, which concerns the evolution of the Major League Baseball team Atlanta Braves over time. The Braves...
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    Atlanta is a city in Macon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 379 at the 2020 census. Atlanta was platted in 1858. The community was named...
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    The Atlanta murders of 1979–1981, sometimes called the Atlanta child murders, are a series of murders committed in Atlanta, Georgia, between July 1979...
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    Atlanta is the capital and largest city in the state of Georgia. It ranks as the 36th-largest city in the United States, and the eighth-largest in the...
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  • The history of the Jews in Atlanta began in the early years of the city's settlement, and the Jewish community continues to grow today. In its early decades...
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    Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the...
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  • linebacker Tommy Nobis of Texas their first-ever selection. Key See also History of the Atlanta Falcons List of professional American football drafts...
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  • Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is an American daily newspaper based in metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox...
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    The Atlanta Falcons are an American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are members of the South division of the National Football Conference...
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  • The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL) on June...
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    Atlanta (FCI Atlanta) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Atlanta, Georgia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons...
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  • The American football team Atlanta Falcons was founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1965 and joined the NFL Eastern Conference, with Norb Hecker as coach. They...
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  • Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South was a publication of the Atlanta Historical Society. It was established in 1927 with one issue per...
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    The 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre, also known as the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot, was an episode of mass racial violence against African Americans in the United...
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  • The Atlanta Chiefs were an American professional soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The team competed in the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)...
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  • Zoo Atlanta (sometimes referred as Atlanta Zoo) is an Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) accredited zoo in Atlanta, Georgia. The current president...
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  • is a timeline of the history of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. 1821 – Creek Indians cede land that is now Metro Atlanta per treaty. 1839...
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  • What came to be known as the Atlanta Compromise stemmed from a speech given by Booker T. Washington, president of the Tuskegee Institute, to the Cotton...
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    Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area, is...
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    This is a list of mayors of Atlanta, Georgia. The mayor is the highest elected official in Atlanta. Since its incorporation in 1847, the city has had...
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  • Society of Atlanta. Pioneer Citizens' History of Atlanta, 1833–1902. Atlanta: Byrd Printing Co., 1902. Carter, Samuel. The Siege of Atlanta, 1864. New...
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  • intended to give an overview of the History of television in Atlanta. Atlanta television had its roots in Atlanta Journal (now Atlanta Journal-Constitution)-owned...
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  • On July 29, 1999, a shooting spree occurred at two Atlanta-area day trading firms, Momentum Securities and the All-Tech Investment Group. Nine people...
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  • The Atlanta Hawks (formerly known as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, the Milwaukee Hawks, and the St. Louis Hawks) have selected the following players in the...
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