Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1874 <<Previous year    Next year>> Georgia History Navidater Century 000's 1400's 1500's 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 February 28, 1874 City limits of Atlanta expanded to 1.5 miles from the Zero Mile Post March 14, 1874 Henry Grady publishes an editorial titled The New South in the old Atlanta Herald. In it he calls for creation of a regional economy based on an industrialized South. He later turned these concepts into a stump speech.   Henry Woodfin Grady March 23, 1874 "Fiddlin'" John Carson born on a farm north of Smyrna (Cobb County), Georgia. Sometimes given as March 23, 1868 in Blue Ridge (Fannin County) Georgia. Carson probably created this erroneous birthdate and birthplace himself to appear older and appeal to the displaced Appalachian farmers who made up his core audience   Fannin County, Georgia   Fiddlin' John Carson April 26, 1874 Oakland Cemetery dedicates a four-story granite structure commemorating "Our Confederate Dead"   Oakland Cemetery September 14, 1874 New Orleans Riot, suppressed by James Longstreet   James Longstreet The best search in Georgia History Georgia History Navidater Century 000's 1400's 1500's 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
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