Richard Peters, the superintendent of the Georgia Railroad, had picked a name for the Marthasville train depot and had begun distributing circulars advertising the Atlanta Depot. As the Georgia Railroad, at the time, was running the only game in town, Peters didn’t get much pushback and, eventually, everybody began referring to Marthasville as Atlanta. Pause with us as we take a short look at the naming history of the town known as Marthasville on this week’s Stories of Atlanta.
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Lance, I very much enjoy your “Stories of Atlanta”. I am a bit of a history buff myself and write stories (over 30 so far) about my neighborhood, Piedmont Heights. I am looking for information about how the name “Piedmont Heights” originated. I know the change happened when Atlanta annexed it but would like to write a story about how and why that happened. Can you give me any clues or pointers about where to look?
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