Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1891 — Wonderful Progress of Atlanta. [ARTICLE]

Wonderful Progress of Atlanta.

The history of Atlanta, Ga , is an event in the history of Southern progress since the war. The flourishing city of the Blue Ridge, with a present population of 05,D00, and with ten trunk lines of railway bringing to and from its gates the manifold products of land and factories, consisted of only one log cabin In IS3O. Three years later the population comprised John Thrasher, an old woman and her daughter. In 1842 there were four families In the place and the first two-story building was erected. Atlanta was then known as the terminus, being the eastern end of the Western & Atlantic Railroad In 1843 the name was changed to Marthasville, in honor of the Laughter of ex-ilov. Lumpkin. During tb» two subse uont years a church and a schoolhouse were built, newspapers weiw started and Marthasville ambiifitned greater things. In 1817 a charter was obtained lor the city ol Atlanta, and henceforward until the war her |» gross was rapid. In 18t>! the popu ttion was 13,000, and in 1804,20,000. Then tame the destruction of the city, le. sth. tn 300 Louses out of 4,000 being left standing. The population was di persed, but with wonderful patience aud resolution the v pepple resurre ted their city, an d it stand to-da.v a monument to Arnett ;m pl; ck and enterprise. In 1’ 0 thi ire were 585 manufactories in Atlanta.