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Atlanta was named by J. Edgar Thomson, Chief Engineer of the Georgia Railroad. The city was named for former Governor Wilson Lumpkin’s daughter’s. Her middle name was Atalanta, after the fleet-footed goddess. Early settlers called the area Canebreak or Canebrake.
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Aug 30, 2018 · Rickey Bevington shares how Atlanta got its name. Atlanta began in 1837 at the end of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. The terminus, which means 'the end of the line', is still marked by the zero mile post. In 1843, Terminus was renamed Marthasville. Martha was the daughter of former Governor Wilson Lumpkin .
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. The stake marking the founding of "Terminus" was driven into the ground in 1837 (called the Zero Mile Post ).
May 9, 2019 · Believe it or not, they’re all former names for Atlanta. In 1836, the Georgia General Assembly voted the Western and Atlantic Railroad into existence. The decision led to a series of events, including the Terminus settlement being built two to three blocks southeast of present day Five Points.
Nicknames of Atlanta. An 1859 industrial journal was among the first to note nicknames for Atlanta, Georgia: [1] An orator claimed for it the signification of "a city among the hills " while a writer has declared that it was the opposite of "rus in urbe" ("country in the city") and proclaimed it "'the city in the woods".
Mar 8, 2012 · According to an 1871 letter, which can be found in its entirety in Franklin Garrett's Atlanta and Environs (F293 .G37), written by Richard Peters, the superintendent of the Georgia railroad, J. Edgar Thomson was asked to come up with a new name.
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4 days ago · Atlanta is the capital city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It lies in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northwestern part of the state, just southeast of the Chattahoochee River. Its origins date to 1837.
