MAPPING AND GEOGRAPHICAL WORLD

Atlanta, the capital and largest city in Georgia, is located near the Chattahoochee River at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was founded as 'Terminus' in 1837 as it was the end of the Georgia and Atlantic railroad line. It was later renamed Marthasville, and then Atlanta in 1845. In 1864, General Shermon's army was delayed in his 'March to the Sea' from Chattanooga, at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain Northwest of Atlanta, then later battles in Atlanta. The city was burned, partly by the South's troops upon evacuation, not wanting the Union army to take advantage of certain facilities, and partly by the Union troops on their way through. The city rebuilt quickly after the war and, in fact, was called the 'Phoenix of the South', symbolizing its rise from ruin. The Coca-Cola Company was founded in Atlanta in 1892. Margaret Mithell wrote the epic, 'Gone With the Wind', Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born here and preached in the Ebenezer Baptist Church