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    • Winecoff Hotel
    • The "Stitch"
    • Fox Theater District
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Historical Timeline of Atlanta

Key dates and events about Atlanta...
  • 1733, James Oglethorpe lands in Savannah establishing Georgia, the 13th British Colony
  • 1830s, Railroads begin to appear in Georgia
  • 1836, Georgia legislature approves construction of state-owned "Western & Atlantic Railroad" to give the Port of Savannah "inland reach" to the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys
  • 1837, Stephen Harriman Long defines the 138-mile route and starting point (terminus)
  • 1839, "Cousin John Thrasher" builds general store where State Bar of Georgia building is today
  • 1842, Location of terminus moved about 1,200 feet to this location
  • 1843, Marthasville incorporated
  • 1847, City of Atlanta incorporated
  • 1850, Zero Mile Post (granite marker) placed at this location
  • 2018, ZMP relocated to Atlanta History Center (see photo below)
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James Oglethorpe (1696–1785)
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  • Home
  • Start Here
  • Interactive Map
  • Tour Stops
    • Story of Peachtree Street
    • Historical Timeline
    • Terminus: Zero Mile Post
    • Early Atlanta
    • Whitehall Street
    • Five Points
    • Lower Peachtree Street
    • Candler Building
    • Winecoff Hotel
    • The "Stitch"
    • Fox Theater District
    • Midtown-Colony Square
    • First Church of Christ Scientist
    • Woodruff Arts Center
  • Explore More
    • Atlanta Freedom Trail
    • Black Leaders of ATL
    • KnowATL Dashboard
    • Microsoft / Quarry Yards
    • MLK Historical Park
    • Sweet Auburn
    • Women of Distinction