We know the last name but apparently no one bothered to write down the first name. It’s a cautionary tale about the value of taking notes on this week’s Stories of Atlanta.
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He wanted to play ball
Though he would lead a very exciting and successful life, Leonard Wood’s time in Georgia gave him the opportunity to do something he’d always wanted to do.
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Lanta Gras Parade – Kirkwood – Late Jan. 2020, 19
Note: continuing a series about great Atlanta events that are canceled in 2021, but will hopefully return in 2022. Kelly
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Never Seen Again
He was among the more well-known writers of his day, often compared to the creator of Sherlock Holmes. He traveled in a rarified circle of fame and success which was certainly a far cry from his days writing sports for the Atlanta Journal. A Georgia man who made it big discovers the end is near […]
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MLK Day Parade – 2018, 19, 20
Note: continuing a series about great events that are canceled in 2021, due to Covid, but we hope will return in 2022! Kelly
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DeKalb NAACP MLK, Jr. parade – 2020, 19, 18
Note: continuing a series about great events that are canceled in 2021, due to Covid, but we hope will return in 2022! Kelly
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Thirsty People
In 1891 Atlanta’s Mayor began spending the City’s money, secretly buying land on the outskirts of Atlanta. It wasn’t a case of embezzlement, just good old business common sense. In attempting to solve one of the City’s on-going issues, the Mayor had made a decision, a decision that would not only affect every single Atlantan […]
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Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women – Jan. 21, 2017 – Photos by Kelly Jordan
Note: continuing a retrospective by month of great events over the last few years while we wait for the specter of Covid to pass and events to resume. Kelly
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Women’s March – Lucille Ave/Westside Beltline – Jan. 19, 2019 – Photos by Kelly Jordan
Note: continuing a retrospective by month of great events over the last few years while we wait for the specter of Covid to pass and events to resume. Kelly
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A chance to chill
It was rumored to have miraculous, healing properties and, if the first-person accounts were to be believed, drinking the water from this spring was good for what ails you. Miracle cure or not, what it most definitely turned out to be was a really good business opportunity. It is the tale of thirst and the […]
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Wild Hog Supper – Jan. 7, 2018 – Photos by Kelly Jordan
Note: continuing a series about annual Atlanta events that are canceled, now in 2021! Kelly
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The last of his kind
Two men sit down for a conversation. As a result, one of the men, and influential industrialist and newspaper owner, commits his political support to the other man. This is enough to get the other man elected to the Georgia House of Representatives, where, according to the plan they hatched during their conversation, the new […]
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Atlanta Comic Convention – Marriott Century Center – December show – Photos by Kelly Jordan
Note: continuing a series about great Atlanta events that are canceled in 2020, and will hopefully return in 2021. Kelly
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G.W.’s land
G.W. Collier was one of those Atlantans who got in on the ground floor of a good thing. When he first came to the region there was nothing but wilderness and Indians. When Marthasville was incorporated as Atlanta, he became the city’s 1st postmaster and to fulfil his duties, he purchased a small parcel of […]
