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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 .
Atlanta Metropolitan State College is a public college in Atlanta, Georgia. It is part of the University System of Georgia. History. In June 1965, the University System of Georgia authorized the creation of a junior college in the Atlanta metropolitan area. A location was selected adjacent to the Atlanta Area Technical School and construction ...
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.
Electric streetcars arrived in 1889, [1] and the city added new "streetcar suburbs". The city's elite black colleges were founded between 1865 and 1885, and despite disenfranchisement and the later imposition of Jim Crow laws in the 1910s, a prosperous black middle class and upper class emerged.
Freaknik (⫽ ˈ f r iː k n ɪ k ⫽; originally Freaknic) was an annual spring break festival in Atlanta, Georgia. It was initially attended by students enrolled at historically black colleges and universities in the Atlanta University Center . [1]
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Sep 16, 2005 · Atlanta Metropolitan State College, a predominantly Black four-year institution in Georgia, was founded in 1974 as Atlanta Junior College. Located in southwest Atlanta, the campus covers sixty-eight wooded acres.
