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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for July 15
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| July 15, 1777 |
Baron Dekalb is commissioned a Major General in the Continental Army
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Baron DeKalb |
| July 15, 1777 |
Governor John Adam Treutlen places a $100 reward on William Henry Drayton. Drayton had been advocating the creation of a single state from Georgia and South Carolina
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John Treutlen |
| July 15, 1784 |
Because of the huge amount of fraud Georgia's Executive Council suspends the granting of land in Franklin and Washington Counties
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Washington County, Georgia |
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Franklin County, Georgia |
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Georgia headright grants |
| July 15, 1806 |
Zebulon Pike explores western areas of the Louisiana Purchase. |
| July 1, 1807 |
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Zebulon Pike |
| July 15, 1848 |
Work begins on building a tunnel through Chetoogetta Mountain (Tunnel Hill, GA)
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| July 15, 1848 |
John D. Gray Company begins construction of a railroad tunnel through Chetoogeta Mountain, the final link between Atlanta and Chattanooga
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| July 15, 1860 |
[circa] Sidney Lanier graduates from Oglethorpe College |
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Sidney Lanier |
| July 15, 1870 |
Georgia readmitted to Union
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| July 15, 1905 |
Trolley service is inaugurated between Atlanta and Marietta. The 12 mile run takes roughly 30 minutes |
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Marietta, GA |
| July 15, 1920 |
The battleship Georgia is decommissioned
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