| Atlanta is the Capitol of the State of Georgia nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the county seat of Fulton County and straddles DeKalb County. It was so named since it was the terminum of the Atlantic and Western Railroads incorporated in 1848 an area inhabited by the Cherokee and Creek Indians. During the Civil War after a month
long siege, Atlanta was burned to the ground with only 400 structures left standing after General Sherman's campaign. Hence the name "Resurgens" which means rising again and picture of the Phoenix in the Atlanta City Seal. Five years after the holocaust, Atlanta was rebuilt and had more doubled the pre-war population. Atlanta today is now a metropolitan including 28 counties covering 6,208 square miles and ranked 3rd in the nation among cities with the most Fortune 500 company headquarters and with nearly 3/4 of all Fortune 1000 companies have a presence as well. Some of these companies include BellSouth, Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, Georgia Pacific, Home Depot, Lockheed-Martin, Mirant, Scientific Atlanta, Southern Company, and UPS just to name a few. On the fun side, Atlanta is one of the only cities with all the major sports located in its city limits. They include the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Hawks, and the Atlanta Thrashers, and just outside the city is Atlanta Motor Speedway. Other city attractions include a collection of museums and parks such as the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta Civic Center, CNN Center, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Fox Theatre, Georgia Dome, Georgia World Congress Center, High Museum of Art, King Center, Margaret
Mitchell House, Philips Arena, SixFlags, Stone Mountain Park, Underground Atlanta, Woodruff Arts Center, World of Coca-Cola, and Zoo Atlanta. Atlanta is home to many Colleges/Universities such as the Atlanta College of Art, Clark Atlanta University, Emory University, Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, John Marshall Law School, Oglethorpe University, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College, Shorter College, Spelman College, and the University of Georgia. As you can see, Atlanta offers a wide variety of big city nightlife, outdoor activities, or just a quiet place. A city of the future with strong ties to its past and without these artifacts of culture, Atlanta would simply not be Atlanta. | |
