Richard Peters (November 10, 1810 – February 6, 1889) was an American railroad man and a founder of Atlanta, Georgia, in the 1840s. Peters was born on...
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Richard Peters, Jr., Reporter of Decisions to the U.S. Supreme Court Richard Peters (Atlanta) (1810–1889), founder of Atlanta, Georgia Richard Peters...
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Royce Shingleton (section Peters)
For his second book, Richard Peters: Champion of the New South, he received an Atlanta Foundation Grant. Richard Peters (Atlanta), was known for fulfilling...
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Thompson) Peters (1830–1911) and Richard Peters (1810–1889), a railroad executive who was one of the founders of Atlanta. Among his siblings was Edward...
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developer in Atlanta, son of Richard Peters (Atlanta) George Peters (banker), Governor of the Bank of England, 1785–1787 Hans-Walter Peters (born 1955)...
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Peters Park was a planned but never realized neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia, located on the site of today's Georgia Tech campus. Had the neighborhood...
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Marthasvillle into Atlanta. Edward inherited Richard's railroad and trolley interests in 1889. The Peters House survived the Great Atlanta Fire of 1917, when...
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Conyngham Peters (October 22, 1855 – February 1, 1937) was an Atlanta real estate developer. He was the son of Richard Peters, a founder of the city. Peters was...
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Storytelling hosted by New York University. Peters was then associated with Film Career Connection in Atlanta, which offered him on-the-job training on...
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Atlanta (/ætˈlæn(t)ə/ at-LAN-(t)ə) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, and a portion...
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originally purchased by Richard Peters in 1848 to use the pine forest there for fuel for his downtown flour mill. Over the next 40 years, Peters slowly subdivided...
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Richard Peters (June 22, 1744 – August 22, 1828) was a Pennsylvania lawyer, Continental Army soldier, Federalist politician, author and United States District...
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Days in Atlanta is a 2014 Nigerian romantic comedy film written by Patrick "Koinage" Nnamani, produced by Ayo Makun and directed by Robert Peters. The movie...
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born in Atlanta, Georgia on November 19, 1853. He was one of nine children born to Mary Jane (née Thompson) Peters (1830–1911) and Richard Peters (1810–1889)...
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in Atlanta during the 1960s and '70s, and replaced by a parking deck which still stands. Hotels in Atlanta Shingleton, Royce (1985). Richard Peters:Champion...
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Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL, FAA LID: ATL) is the primary international airport serving Atlanta and its surrounding...
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Who Killed Atlanta's Children? (also known as Echo of Murder and Unanswered Questions) is a TV movie about the Atlanta child murders starring James Belushi...
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George Adair (category History of Atlanta)
Council and various committees. After co-founding the Atlanta Street Railway Company with Richard Peters in 1871 he began to develop areas at the same time...
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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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grocery stores), in 1853 mayor of Atlanta John Mims purchased the four-acre (16,000 m2) “Peters’s Reserve” from Richard Peters for $5,000. On this land (current...
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transit in Atlanta: 1871 Richard Peters and George Adair run the first streetcars on the Atlanta Street Railway Company 1872 West End & Atlanta Street Railroad...
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Underground Atlanta is a shopping and entertainment district in the Five Points neighborhood of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States, near the Five...
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Murdaugh family (redirect from Peters Murdaugh Parker Eltzroth & Detrick)
system was scrutinized. The Murdaugh family law firm, formerly known as Peters Murdaugh Parker Eltzroth & Detrick (PMPED), specialized in personal injury...
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From its founding in 1847, Atlanta has had a penchant for frequent street renamings, even in the central business district, usually to honor the recently...
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The Richard B. Russell Federal Building is a 26-story International style building in Atlanta, Georgia, housing U.S. government agency offices and federal...
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John Mims (category Mayors of Atlanta)
mayor of Atlanta and agent of the Georgia Railroad & Banking Company. In the late 1840s he founded a flour mill with Lemuel Grant, Richard Peters and his...
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The Idea of You (category Films shot in Atlanta)
book's sombre climax to offer up a more audience-friendly ending." Fletcher Peters of The Daily Beast wrote, "The Idea of You is the perfect glitzy, splashy...
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1869, the city reduced the bulk of these demands and in April 1871, Richard Peters and George Adair bought out the charter and, months later, on September...
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way. 1871 Richard Peters and George Adair ran the first streetcars on the Atlanta Street Railway, service to West End 1872 West End & Atlanta Street Railroad...
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next year, Carter transferred to the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, where civil rights icon Blake Van Leer was president. While at Georgia...
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